THE HORSE EDUCATOR. 17 



and tlieir mauagement than ever before, because 

 the study has at last reached perfection. 



In my free exhibitions I show that a horse may 

 be taught to do almost any thing but talk. My 

 favorite horse, known as Tom Thumb or the 

 Ladies' Pet, will answer any direct question as 

 readily as a child, and with equal understand- 

 ing of what I expect him to do. He is said 

 to be the best tamed or educated horse ever 

 shown in this part of the country, and 

 the only one ever seen here to walk on his 

 knees which he does with ease ; although it is 

 a feat difficult to perform. He is so perfectly 

 under my control that not a motion of mine 

 during the entertainment escapes his notice, thus 

 he is prompt in his tricks. Naturally possessing a 

 superior intellect and keen perception, he has been 

 perhaps more easily educated than many could 

 have been; but so far as the principles are 

 concerned, any person can teach their own horses 

 to do the same thing, by adliering strictly to the 



