20 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. 



system of treatment, which he discovered in part himself, 

 he practiced with improved success, both in training and 

 charming the horse (as it is called), in learning it to 

 perform tricks, in obtaining perfect control over its pas- 

 sions, intellect, &c. He breaks the horse to suit his own 

 fancy, whatever that may happen to be, whether it is to 

 step or stand at the word, or any other given signal. 



He has owned a great many horses, I know not how 

 many, but I should think enough to tow all the boats in 

 the Erie canal through from Troy to Buffalo in one day, 

 if I may so speak, and they have almost invariably im- 

 proved while in his hands. Though he has dealt largely 

 at times, owning a great number of them, yet whether he 

 always dealt fairly 1 know not, still he never had any 

 litiga\ion w'hatever in consequence of said deal, which is 

 more than every one can say. 



A person looking at the forest in early fall, after the 

 leaves have been nipped by the frost, might possibly 

 number them; but for me to describe all the good acts of 

 this man, in this little narrative of his life, would be as 

 hard a task as to number those leaves when they are fall- 

 ing like a shower of rain drops. He seemed to delight 

 in doing good, and was content only in doing what to him 

 appeared to be his whole duty, which the following work 

 will plainly show. But we must not look for perfection 

 in any man. His success and ability to administer to the 

 wants of the horse when diseased seems to more than 

 equal that of managing him in health. It always pains 

 him to see one in distress, and his desire to alleviate its 

 suffering seems to have begun almost with his existence, 

 for when quite young, and previous to his acquiring any 



