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how it could be done. My first step was to quiet clown 

 the excitement I had caused him by my previous abuse 

 (for it was nothing else). I then gently mounted him, 

 took a short driving whip, and commenced a moderate 

 tapping against the shoulder, at the same time pulling his 

 head around a little, arid repeating until he got the idea, 

 and would come around himself. When he moved the first 

 time, it seemed a great achievement. I then repeated the 

 treatment upon the opposite side, and in less than half an 

 hour had him so he would turn right and left as touched. 

 Soon he would turn around without being asked, and stop 

 to get his reward of apple. If he did not promptly get it, 

 he would repeat the turning, and then stop again, and ask 

 for his reward as plainly as a beggar. 



From this point, he made such rapid progress that in a 

 week I could drive him freely without reins in the street, 

 guiding and controlling him perfectly with the whip. In 

 two weeks I was able to give exhibitions with him, the 

 first being in Watertown, where the known circumstances 

 were regarded with great interest. 



This was my horse Turco, which afterward became quite 

 famous for his remarkable sagacity, and the ease and 

 perfection with which he could be driven with the whip. 

 He was in reality the only horse ever exhibited in this way 

 that proved perfectly safe and reliable, and that never ran 

 away. I could even put him on a run, and drive within an 

 inch or two of any point desired, then turn so short around 

 as to upset the wagon, yet at command he would stop 

 instantly. I trained several horses afterward to drive 

 single or double, but never had one that would equal him. 

 He developed some traits of remarkable sagacity. He was 

 naturally so vicious that I did not dare go near his head 

 without keeping my eyes on his, or catching his halter to 

 keep his head from me. 



