MY FIRST PUBLICATION. 487 



To turn my back to him would certainly at times be 

 dangerous ; but by careful management, I so subdued his 

 nature that he became very gentle, though occasionally he 

 exhibited great vicioushess toward others. For example, 

 if the groom showed the least timidity in approaching him, 

 he would become so aggressive that he would lunge and 

 kick at him with bull-dog ferocity. At such times, I had 

 only to step in front of his stall, and say, " Turk, this man 

 is all right ; he only wants to clean you," when he would 

 stand a model of docility, even allowing the man to sit 

 under his body to clean him. 



As he grew older, he learned to distinguish stablemen 

 from others ; for any man who held a brush or currycomb 

 in his hand, would be permitted to walk into his stall and 

 around him with perfect safety, while others would get an 

 emphatic warning to keep out. 



I next traveled through Northern and Central New 

 York. At North Vernon I made the important discovery 

 of the Second Method of Subjection, explained in the first 

 chapter. Soon afterward I visited the city of Utica, where, 

 after subduing the " Roberts horse" (Case 11, Subjection), 

 and teaching several large classes, I was severely injured 

 by a horse's stepping upon my foot, which disabled me about 

 two months. 



It occurred to me while here to write up the details of 

 my treatment, as there was almost daily an inquiry from 

 my old scholars for it in printed form. I did so, and had 

 it published at the Utica Herald Office in 1862. This was 

 the first publication, called, " The New System for Educat- 

 ing and Training Horses." 



A year later, when in Newark, N. Y., Mr. Rockwell, 

 before referred to, visited me for the purpose of arranging 

 to travel with me through the Eastern States. I drove 

 from this point to Greenfield, Mass., meeting him by 



