IN NEW YOBK. 511 



Upon inquiry, I learned of a horse that was brought to 

 Pratt with orders to break or kill him, as he was good for 

 nothing unless he could be broken. The horse resisted, 

 and not wishing to acknowledge his defeat he resorted to 

 the most persistent as well as severe treatment in order to 

 exhaust and break him down. But after a week's effort 

 he utterly failed, and the owner was told that the horse 

 had no brains, and could not be broken. I could obtain 

 no particulars in relation to the appearance or disposition 

 of the horse ; but knowing what Pratt would do, and the 

 kind of horse he would be likely to fail upon, I was confi- 

 dent, if able to obtain the horse, of experiencing no diffi- 

 culty in his subjection. I accordingly found the owner, 

 Mr. Wilkins, a well-known dealer in fine horses. Upon 

 introducing myself and stating my business, the gentleman 

 became greatly excited, and said he didn't want anything 

 more to do with horse-tamers, etc. I simply asked him 

 how much his horse was worth. His answer was, " He is 

 not worth anything now." I said to him, " I want your 

 horse at Mr. Bonner's stable to-morrow morning at 10 

 o'clock to experiment upon, on the following .conditions : 

 First, I will deposit $1000 in Mr. Bonner's hands, which 

 you are at liberty to take if your horse is injured ; second, 

 I will give you an additional hundred should I fail to make 

 him gentle in forty minutes. Can I have him on these 

 conditions?" He answered, "Yes; I will have him there 

 on time." Upon trial the experiment proved a success, the 

 horse submitting in about thirty minutes. Particulars of 

 this incident will be found in Case No. 6, Subjection. 



I now felt certain of being able to enlist the attention 

 of the horsemen of the city, and built a place suitable for 

 giving test exhibitions, and invited by card the attendance 

 of leading horsemen. When assembled, I requested them 

 to appoint a committee of such gentlemen and expert horse- 



