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allowing himself to be ridden, the feet taken up, etc. In 

 fact, he did with the colt anything he pleased. 



He had a five-year-old colt that was very much afraid 

 of hogs. The result of this experiment was so gratifying, 

 and gave him so much confidence, that he thought he would 

 see what he could do with this second one. In less than 

 fifteen minutes, he was so successful that he was able to 

 lead the colt near to or over hogs without his showing any 

 fear. The result was, the man now became greatly inter- 

 ested. 



At the next town, I mentioned the circumstance to the 

 class, to encourage them, by showing how easy it was to do 

 what they supposed to be very difficult, and really within 

 the reach of any man who would try ; when, to my surprise 

 and that of all present, a man stepped forward from the 

 back part of the crowd, saying that he was the man referred 

 to, and that he would not take $50 for the knowledge 

 obtained of me ; that he was much interested, and that he 

 had come eighteen miles to attend my lecture again. 



Incidents of this kind were of almost daily occurrence. 

 Persons with difficulty persuaded to join the class, would 

 afterward say that they would not be deprived of the 

 knowledge obtained for hundreds of dollars. 



When at Derbyline, Vt., an enterprising little town on 

 the boundary line of the northern part of the State, I had 

 a large class. Among the incredulous who could not be 

 induced to join the class, was a man who was recognized 

 as one of the most successful horsemen in the neighborhood. 

 During the time, a young man of fifteen, a member of my 

 class, who had never handled horses, said to him that on 

 the next day he would drive a certain six-year-old colt 

 tha-t had never been harnessed, and have him so gentle that 

 the cross-piece could strike against the quarters without 

 causing him to kick. 



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