530 PEESONAL EXPEKIENCE. 



The old horseman regarded this as a boast, knowing 

 the colt to be exceptionally bad, and unbroken, and said he 

 would certainly regard it as a great feat to drive such a 

 colt with the breeching, after six weeks' training. But to 

 his surprise, the boy did drive the colt as stated. The 

 man concluded that if an inexperienced boy, on joining the 

 class, could learn to do so much in so short a time, he him- 

 self ought surely to be able to do as much ; and if he 

 could, such knowledge " would be worth a hundred dollars" 

 to him (his own language afterward). A week later, he 

 followed me to Barton, thirty miles, to join the class. On 

 account of his prejudice, he could not be induced to do so 

 in his own town, where it could have been done at a trifling 

 expense. 



I was constantly met with so much prejudice and 

 opposition, that I was sometimes compelled not only to 

 incur great risk, but to make unusual effort to inspire con- 

 fidence in my treatment. The mere statement of the 

 following facts will show the extent of this opposition : 

 First, all the cases referred to were representative ones of 

 an almost unlimited number that could be mentioned, 

 which were broken solely for the purpose of proving this. 

 Not only was I compelled to do all this work for nothing, 

 but to assume the responsibility for any possible damages, 

 and in many cases was obliged to pay, and liberally too, 

 for the privilege of breaking the horses. 



The "Press Horse" (Case 1, Fear), which before 

 treatment was considered practically worthless, was not 

 only broken without charge, but the owner was passed into 

 the class free as an inducement to obtain the horse, with a 

 guarantee that it should not be injured ; and in addition 

 the owner was promised the best suit of clothes he could 

 buy in the city of Buffalo if the horse was not made gentle 

 in twenty minutes. 



