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by circumstances into the current of its study, and the ob- 

 stacles and difficulties it presented, compelled the effort to 

 overcome them. One thing of which I first, last, and always 

 tried to learn the secret was, to what degree there was 

 power to change the character, or to make vicious horses 

 gentle. This has been the central point of all my efforts. 

 I can now see how easy it is to fail in the subjection of even 

 ordinary cases for want of knowing how to adapt the treat- 

 ment properly ; and when there is failure, it will ninety- 

 nine times out of every hundred be caused by the igno- 

 rance or unfitness of the trainer. On this account, when 

 my health will permit, I intend to lecture occasionally to 

 farmers and horsemen at convenient centers, making such 

 experiments as may be advisable to enable a better under- 

 standing of the details here given. The better to carry 

 out this purpose, I would ask the owners of especially 

 valuable horses which are well known in their vicinity as 

 vicious and dangerous, to write me particulars in relation 

 to them, such as age, color, peculiarity of disposition, etc., 

 and when convenient, I will give notice when I will ex- 

 periment upon such. 



