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county, N. Y., that he will be driven around the course 
at full speed before a sulky, without bridle or reins! 
Mr. Rocgwett will also be on hand to exhibit his skill 
in the management and taming of the vosttcapeted 
horses.” : 
At the Fair in the following week we “appeared ac- 
cording to announcement, exhibiting on the afternoon 
of each of the three days. Mr. Rockwext here proved 
to the entire satisfaction of himself and the public that 
his theory of driving without lines was a fixed fact. 
He drove Ziger to a skeleton-wagon, with simply a 
surcingle to hold up the thills, without bridle, reins, 
breeching, or breast-collar, driving him at a slashing 
pace, surging him to and fro, breaking him up and 
running him, turning and twisting in all directions—in 
fact, handling him with all the ease that the most ac- 
complished horseman could a well-broke horse with the 
reins, and all by a few motions with the whip, without 
speaking a word. At the conclusion of each perform- 
ance Mr. RockwE1Lt was loudly cheered by the assem- 
bled multitude, and received congratulations on all 
hands from the most skillful horsemen in the State, for 
his unrivaled success. 
The next exhibition was at the State Fair at Elmira, 
New-York, in the same fall. This exhibition will be 
remembered. by those present as exciting the wonder 
and admiration of those who saw it, and the disappoint- 
ment of those who.were not on the grounds at the time. 
After a few other exhibitions at County Fairs, the 
horse was returned to Mr. Tarsexx, the owner, where 
he remained until in the winter of 1860-61, when Mr. 
Rock WEL. again took him and gave exhibitions to pri- 
vate audiences in halls, walking the Horse up and down- 
stairs, to and from his performances. This he did for 
