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rate, when I had the tall hat on my head I felt like a 

 much more important individual than before. 



EXPERIENCES IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



We next went to Susquehanna, Deposit, and Han- 

 cock, and over terrible roads to Bath, Pa. Then 

 through Bethlehem to South Bethlehem, where I re- 

 mained three days and formed a Class of over two 

 hundred; next to Cooperstown, Quakerstown, and 

 through several small places to Norristown. Here the 

 Germans were distrustful of horsemen, my approach 

 being heralded by " Look out for him," so that I had 

 quite a picnic, and, taking in no money, finally ar- 

 rived at Philadelphia. Stopping with Mat Ifill, I 

 soon made the acquaintance of Robert Steele, an ex- 

 tensive and well-known breeder of fine horses. In 

 company with my father, I visited the grand Centen- 

 nial Exposition, enjoying much this unequalled dis- 

 play of the great resources and wealth of our coun- 

 try. My visit in Philadelphia was very pleasant and 

 never to be forgotten. While visiting and calling 

 upon the many noted horsemen, I heard of a horse 

 which was particularly vicious and unmanageable. 

 It was a very fine-bred and fast animal, but from bad 

 handling had become almost worthless. This was 

 the well-known and now famous horse Resolute, be- 

 longing to Mr. James Cooper. The horse had a 

 record of 2.22, but no man had been able to drive 

 him for a long time. Every horseman in that region 

 knew of him and of his ugliness. Now was my op- 

 portunity to request the privilege of handling this 

 horse. Mr. Cooper replied, "Oh, no; too many of 

 these horse-tamers have done their prettiest, but have 

 been obliged to give him up as entirely unmanagable 

 and, instead of doing him any good, have left him 



