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testimonial to me, giving me thanks for the knowl- 

 edge they had derived from my lectures. 



FINE SUCCESS IN WESTERN NEW YORK. 



At Batavia, the home of the late O. S. Pratt, a suc- 

 cessful teacher of the art of horsemanship, and well 

 spoken of by his neighbors and others who had seen 

 his methods of handling, I did a fair amount of busi- 

 ness, considering the weather. From this place my 

 next move was to the city of Buffalo. 



Hunting around Buffalo for a place in which to ex- 

 hibit, I struck an abandoned Republican wigwam. 

 Opening there in very bad weather, I had fears of 

 sharing the fate of the previous occupants. Only 

 thirty people attended the first night; but the next 

 evening, being clear and cool, hundreds were turned 

 away unable to gain admittance — and so it continued 

 during my stay of five weeks. At this place, among 

 many other triumphs, was that over a notoriously un- 

 ruly steed, considered by the horsemen of the vicinity 

 as incorrigible; but in my hands he was made to ex- 

 hibit a gentleness and docility that astonished the 

 owner and all others who knew the animal's disposi- 

 tion. The Buffalo Courier of Saturday morning, 

 November 22, 1884, contained the following: 



"SuBDUiNa Vicious Horses. — An interesting ex- 

 position of some novel yet rational methods of sub- 

 duing vicious animals was given at the Buffalo Re- 

 publican Wigwam last evening by Professor Oscar 

 R. Gleason, the noted horse trainer. A notoriously 

 unruly steed, belonging to J. J. Sturman, whom some 

 of the best horse trainers of the country have de- 

 clared incorrigible, was made to exhibit a gentleness 

 and docility which astonislied the owner and all who 

 knew the animal's disposition." 



