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an audience of over twelve hundred present at the 

 same exhibition. These two thought that the throw.- 

 ing or laying down of a peculiarly vicious and useless 

 although beautiful animal, which groaned (not from 

 pain, however, but from sheer ugliness, or from rage 

 caused by the realization of the fact that he was mas- 

 tered, giving me at the same time a savage grip on 

 the leg, only the thickness of my boot preventing se- 

 rious injury), was cruel. During these three weeks I 

 gave the entire receipts of two of my evening per- 

 formances to this Society, for which the following is 

 a voucher: 



" Resolved, by the Board of Directors of the Mas- 

 sachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to 

 Animals, that their thanks be hereby given to Pre- 

 fessor Oscar R. Gleason for his generous donations to 

 our Society. 



"Joseph L. Stevens, Secretary." 



Among the subjects handled by me here was a vi- 

 cious, ugly stallion. He had been so tormented and 

 abused that he had come to look upon every man as 

 an enemy that he must fight and destroy. I had him 

 placed in a pen erected in the centre of the ring, with- 

 out even a halter on his head, and after my audience 

 was quiet I entered the pen. No sooner was I faiily 

 alone with him than at me he came on the jump, 

 mouth open, and ears back. Quickly giving him a 

 severe blow on the nose, he paused, but only for an 

 instant. At me again, this time intending to strike 

 me. Dodging, I hit him again on the nose. He 

 whirled about this time, evidently intending to drive 

 me out with his heels. Now giving him a sharp cut 

 ground the bind legs with my whip, he quickly turned 



