. How to handle and educate vicious horses. the wound bleedingquite freely. The next night I made the stallion do afew tricks before the audience, such as standing on abox with one fore-foot and holding the other up andputting it down at the word of command; also tiltingon a plank raised twro and a half feet from the next made him follow a stranger round the arenalike a dog. On Thursday afternoon I drove him onthe Boulevard (it having been said this horse was dan-gerous to drive on the road), and had the stallion andmyself photographed. On Friday the stallion w^sshipped back to Montre
. How to handle and educate vicious horses. the wound bleedingquite freely. The next night I made the stallion do afew tricks before the audience, such as standing on abox with one fore-foot and holding the other up andputting it down at the word of command; also tiltingon a plank raised twro and a half feet from the next made him follow a stranger round the arenalike a dog. On Thursday afternoon I drove him onthe Boulevard (it having been said this horse was dan-gerous to drive on the road), and had the stallion andmyself photographed. On Friday the stallion w^sshipped back to Montreal. In conclusion, I was very agreeably surprised bythe many praiseworthy notices received from the NewYork press during my sojourn. At this writing, I amstill giving exhibitions in New York, and, hoping theabove review of my travels throughout the country ineducating the most useful to man of all Gods crea-tures will prove of interest to the reader, I remain,Respectfully, Oscar R. Gleason, Horse Educator Post-office address. Buffalo, N. Y. J»nOF. GLEASON, AS HE APPEARS IN THE RING. PART SECOND. THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OFTHE HORSE. Always remember this : Before any attempt ismade to handle a horse, it is an imperative necessitythat we must first consider his disposition, nature andunderstanding; and although I do not wish to give youthe impression that I claim to be a phrenologist ofthe entire animal kingdom, still I do say that I canread, by the shape of the head, the characteristics of ahorse, at sight, as correctly as an ordinary person canafter an intimate relationship of five years with thesame animal. You will ask, What foundation haveyou for making such a statement ? Well, up to thepresent day, I have handled individually over seventhousand head of horses; and with this extensive ex-perience and a passionate desire to carefully study theanimal, I have drawn the following conclusions in re-gard to the method of telling a horses disposition, andif you will take the tro
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