How  well  I  have  succeeded  the  hundreds  of  thousands  who
have  seen  Captain  can  best  tell.  It  may  also  be  interesting  to
recount  Mr.  Ringland's  expressions  when  he  saw  Captain
sometime  after  I  began  to  give  exhibitions  with  him.  He
said:  "I  confess  myself  beaten,  Sigsbee,  I  take  off  my  hat
to  you.  What  you  have  accomplished  will  be  a  revelation  to

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the  world,  as  it  has  been  to  me.  In  spite  of  my  years  of  associa-
tion with  horses  I  never  dreamed  they  had  such  powers  in
them.  You  have  opened  my  eyes,  and  as  others  begin  to  see
they  will  treat  their  animals  with  greater  consideration,  they
will  think  more  favorably  of  them,  and  no  longer  treat  them
as  if  they  were  mere  brute  instruments  of  their  will  or  pleas-
ure, without  feeling  or  intelligence."

Mr.  Ringland  well  stated  what  it  has  been  one  of  my  con-
stant endeavors  to  bring  about.  I  have  always  loved  horses.
I  wanted  to  see  them  better  treated,  and  it  is  with  great  satis-
faction that  I  am  learning  every  day  that  my  exhibitions  with
Princess  Trixey  and  now  with  Captain  are  bearing  this  kind
of  fruit.
When  my  purchase  of  the  colt  was  completed,  I  took  him
to  my  training  barn  in  Chicago  and  there  began  his  education.
