The Horse Whisperer of Armory Hall

The talk of the town at present is Prof. O. R. Gleason. When his advance advertisements called him the king of horse-tamers, people were disposed to doubt his right to the title. Now, since his exhibitions the past week, the most doubting acknowledge his right. Every night Armory Hall has had 2,200 seats and every available inch of standing room occupied. After taking Sheriff Van de Venter's wild, wicked horse in hand for a few moments Friday evening, he had it following him around the ring. Then he had it follow him over exploding firecrackers, flying papers, steam whistles, and waving flags. Then he took two other animals and after taming them hitched them with Van de Venter's horse and drove them around the ring. During the evening one of his company was hurt by one of the horses and a woman became so excited she fainted away. Prof. Gleason announced that owing to the urgent requests of local horsemen he had cancelled his engagement in San Francisco and would remain here another week. In answer to the question of a Post-Intelligencer reporter, Prof. Gleason laughed at the idea of hypnotism. 'I have often been accused of practicing hypnotism on the horses, but that is nonsense. All I use is common sense and science I have acquired by years of training. Horses are like children and trainers are like teachers.'