A GREAT HORSE TRAINER IN AUCKLAND.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 254, 2 November 1897, Page 2

A GREAT HORSE TRAINER IN AUCKLAND.

By our advertising columns it will be seen that Professor Norton B. Smith, described as the greatest horse trainer since the days of Rarey.is announced to open his exhibition at the Agricultural Hall on Saturday. The Professor conies here with a world's verdict, and the English, African, Tasmanian and Australian press are loud in his praise. For the information of our readers we may say that Professor Smith offers to handle, educate and subdue the wildest, most vicious or nervous horse, youn<* colt, or man-eating stallion thatcan be pro° puced by his new scientific and humane system, which is founded as an antidote to the old system of cruelty and torture to which our horses were and are now subjected by socalled horse trainers. The professor wins the confidence of the animal, and this obtained, he proceeds to educate his pupil. He sternly discountenances beating of any kind or the use of the gag or twitch. He is the inventor of a new training bridle and patent bit with other special apparatus which lie uses in conjunction with his system. When we say that all this is done free of charge it is obvious that the Equine Academy will be well stocked with pupils. Anyone having a horse that possesses vice of any kind cannot do better than communicate with Mr Nat Behreus, the professor's co-partner and manager, at the Agricultural Hall, who will arrange for its handling. In a horse country like ours men of Professor Smith's type should be welcome. .