PRINCIPLES OF TREATMENT. 43 



The secret of the first horse-tamer of whom I have any account 

 Dick Christian of England consisted simply in tying up the 

 fore leg, and then mounting and riding the horse until submissive. 

 The next step in this direction was disabling both fore legs, and thus 

 forcing the horse to lie down, which carried this principle to a 

 greater degree of perfection. This was regarded a very rare secret, 

 and was the basis of the methods practiced by Bull in England, Sul- 

 livan in Mallow, Ireland, Denton Offutt in Kentucky, and O. H. P. 

 Fancher in Ohio, who were the first, most pretentious, and noted, 

 before the advent of Rarey, who learned the secret of Denton Offutt, 



FIG. 57. An Incident in the Driving of a Noted Runaway Horse. 



at the time a resident of Georgetown, Ky. This was the sole and 

 only secret upon which were based Rarey's most extraordinary pre- 

 tensions, and for teaching which he made $100,000 in England ; and 

 probably much more than that was paid in this country for the same 

 knowledge. 



I may add, by w-ay of explanation, that the control of Cruiser 

 and other noted cases in England and France, upon which his repu- 

 tation was based, although it was assumed to be, was not and could 

 not have been accomplished by this treatment. Those interested 

 in a full explanation of all the facts in regard to it, will find the de- 

 tails in the chapter on " Subjection" in my work, " Facts for Horse- 

 Owners." 



