ME. EAEEY'S SYSTEM. 15 



It was from considering the docility of the high-bred 

 Arab horse and intractableness of the quibly, roughly 

 broken prairie or Pampas horse, that Mr. Karey was led 

 to think over and perfect the system which he has 

 repeatedly explained and illustrated by living examples 

 in his lectures, and very imperfectly explained in his 

 valuable, original, but crude little book. 



It is very fortunate that this book did not find its way 

 to England before Mr. Karey himself came and conquered 

 Cruiser, and in face-to-face interviews gained the con- 

 fidence and co-operation of all our horse-loving aris- 

 tocracy. For had the book aj^peared unsupported by 

 lectures (or such explanations written and pictorial as 

 this edition will supply), there would have been so many 

 accidents and so many failures, that Mr. Earey would 

 have had great difficulty in obtaining a hearing, and 

 for many years our splendid colts would have been left 

 to the empirical treatment of ignorant rough-riders. 



An accident withdrew the great reformer of horse- 

 training from obscurity. 



In the course of his travels as a teacher of horse- 

 taming he met with Mr. Goodenough, a sharp, hard- 

 fisted New Englander, of the true "Yankee" breed, so 

 well-described by Sam Slick, settled in the city of 

 Toronto, Canada, as a general dealer. In fact, a "sort 

 of Barnum." Mr. Goodenough saw that there was 

 money to be made out of the Karey system — formed 

 a partnership with the Ohio farmer — conducted him 

 to Canada — obtained an opportunity of exhibiting his 

 talents before Major Kobertson, Aide-de-camp to General 

 Sir William Eyre, K.C.B., Commander of the forces, 

 and, through the Major, before Sir William himself, who 

 is (as I can say from having seen him with hounds) an 

 accomplished^ horseman and enthusiastic fox -hunter. 



