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tained the secret from a soldier who had been in service in 

 America, in return for treating him to a gallon of porter. 



The first man in this country of whom I have any ac- 

 count, claiming to have the secret of taming horses, was one 

 named 



who traveled in the Southwest. But it was admitted that 

 circus men understood and used it long before his time. He 

 seems to have kept his knowledge a secret ; for we find 

 that but very few obtained it of him, and those only at very 

 large prices. 



The next was 



formerly of New London, Ohio. He claims to have traveled, 

 when young, through Mexico and Texas, and to have lived 

 for some time among the Comanchee Indians. I do not 

 know positively whether he learned the secret of Offutt, 

 but I so inferred. At least, he practiced the method prior 

 to 1844, when he was quite a young man, as will be shown 

 hereafter. But no great stir was made by any one in this 

 field of effort until the advent of 



in England, in 1858. Rarey was the son of a country ho- 

 tel-keeper in Central Ohio, at a place called Groveport. 

 When of age, he went to Texas, and on his return traveled 

 as a horse-tamer. Finally, arriving at Toronto, Canada, a 

 gentleman named R. A. Goodenough, an American banker 

 and produce broker, who carried on a large stock-breeding 

 farm, became interested in his mode of treatment, and took 

 him to England for the purpose of teaching the system. 



There were several circumstances which seemed to give 

 him immediate notoriety: 1. His being permitted to give 

 m exhibition before the queen and ro^al family j 2. IIi§ 



