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Europe, that he learned the secret of Offutt,* from the fact 

 that Oflfutt sued him for revealing it, claiming large dam- 

 ages, at first getting judgment, but upon being carried to a 

 higher court, the judgment was reversed. 



In talking with Mr. Fancher about Mr. Rarey's claims, 

 as proof that he did not originate the system, he brought 



Fig. 261. — The second step in the improved method of throwing. Objectionable 



from danger of pulling the horse over backward, &c. Details explained 



farther on. See page 506 in Personal Experience. 



forward indorsements from Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, 

 and other men of national reputation, showing that he (Fan- 

 cher) practiced the same method as early as 1844, which 

 was long before Rarey was known. 



I had tried the treatment upon all sorts of horses, and 

 had studied with close attention the effect it would produce 

 upon horses of different temperaments and habits. While 



* See note on page 384, 



