378 SUBJECTION. 



" It will not do to publish it unless Mr. Goodenough is 

 living." 



Not haA'ing any clue to Mr. Goodenough beyond having 

 met him in the city eight years before, it was a matter of 

 great difficulty to find him, and it was only after a long and 

 diligent search that I was by the merest chance finally 

 successful. I found him still in vigorous health at the age 

 of seventy-two. He received me kindly, but on stating 

 the object of my visit, he manifested a decided reluctance to 

 say anything about the matter ; and it was only 

 after urgently explaining to him that it was necessary, not 

 only to the present but to future generations, that the facts 

 should be made known ; that I washed to give in this book 

 which I was about to publish only such simj)le facts as were 

 necessary to a correct explanation of the principles of con- 

 trolling and managing horses, and with the promise that 

 whatever I should write upon the subject should not be pub- 

 lished until first submitted to his inspection, that he, after two 

 hours f)leasant conversation, — during which time he gave 

 me many interesting incidents in connection with his efforts 

 in England, — gave me in substance the following state- 

 ment : — 



First becoming interested in Uarey's mode of treatment, 

 and desiring to go to England for his own pleasure, and as 

 a means more of recreation than of profit, he proposed tak- 

 ing Rarey to England for the purpose of teaching the sys- 

 tem, and if successful, to divide the profits equally. Should 

 the enterprise not pay, he was to return Rarey to this coun- 

 try at his own expense. As a preparatory step, Mr. Good- 

 enough had exhibitions given before the chief officers of 

 the government, which were highly satisfactory. He then 

 obtained letters of introduction from the Governor General 

 of Canada to Sir Charles York of the Horse Guards of Lon- 

 don, also to Sir Richard Airy, Quartermaster General, to 



