CHAPTER XI Y. 



Denton Offutt, Rarey's Instructor. 



After the information given me in relation to Mr. Rarey 

 being instructed by Offutt, referred to on page 384, I 

 called at the office of the T%irj\ Field, and Farm, and 

 requested the privilege of examining the files containing 

 the issues in which Mr. Offutt's book was published. This 

 was kindly granted, and I read it through with great care. 

 It struck me that the dialogue between man and horse, and 

 the recipes for scents or drugs given for approaching and 

 controlling wild or vicious horses, would be of interest to 

 my readers, and worth preserving, so I determined to ob- 

 tain the copy for publication, if I could. 



With this object I called upon the chief editor, Mr. 

 Hamilton Busbey, and placed the Rarey matter, before re- 

 ferred to, in his hands for perusal, at the same time stat- 

 ing my desire for the matter mentioned. During the con- 

 versation, he gave me the facts in relation to Mr. Richards' 

 statement regarding Offutt and his instruction of Rarey, as 

 follows : — 



In October, 1877, he (Mr. Busbey) was dining with Mr. 

 Keene Richards at Blue Grass Park, when the subject 

 of horse-taming came up.''' Mr. Richards stated that the 

 founder of the horse-taming school was a native of George- 

 town, Ky., and that his name was Denton Offutt. Mr. 



* Keene Richards, Esq., a leading breeder and turf patron of Kentucky, died 



March 19, 1881. 



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