450 DENTON OFFUTT, EAREY"S INSTEUCTOR. 



Kichards himself was a pujjil of Offutt, whom he described 

 as uneducated, but full of originality ; that when quite a 

 young man, John S. Rarey came to Georgetown and stud- 

 ied with Oilutt, and later on j)racticed the system in Ohio, 

 before going to England with Mr. Goodenough.'-' 



The conversation was continued in the library, when 

 Mr. Richards handed Mr. Busbey a book which Offutt had 

 published for the benefit of his pupils, all of whom he 

 pledged to secrecy. 



Mr. Busbey was very much interested in the book, and 

 carried it with him to New York. One day he let Mr. 

 Robert Bonner have it to examine, and the next morn- 

 ing he received the following note from that gentleman : — 



" There are many interesting things in Offutt's book, 

 some things that are entirely new to me, and Avell Avorth 

 copying. The dialogue between man and horse, beginning 

 on page 37 and ending on page 46, contains the essence of 

 all that Rarey ever taught. He evidently based his sys- 

 tem on that." 



Mr. Busbey, beginning with January, 1878, published 

 the work of Denton Offutt in the Turf, Fields and Farm, 

 and it attracted much attention. The dialogue, which I 

 thought worth preserving, and which Mr. Bonner found so 

 interesting, by the kindness of Mr. Busbey I have copied, 

 and here present to the readers of this work. 



Dialogue between Man and Horse. 



" Man. I wish to put my hands on your face, and come near 

 you. 



"Horse. If so, you must let me see that you will not hurt 

 me, nor will have anything about you that will, nor anything 



* Of the partnership of Rarey and Goodenough, Mr. Richards was fully aware. 

 He was in London at the time of their operations there, and upon being asked by 

 Mr. Pembroke whether he would advise him to subscribe to learn the secret, replied 

 that he need not go to that expense, as he could explain it, all to him, which he did, 

 also loaning him a copy of Offutt's book that he had with him. 



