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was introduced to me. I was impressed instantly, " Here 

 is the key to the whole matter." I found him a man nearly 

 six "feet tall, finely proportioned, of a strong, vigorous, pro- 

 gressive nature, and just the man capable of engineering 

 and making a success of such an enterprise. I immediately 

 said to him that he was the man of all others I wished to 

 see, and that I would like a few minutes' private conversa- 

 tion with him. This he kindly granted, when I said, 

 " There is one question I wish to ask, which vou alone can 

 answer. You were with Mr. Rarey when he subdued 

 Cruiser, and I would like to know just how he accomplished 

 it ; for I am sure he never did it by the treatment he pro- 

 fessed to have practiced upon him." 



Mr. G replied, " How do you know ? " 



I said, " I have studied Cruiser carefully, and handled 

 several of his colts, and the treatment will not work for me 

 with anything like such success upon a horse of that nat- 

 ure and temperament, and I should like to know how Mr. 

 Rarey was able to subdue him by such a method of treat- 

 ment. It will make no difference now about the facts be- 

 ing known, Mr. Rarey being dead." 



Mr. Goodenough laughed, and said, " You are right ; he 

 did not subdue him by that treatment. We tried it thor- 

 oughly upon him, and failed. I then advised Rarey to tie 

 him down. We did so, and let him lie all night and the 

 night following, when we could handle him as we pleased. 

 This was the only alternative that suggested itself in the 

 emergency, and we employed it." 



After writing the foregoing, and giving the facts to a 

 well-known literary gentleman (Mr. Robert Bonner of New 

 York) , explaining the importance of the discovery I had made, 

 and adding that I intended to publish it, Mr. Bonner asked, 

 " Is Mr. Goodenough living ? " 



I stated that I did not know, when he said at once, 



