384 SUBJECTION. 



all that could be desired. The effect upon the horse is the 

 same. If the control is made direct and positive, throwing 

 the horse on his side as often as he can get up, the confi- 

 dence which stimulates the resistance is quickly broken up. 

 Now this we are able to do by the improvement given 

 in the First Method, which gives such power that any or- 

 dinary man can throw the strongest horse as quickly and 

 as often as he can get up ; in addition, he can hold him 

 down or roll him back, as he pleases, thereby making it 

 not only far more effective, but entirely obviating the ob- 

 jections of the old method. Yet even with this great ad- 

 vantage, it is seen that this method constitutes but a small 

 part of my system, and is far inferior to the other methods 

 introduced. 



The ease and success with which the character of a wild 

 or vicious horse can be changed when subjected to the 

 proper method of treatment is wonderful. For example, 

 a wild, unbroken colt that it would be dangerous to touch 

 or even approach, and which it would be entirely impossi- 

 ble to control in harness, can, by ten to thirty minutes' ju- 

 dicious, subjective treatment, be made just as manageable 

 and gentle as any well-broken horse. Or a runaway kicker 

 that has become afraid of the wagon, and perhaps so vicious 

 in his resistance as to be entirely unmanageable, can, by a 



NOTE. In March, 1883, after the foregoing statement was in type, the writer 

 visited New York City for the purpose of having new illustrations made, and obtain- 

 ing assistance in the preparation of the medical department of this work. While 

 there, he was incidentally informed by a prominent gentleman to whom lie submitted 

 the proof-sheet of the article, that the facts concerning Rarey's being taught bv 

 Offutt would be found in the issue of Turf, Field, and Farm of Jan. 4, 1878. To 

 prove the assertion, the gentleman sent to the office of that paper for the files con- 

 taining the issue in question, and read the article. It comprised an interesting ac- 

 count of a visit by the editor, Mr. Busbey, to Mr. A. Keene Richards, at the home of 

 the latter gentleman, at Blue Grass Park, near Georgetown, Ky. At the close of 

 this chapter (page 449) I give the substance of their conversation in relation to the 

 matter, as an introduction to an extract from Mr. Offutt's book, which clearly shows 

 that Rarey received his knowledge from Denton Offutt. 



