CHAPTER XX. 



THl! SYSTEM OP HORSE-TAMING, AS PRACTISED BY MR, 



RAREY, AND BY CIRCUS-MEN GENERALLY. 



The taming of horses by tlie process which is herein de- 

 tailed is now exciting much attention, from the fact that 

 it has recently been practised with great success in London 

 and other foreign cities by Mr. John S. Earey, of Ohio ; 

 and it is now popularly known as " the Earey system," 

 although it is claimed to have been known from time im- 

 memorial to the trainers of circus-horses, both here and 

 in Europe. 



J. S. Earey was an Ohio farmer, and his family connec- 

 tions still reside near the city of Columbus. He has been 

 from his childhood a horse-breaker of some reputation 

 among his neighbors, and even when he had first developed 

 his present system he very quietly practised it in the more 

 unsettled parts of the country, extending his travels even 

 to Texas. He taught his system to others for a small fee 

 and wrote a pamphlet some six years ago, which he gave 

 to his pupils, but which was kept by them under a promise 

 of secrecy. This is the only book ever published by Mr. 

 Earey, but one of his pupils in England has written a very 

 readable little volume* on this system, and other matters 

 of interest to the horseman. From this English work thia 



<» The art of Taming Horses, by J. S. Raroy, &a, by the Hunting ^jorres' 

 pondent of the Illustrated London News. London : George Eouiledge Hi Oa 



1317) 



