The Express.
London, England, 1859-07-11 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 11, 1859.

Mi. JtAIITE METHOD OP TAMING 110.8838

A public exhibition by Mr. Remy of the mode in
which he has contrived to subdse the wildest and most
ravage of the mains race with mach marvellous and inviwi-
abla success, took place at the Alhambra, in Leiceeter-squarm
on Seturday afternoon. A numerous and fashionable com-
pany of spectators wee there sammbled. Mr. Esrey, once
his former appearance in London, has made a victorious pro-
gram through the continent of Europe, winning tokens of royal
end imparial approbation, as well as the pairceatte of awry
nation's chivalry from Paris to St. Petersburg. His
densoaatrations are still characterised, as before, by
that air of perfect confidence in the &fallible
eflicacy of his art, together with that modest absti-
nence from any assumption of personal superiority, which
were so remarkable in one who had certainly proved himself
able to perform what nobody was ever known to do so in-
slastanaansly and so surely by any other means. The
oast—while it remained such—of Mr. liaray's proceed was
so simple sad to practical that the most cunning wiseacres
could not have guessed it. It was like the problem of
Columbus and his egg—an "open secret," which much
cogitation and far-fetched researches must have failed to dis-
cover, but which apposes easy now when the inceator has
shown we the way. Mr. Remy alms at making a salutary
impression upon the horses mind—tatechhig the animal that
man doss not mesa to hurt him, but teaching hiat,at the same
time, that mania stronger than he, Andean not only caress him
bet Mawr him deem, wrestle with asset the him oat, at sit
time. The instmmant by which any man of competent
strength and agility !why made down any home, and quite
'shallot the spirits of the noble brute in *course of an
hour or two, consists of nothing more than a pair of buckle-
serape, to be dexterously adjusted to the fore lege. The arena
must be thickly covered with stardust or tan, and the usual
leather °overtime put upon the hose's knees, in order to
protect hint from injury. A biter'a head must be wand by
fastening the reins back to the surcingle. Mr. Rarity begins
by coaxing the animal, speaking kindly to him, and looking
pleasantly at him, then stroking and patting his shoulder
with a guileless air, until, watching his opportunity,
he can suddenly lift the near fore leg, sad taking
the first strap onobeervedly out of his pocket, fasten
It below the pastern and half-way above the knee,
From that moment, the limb being doubled up, the horse can
only hop painfully on three lege, and a child may lead him
by the bridle. The next thing is to attach the second strap
to the other fore-foot, and, by a judicious pall, to bring the
creature down upon both knees. Then begins a very un-
equal struggle. The horso roles himself upon his hind legs,
and falls again and again. The man has to exert some acti-
vity to prevent the horse falling upon him, and to hold the
strap of the off leg in such a manner as to prevent the horse
putting his fore-foot to the ground. Trailing his superb
nose in the sawdust, panting and wearied with these un-
wonted exertions, the indignant stied is preeently obliged to
succumb, and a slight push on the quarter makes him lie
down. Then the man di finitively ties up the off fore-foot to
the upper part of the leg, in the same manner as the near
foreleg • has been tied up. Then he speaks com-
fortably to the captive, consoles him with friendly and
flattering geeturea—makes love to him, in fact, as he lies
there in helpless; pride and resentment on the ground. The
horse may suddenly get up on his hind-lags, plunging and
rearing again; but the result, in a few minutest, will be the
same; down upon his side he must go. As Mr. Korey ob-
serves, the generous beast has not sufficient intelligence to
distinguish between the strap which throws him down, and
the human hand which Mee the strap, 40 that the impression
made upon hie unsophisticated mind is that the animal man
is physically stronger than the animal horse. TM beast
being of an eminently practical turn of mind, no sooner is
this conclusion arrived at, along with the experience of man's
kindness and benevolent intentions towards him—for a
blow, a huh word, or even an impatient and startling
gesture would spoil the lemon—than the horse con-
sesta to let the men be his mutter henceforth.
Wo saw Mr. limey apply this treatment to a ter; ißc fellow
of a stallion, the " King of Oado." belonging to Mr. Thomas
Parr. This horse, which in seven years old, and above Mi-
lieu hands high, has once or twice run with glory on the
turf, but in the stable his conduct Ma been execrable. He
has been known to attack the groom who was so good as a
father to him, and tsar the coat off the male@ back; be Me
kicked his stall to piece', and torn the manger into shreds
with big teeth, until the stable-furniture was cased in piste
of iron to defy his mischief. When he was &mg& in, snort-
ing and furious, held by three men in the arena, he stood
erect, ferociously pawing the air, and capered shoot in that
fearful attitude as If be were executing the war-dance oldie
indomitable Cherokee, and one almost expected to am
him hurl a tomahawk from his uplifted fore-foot.
Presently, however, the fatal strap wee adroitly
thrown over that foot, end in a very short time
the savage was humbly on his knees, nor was it long
before be woe obliged to beg pardon as plainly as a horse
could expense himself. So earnest was his °attrition, that
Mr. Harty, having flat ascertained by the flaccid and flexible
state of the hind•leg muscles that the "King of Oade did
not intend to kick, hy down behind him without the @Halite&
hesitation, end calmly pressed that dreadful hind-foot against
his own smiling and finely-featured face. After this satis
factory evidence of a mutual entente eordiale be untied the
King of Oude's fora-legs, carefully straightened chats, and
made the !Clog of Oa& stand upon all four, saddled and
mounted the King of Oude, showed the King of Oade
a big drum, on which, after the animal had
been allowed to inspect it and smell it, he beat a triumphant
pest upon the King of Oude's hick. The horse pricked up
hM eon, and certainly looked puzzled, but had not as idea
of questioning the propriety of anything which the sass
who could lay him prostrate and sit upon him might cheese
to do; and this conviction had been wrought in the equine
mind so thoroughly, but with so much good humour and
gentleness on Mr. ltarey's part, that be might exclaim, mon
appropriately than the butcher did in Hood's comical story of
the recusant sharp, " There! I've conciliated hies r, Two
or three repetitions of the treatment are, however, adviaalde,
since brutes, like human beings., are apt to forget what they
have learned. Tee celebrated Cruiger, who was introdueed
to the company on Saturday, contiimes to do credit to his
icetruction.