The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-12 00:00:00

HORSE-T A MING.

The Boston (United States) Journal has the following
article on Mr. R.rey's system of horse-taming;—" We
saw Mr. Rarey in this cit) some two years ago, and had a
long and interesting conversation with him in regard to his
peculiar mode of subduing wild and vicious horses. Mr.
Rarey is a small and rather tipare person, the only peon-
hal it- about his person being a very keen blue eye. His
melliod of managing a vicious animal entirely precluded
the use of force or fear, and he represented that his power
was obtained solely through certain herbs and drugs, first
subduing the desire of the horse to injure him, and then by
inspiring the beast with affection and confidence he is en-
abled to do whatever he chooses with him. These herbs
and drugs are perfectly harmless, and, as Sir R. Airey says,
`there is nothing in the treatment but what any horseman
would approve of.' Mr. Rarey did not communicate his
secret to us; but we have no doubt his treatment is sub-
stantially the same as that described in the following ex-
tract which has been floating through the papers of this
country for several years s

" The horse-castor is a wart, or excrescence, which
grows in every horse's fore legs, and generally on the hind
legs. It has a peculiar rank musty smell, and is easily
pulled off. The ammoniacal effluvia of the horse seems
peculiarly to conceatiate ix this part, and its very strong
odour has a great attraction for all animals, especially
canine, and the horse himself.

" The oil of Rhodium possesses peculiar properties.
All animals seem to cherish a fondness for it, and it exer-
cises a kind of subduing influence over them.
" For the oil of cumin the horse has an instinctive
passion—both are original natives of Arabia, and, when
the horse ■Dents the odour, he is instinctively drawn to-
wards it.

" The directions given for taming horses aro as follows :
" Procure some horse-castor and grate it flue. Also get
some oil of Rhodium and oil of cumin, and keep the three
separate in air:tight bottlep.

Rub a little oil of oumin upon your hand, and ap-
proach the horse ire the field, on the windward side, so that
he oan smell the cumin. The horse will let you come up
to him then without any trouble. Immediately rub your
hand gently on the horse's nose, getting a little of the oil
on it. You can lead him anywhere. Give him a little of
the castor on a piece of loaf sugar or potato.
" Put eight drops of oil of Rhodium into a lady's silver
thimble. Take the thimble between the thumb and middle
finger, stopping the mouth of the thimble to prevent the oil
from running out while you open the mouth of the horse.
As soon as you have opened the horse's mouth, tip the
thimble over upon his tongue, and he is your servant. He
will follow you like a pet dog. He is now your pupil and
your friend. You can teach him anything, only be kind to
him, be gentle. Love him and he will love you. Feed
him before you do yourself. Shelter him well ; ;room him
yourself, keep him clean, and at night always give him
good bed at least a foot deep.
'ln the winter season, don't let your horse stand out a
long time in the cold without shelter or covering ; for the
horse is a native of a warm climate, and in many respects
his constitution is as tender as a man's. _ _ _

If you want to teach him to lie down, stand on his
left side ; have a couple of leather straps about six feet
long, string up his left leg with one of them round his
net k, strap the other end of it over his shoulders, hold it
in your hand, and when you are ready tell him to lie down,
at the same time gently, firmly, and steadily pulling on
the strap, touching him lightly on the knee with a switch.
The horse will immediately lie down. Do this a few times,
aed you can make him lie down without the strap.
" Mr. Rarey had subdued many vicious horses in diffe-
rent parts of the country, accounts of which have fre-
quen,ly been published. Among other cases was that of
a horse in Washington, which could not be handled.
Under Mr. Rarey's tuition, in an hour and a half, he made
the horse so gentle that he rode it down the open street
without a bridle, beating a drain while seated on his back."

MARKET NEWS.--('pia Gaya;

CORN EXCHANGE.

A very moderate supply of English wheat was received
fresh up, to-day, coastwise and by land carriage. In the
demand, however, compared with Monday, no improve-
ment tuck place; nevertheless, that day's prices were well
supported.
The imports of foreign wheat are under 2,000 quarters.
Good an fine sa.nples moved off slowly, on former terms.
L)w and damn qualities were very dull, and almost no-
minal.

Barley—the show of which was limited—sold steadily
at very full prices.
There was a moderate sale for malt, at full qnot ations.
We had a fair inquiry for oats, and good sound corn
realised extreme rates.

Beans, peas, and flour supported Monday's currency.
ARRIVALS THIS WERE.
Wheat. Barley. Malt.
1,7701 1,510 3,930

E nglish ,
Irish

Oats. I Flour.
3,020 1 1,090

1;000
120 sks
4,670 3190 brli

Foreign....,

1,810 ) 6,450

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.

To-day's market was scantily supplied with beasts, chid',
is middling condition. All breeds moved off slowly, but
we have no change to notice in their value. In sheep, the
supply of which was limited, very little was doing, on
former terms. We had a good demand for calves, and
prices advanced 2d. per 8 lbs. Pigs and mulch cows were
very dull, but not cheaper.

Per Bibs to sink the offals.
e. d. s. d. d. 0. d.
Inferior Beasts.... 3 4to 3 61PrimeSouthdown 410 6 2
Second quality.... 3 8 9 101Arge crse. calves 4 0 4 8
Prime large oxen 4 0 4 21Prime small do 410 5 4
Prime Scots, dtc. 4 4 4 trarge hogs
Inferior Sheep ~.3 2 3 fl Small porkers 4 2 4 4
second quality ...3 8 4 0 Suckling calves 19 0 29 0
Primo crse.-wiled.4 2 4 61Quarter old pigs 19 0 25 0
TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY.

Beasts
Sheep and lambs
Calves 154
Pigs 2lO

Beasts 4O
Sheep and lambs .. -
Calves ...
Pigs —

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.
The supplies of meat were tolerably extensive, and sales
progressed slowly at our quotations.
Per 81bs by the carcase.

s. d. s. d. s. d. e. d.
deaf, inferior 210 3 2 lintton, Inferior 3 0 3 6
Do.. middling 3 4 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 4 0
Do. prime large.. 3 8 3 10 ( Do., prime .4 2 4 6
Do., do. small ....4 0 4 2 Veal.... 3 10 4 10
Pork, large 303 8 1 Pork, small 310 4 6

BOROUGH HOP.
A few pareels of fine new hops have changed hands at
full prices. All other kinds are a dull inquiry, and late
rates are barely supported. The market is well supplied.
New Mid and East Kent Pockets, 70s to 1208; Weald of
Kent do., 56s to 708; New Sussex do., 52e to 628; Year-
lings, 21s to 48s.