Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-08-21
HORSE TAMING-RAREY AND CALHOUN.

So long as anv art or discovery remains
4 secret, and is perseveringy kept from the
public through selfish motives or for mo
uopoly, SO long will the masses of sensible
men regard such art as ahambug !; at least,
they will doubt about It's usefulness. We
have known for some y-ars Of this art OF
horse ss5dai'ig, but with most Others hase
doubted about its usefulness. The article
in the New York Tribune, called an ex-
posure of Rarey's method OF tanning hor-
ses. which we commenced 10 publish last
week In the Herald and continue this
week, though imperfect and which we
are certain does not expose fully the meth
cd Of Rarey, will open mems eyes just
enougll 10 see the great benefits OF 1rao'
an Horse I,a4nsng, AS clear aud undlsput-
ed art without any humbug. In fact
horsenien will now begin TO examine into
it and find whether all these things re-
ported he true; having read the Tribune
exposure, as it is called, with the great
gooJ sense thereof, presented in clear
aud elfevident manner IN every lme,shey
will not stop short of the genuine art, at
whatever cost 1t NAV be had.
Accounts of Mr. Rarey's success in Eng
land in what is claimed as his AIT OF tam
inc horses, but which was not his, have
already beeu read far and wide. How he
was exposed by an obscure publisher In
England has also been noticed. We have
just read lheEngllsh publishers article ex-
posing Mr. Rarey also the book published
By Mr.. A. J. CALHOUN of this county some
years ago at the Gazette cifice, Galens.
Having compared all these with the n. 7.
Tribune exposure, we feel able TO express
some opinion of their agreements upon the
main esq, ntials: The English Publisher s
article is partly verl'atam from Mr. A. J
Calhoun's book, though emitting the most
essential parts; the Tribune arslcle is al
most entirely original, but WAS evidently
composed from the English publishers ex.
posture. The iDhmnan and unnatural
choking process referred to in ;he Tribune
is not In Mr. Calhoun's book, and we are
at a loss to know how TO account for II, OK
cept that error was the design Of the wri-
Ter. That Mr.. Calhoun's book was the
foundation of Rarev's method, without any
Improvement and also the basis of theEng-
llsll publishers exposure and The Tribune $
article, we entertain not doubt; the
language, ideas, connections. facts, arrange
ments, &c. all show it: yet, what is the
sential parts of the art, parts which if IN,
known render the exposure useless, are left
ou, concealed or something else substitute
ed. There are other matters connected
with this subject that we could refer 10 as
valuable infa.lion, but pledge to new
er make then SSlic stands in our way
The Tribune Information is valuable, as
i:sr as it goes, except the choking which is
u base imposition.
The early part af the present week, Mr..
A. }. CALHoUE visited Lancaster, and
while in town was invited to exhibit bis
skill upon valuable horse owaed By Mr..
J. b. Calls. The horse had but one fault,
t, dread of buffalo robes; the sight of a
Re, Al sAy distance caused him to be un-
manageable and totally unfit for use. By
imitation of Mr. Calhoun we, with one or
two Others, witnessed his process Of suhdu-
iao the horse aud causing him TO rather
love the robe than fear aud shnu it. In
half an bour he was seen riding the horse
through town, swinging the robe over his
head, against the horses ears-atterwards
enveloping himself in the robe and run
ming at the horse on all tours like bear,
all of which WAS done without any annoy
ance, rather amusing the animal. All
were astonished, yet satisfied with the re-
suit, aud all doubts about the Success OF
the srt totally removed.
Mr. Calhoun promised to visit Lancas-
ter again soon, during the county fair il
not before, when further opportunities
will be had of testing this wonderful art,
in which he plainly preceded Rarey, if lie
is less renowned. Mr.. Calhoun is man
of few pretensions, except in his business
he lacks the sagaeity OF Rarey in at
tracing the noble and gaining access to
their pockets, but he is matter of fact
plain dealer which is better. We look up
on bis art of subduing the horse as equal
in Importance to many Of the discoveries
in steam, electricity and other powers
motives not yet fully understood but de-
veloping rs IN the horse.