Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-08-25
Rarey's trt of Tanning Horses.
ORIGINALLY SysTEuATIzED, PRACTIcED,
AND TAUGHT " JOHN S. RAREY-THE
MYSTERY OF TIE ART MADE PUBLIC.

The New York Tribune of Friday
publishes uhai il claims 10 be the entire
mystery OF Horse Tanning as brought &c
lis present STATE of ppriec,ion By JoHN S
RAaEy, OF Ohio, during The past ten
years. and 50 successfully taught by -hini
in England and France as well as III this
country. The pledge Of socresy having
been removed from lis pofe!s by Mr.
RAREY il consequence Of the rePrin, OF
his pamphlet in Loadon. the Tribune has
seen fl to lay before the public com-
rlele account OF the system, is principles.
and lis ms thods, prepared, it says, by an
Intelligent aud skillful professor of the
art. The following is the Tri5une's ac-
count of
MR. RAREY's PRACTICE OF HORSE TAXING.
The one principle which you must
establish firmly in your mind, and which
is 50 essential ii horse laaiag thai it is
almost the corner stone Of theory, is The
law OF kinjueSs. Nexl to kindness you
must nave n4iience, and next 10 patience
indomiiabIe perseverance. With these
qualities in us, and 10, possessing fear or
anger, We undertake to tame horses with
perfect assurance of success, if we use
the proper means. The horse receives
instruction in. and by the use Of; four
Of his senses-naneiy, seeing, hearing,
smelling and feeling. You must re-
member thai The horse is duaib brute,
has no: the faculty of reasoning on expert
menis that YOU make on him, but IS gov
eraed by Instinct. Ia natural state he
is afraid Of man, and never, until you
teach him that you do not intend 10 hurl
him, will thai fear cease-We mean thai
aid, natural fear-for you must have
him fear you as well as love you, before
you can absorb his attention as much as
IS necessary 10 break him TO your liking.
1t is priaciple in The nature of The
horse no, TO ctier resistance 10 our wish
es, if made known in a way that he un-
derstands, and in accofdance with the
laws OF his nature.
In subjugating the horse, we must
make powerful appeal 10 his intelli-
gence; this can only be done by pbysi-
cal operation. 1t is an undispuied fact
that The battles of all animals (except
such as are gsrnished with horns) are
fought by seizing each other by The
throat. A dog that has been thus held
by his antagonist for few minutes, on
Deing released, is often 50 thoroughly
cowed ihat 10 human artilice can induce
him to again resume The unequal contest. !
This is the principle upon which horse
tanning is funded
ChoAiog horse is the first process ia
tanning, aud is bat The beginning Of his
education. By lis operation a horse be-
comes docile, aud viii thereafter receive |
any instruction which he can be made
10 understand. Teaching the animal TO
lie down at our bidding, tends TO keep
him permanently cured, us il is PerPet-
u&l remainder of his subdued condition.
Il requires god deal Of practice to
tan.c hoFsa successfully; also nice
ndencuf to knoyg when he is choked
Sufficiently, as there is bare possibility
that he migLl get more than would be
goed for .im. We advise persons not
perfectly familiar with horse 10 resort
rather 10 the siraPping aad throwing
down process (unless he IS very yicions,