Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-08-19
RAREY,s GREAT SECRET.

! RAREY'S GREAT SECRET.
/ From the London Pamphlet
First. That he (the horse) is SO constitu
ted by nature that he will not offer resistance
to any demand made of him which he fully
comprehends, if made in way consisten
with the laws of his nature
Second. That he has no conciousness ot
his strength, beyond his experience, and
can be handled according to our will with.
out force.
Third. That we can, in compliance with
the laws of his nature by which he examines
all things new to him, take any object, how
ever frightful, around, over or on him, that
does not infict pain, without causing him to
fear.
The horse, though possessed of some fac
ulties superior to mans, being deficient in
reasoning powers, has no knowledge of right
or wrong, of free will and independent gov
ernment, and knows not OF. any imposition
practiced upon him, however unreasonable
these impositions may be. Consequently,
he cannot come to any decision as to what
he should or should not do, because he has
not the reasoning faculties of man to argue
the justice of the things demanded of him.
If he had taken into consideration his supe-
rior strength, he would be useless to man as
a servant
Every one that has ever paid any atten-
tion to the horse has noticed his natural in
clination to smell everything which to him
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mode Of examining everything. And, when
he is ightened at anything, though he looks
at it sharply, he seems to have no confidence
in this optical examination alone, but must
touch it with his nose before he is entirely
satisfied; and as soon as this is done, all is
right.
| We might very naturally suppose from
the fact of the horses applying his nose to
everything new to him, that he always does
SO for the purpose Of smelling these objects
But believe that it is as much or more for
the purpose of feeling, and that he makes
use of his nose or muzzle Gas it is sometimes
called as we would Of our hands; because
it is the only organ by which he can touch
or feel anything with much susceptibility.
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sees and smells a robe short distance from
him, he is very much frightened (un1ess he
is used to it) until he touches or feels itwith
his nose; which is positive proof that feel
ing is the controlling sense in this case.
It is a prevailing opinion among horsemen
generally, that the sense of smell is the gov
erning sense of the horse; and Faucher, as
well as others, has, with that view, got up
receipts Of strong smelling oils, &C., to tame
the horse, sometimes using the chestnut Of
his legs, which they dry, grind into powder,
and blow into his nostrils, sometimes using
the oil of rhodium. origanum, &C., that are
noted for their strong smell; and sometimes
they scent the hand with the sweat from un-
der the arm, or blow their breath into his
nostrils, &c., &c.; all of which, as far as the
scent goes, have no effect whatever in gentl-
ing the horse, or conveying any idea to his
mind though the acts that accompany these
efforts handling him, touching him about
the nose and head, and patting him, as they
direct you should, after administering the
article, may have very great effect, which
they mistake to be the effect Of the ingredi-
ents used -
Now, reader, can you, or any one else,
give one. single reason how scent can convey
any idea to the horses mind of what we
want him to do? IF not, then of course
strong scents Of any kind are Of no avail in
tanning the tlnbroken horse.
In order to obtain perfect obedience from
any horse, we must first have him. fear us,
for our motto is, fear, lore, and obey; and
we must have the fullfllment of the two first
before we can expect the latter; for it is by
our philosophy of creating fear, love and
confidence that we govern to our will every
kind of horse whatever. [ should not want
for myself, more than half or three-quarters
of an hour to handle any colt and have him
running about in the stable after me; though
[ would advise new beginner to take more
time, and not be in too much Of hurry
When you have entered the stable stand still,
and let your horse look at you for minute
or two, and as soon as he is settled in one
place, approach him slowly, with your arms
stationary, your right hand hanging by your
side, holding the whip as directed, and the
left bent at the elbow, with the hand pro-
jecting. As you approach him go not too
near his head or Group, SO as not to make
him move either backward or forward step
little to the right or left, very cautiously;
this will keep him in one place. As you get
very near him, draw a little to his shoulder,
and stop few seconds. If you are very
near him, he will turn his head and smell
your hand, not that he has any preference
for your hand, but because that is projecting,
and is the nearest portion Of your body to
the horse. This all colts will do, and they
will smell your naked hand just as quickly
as they will Of anything that you can put in
it, and with just as good an effect, however
much some men may have preached the doc