The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1858-08-31

horse tupipg IS fonnd in Mr. Catlin's pub.
lished account Of his travels among the
North American Indians The manner il
which the Indian achieves the suljugatier
Of tho wild horse is thus described:
"lIc coils his lasso on his arm, and gal
lops fcarcssly into the herd Of wild
horses. He soon gets it over the neck o.
one of the number, when he instantly dis
mounts, leaving his own horse, and runs
ms Cast as he can, letting the lasso pass out
gradually and carefully through his hands,
and lies helpless on the ground. The In.
dian advances slowly toward the horses
head keeping the lasso tight upon his neck
until he fastens pair Of hobbies on the
animals two fore feet, and also loosens the
lasso, giving the horse a chance to breathe
and passing moose round the under jaw,
by which he gets great power over the af-
fighted ANIMAL that is rearing and plung-
ing when it gets breath, and 10y which, as
he advances, hand over hand, towards the
horses nose, he is able to hold il down,
and prevent il from throwing itself over
its back. By this means he gradually ad-
vances, and he is able to place bis hand
on the animals nose and over its eyes, and,
at length, to breath into its nostrils, when
it soon becomes docile and conquered; SO
that he has little else to do than TO re-
move the hobbies from its feet, ard to lead
or ride it to the camp, The animal il SO
completely conquered, that il submits quiet
ly ever after and is led or rode away with
vory little difficulty"
Mr. Ellis of Trinity College, Cambridge,
concluded that the reformation here de
scribed was effected by breathing in the
animals nostrils, hut recent Developments
contradict this theory. The horse in the
first place was conquered by choking and
prostfating him, in defiance of his efforts
10 prevent it. His sagacity teaches him
that he cannot successfully contend with a
superior antagonists. Thus, he is coerced
through fear. Breathing in his nostrils
gentle, as in this familiarity he is afforded
All opportunity of examining his enemy,
In the manner peculiar to the horse, by
feeling with his nose. By this process his
douot and alarm are speedily dIssIpated.-
His cmfideuce is restored, and he tacitly
acknowledges his master
In lS4S on James Callum travelled
through the United States, protesting to
possess a secret by which stubborn and
baking horses could be cured, ard in some
cases success followed his operations. His
method consisted in tying "A sack securely
over the horses head, so us to prevent his
seeing and also in partially obstructing
bis breathing, The animal, while thus en-
numbered, was led or backed about until
he became fatigucd and fell down. He
was then halnesscG, and would zealOusly
perform any work at hand. In one in
stance, however, Mr.. Callum oyerdid The
after, and the horse died from suffoca
ton.
In the southern part Of Chill % system
% fto'iIg The horse Is in vogue which is
slary lala. although ombodyins some
Il .h. tlnciplcs Of Mr. Rargy'r pI.c,,o Q.
Two weu aitcrnae!y watch N.lb t'e a.r,
aud their duty i 10 punch. apd whip, al.
worry ne anma, ana sY hr mean. pre-
won't mia rom gong 90 Steep. iH sbau,
so days becomes SO Worn outand c4baus
red .hat uo -ians to the ground. tbs per.
seeutoe then permit him to sleep for two
hous, when, if he still shows vice aud
malice, be is again submitted to the tor
turc, which generally sccomp'ishes tho dc
sired object
But it has been loft TO the last ten years,
and to Mr. John S. Rarey, to dcvelope a
system that is really practical and of uni.
versal application. Mr. Rsrey is one of
four brothers, and citizen of Groveport,
Ohio. Although it isovident that he is
not the original discoveror Of the principle
upon which he operates, still we must trace
tho present useful and greatly improved
practice directly to him, and consequently
we can only view with disgust tho many
attempts of Innoyators to deprive Mr. Rar-
ey Of his justly deserved and hard-oarned
lanres.
Some time since, Mr.. Tarey printed, for
the use Of his pupils in this country,
small pamphlet, descriptive Of certain cdu-
cational features peculiar to his system, but
only Of supplementary utility to the real
operation by which the horse is subiugated
and deprived of his fcrocious properties
This pamphlet has since been reprinted in
England, owing 10 the absence of an in
ternational copyright, and has been gen.
orally disseminated as his true and COM
plete system of horse tanning. He has
stated the truth of the matter in the Lon
don journals; but yet enough of bis secret
was disclosed in this printed pamphlet to
render it advisable for him to release his
pupils there from their pledge of secrecy,
and 10 continue his lessons without exact
ing any such pledge in the future.
All obligation Of secrecy having thus
been removed, we now proceed 10 lay be-
fore the readers Of the Tribune complete
account of the system, its principles and
its methods.
THE PRAcHoE OF HoRsE-TAMISG.
The ond principle which you must es-
tablish firmly. in your mind, and which is
50 essential in horse tanning that it is al
most the cornerstone Of the theory, is the |
law of Kindness Next TO kindness yc u
must have patience, and next to patience
perseverance,. With those
qualities in us, and not possessing fear or
anger, we undertake to tame horses with |
perfect assurance of success, if we use the |
proper means. The horse receives instruc-
ion "a, anl h., thc ,,ao &c fo,. &c HE 80, III