New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-12-14
Horse Talk.

Mr, Rarey has once more returned to London, and
the eontederaey is dissolved between him and Mr.
Ghodenough who departed for Canada about two
months since The former gentleman has spent
about eighteen or twenty days in Lapland and in
stracted class OF two hundred at Stockholm on his
way back here As in England, he numbered several
Of the Swedish Ministers amongst his pupils, and
gave grand exhibition IN the Royal ridingschOOl
before the Grown Prince and his suite. Two subjects
were brought to him; one. well bred colt of four or
i've years old wild and nervous as roe-deer and
which had never had anything but halter on. This
one occupied him forty minutes and the process of
giving it confidence interesting that the whole
company from their chairs almost at the outset
aud never resumed them till he rode it round the
ring, and played with it at his will The second was
bay, hafbFed Arab mare, whose hind feet no man
had ever yet been able TO shoe, and whom only one
groom in Sweden burst approach. Biting aud hind
leg vice were her peculiar " vanties and she was so
violent when she was led into the ring and delivered
over to him that at one time several of the snacta.
tors feared that she would have made summary end
OF him However, he vas not to be daunted and
assured the Grown Prince that he had been beaten bv
no horse YET and that, he could find one to defg
him. his whole system must be deception The ne.
suit proved that he had not msjldged his powers as
be brought her oeyery hand in an hour and twenty
minutes, The Crown Prince then stepped forward
shook hands with him most warmly and presented
aim with gold medal as a memento of his victory
The system TO be creating quite as much en-.
ShlsIasm on the Continent as it did in England and
Mr RareY and Cruiser bid fair to be ia modern what
Alexander and Bueephalus were ia ancient history
We peeye tnat There every probability of his be-
ing engaged by the Government to instruct the army
Fongh-riders. A commission has been appointed to
Investigate his system and it is understood that thew
have reported most lavoahly.
[London Illustrated News.
Ut. Lawrence, celebrated horse, who once won
1he Chester Cup was sold at Tatter8alls the other
day, for mere trihe 1t was said he was to he con
Glgned to the tender mereies of oabman. Matbe.
saagGiaa, aaosaef ReltknaTn winner has been run
mug IN London cab for s0me time. We shall never
see two coursers Of high and gentle blood hayinr
Capitalization together, without thinking thew are
reGfting the wetknown words from Hamlet: UTo
what base uses may we Gomez
An omnibus-drger was charged In m RnoIish M
lice court, not long since, with furious DRIVING The
officer who bad sommDned him stating that he should
Judge the delinquent was going at the rate Of twenty
miles an hour. Counsel for defendant Immediately
declared that the testimony Of a person who conla
make such statement was entirely unworthy Of he.
lief The magistrate could not admit such an arg1l.
ment, as, in his opinion, "the officer had only been
laboring under an error of judgment not mfsstate,
ment of fact,o The idea Of any horse ever going At
the rate of twenty miles an hour was however. re-
garded by "all hands as prep0sterous, "Such n
thing was never known, said the magistrate. Rid
culous and impossible exclaimed defendants attor
ney. "Ain't a oss living as newer done it" cried
the dryer cad aud ostler present and you couldn't
persuade an Englishman that it ever had been done
They haven't got many little bay mares in that be
nighted land
lAdlugt III HIS tldNtls ~ NVIWMgY says thab the
horses in that country have a very sensible way q
taking their food. Instead of swillng themselves
With pailful of water at draught, no doubt iron
Che fear OF not getting any again. and then oyergong
themselves for the same reason, they have a bucket
of water put down beside their allowance of hay i
Is amusing to see with what relish they take sip O
Che one, and mouthfnl Of the other, alternately
sometimes only moistening their mouths as lationa
being would do while eating dinner of such DRY
food j broken,Winded horse is scarcely ever sect
in Norway.