Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-02-17
THE AMERICAN HORSE.TAMER.

on 4 visit to this country, whose skill in tanning
the horse and completely subjecting him, how
ever wild. vicious, or intractable, to his will
and mastery, is beginning to attract public
attention, was afforded an opportunity of ex-
hibiting his peculiar powers in this capacity
before the Queen, the Prince Consort the
Princess Royal, the Prince of Wales. Prince
Alfred, and other members Of the Royal fami-
ly, with the ladies Of the Court and most of the
foreign Princes and distinguished visitors now
in London, including Prince Frederick William
of Prussia. the Prince of Prussia, Prince Fred
erick Charles of Prussia, Prince Albert of
Prussia, Prince Frederick Albert of Prussia,
Prince Adalbert of Prussia, Prince Hohenzol-
lern Sigmaringen, the Duke of SAKE -Coburg
and Gotta, the Duke of Brabant, the Count of
Flanders, Prince William of Baden, Prince
Edward of SAKE Weimer, and Prince Julius of
Holstein Glucksburg The performances of
Mr.. karey, which were Of great interest and
ELECTED the amazement of all who witnessed
them, took place in the Riding school attached
to the Royal News at Buckingham Palace
The Duke of Wellington, Major-G General Sir
Richard Airey, Lord Alfred Paget Clerk Mar
shall Col Hood, Clerk Marshal to the Prince
ConsOrt; and Major Groves, Crown Equerry.
were also present. This was the second Occa-
sion on which Mr.. Rarey had had the honor
of exhibiting his skill before her Majesty and
Prince Albert. The first was at Windsor.
week or ten days ago, when the feats of the
OF novelty, Occasioned so high a degree of in
terest and astOnishment to the royal party as
10 lead TO wish on the part of the Queen and
the Prince COnsOrt 10 have the exhibition re
pested. On that occasion the subjects on which
Mr.. Rarey operated were three in number
One was fine spirited black horse, of high
nervous temperament, which had been returned
to Mr.. Anderson of Picadilly, of whom he
had been bought for a large sum of money, on
the ground OF his being restif and all but un-
manageable This animal, it is but right to
say, had been seen and handled by Mr. Rarey
at Mr.. Anderson stables, previous TO his being
taken to Windsor. At the first interview with
!. the horse in Picadilly he was placed in a loose
/ box, which Mr.. Rarey entered, cracking a
swhip. Startled by this unusual exhibition of
violence, the animal struck out with both his
hind legs, and uttered a kind of savage yell
The company who had assembled to witness
the experiment were then asked to withdraw,
and Mr.. Rarey was left alone with the horse
On being called in again, in less than quarter
Of an hour, they were amazed to find the ami
NAL PROSTATE on his side among the straw in
the stall, with his head slightly raised. and
Mr.. Rarey, whom he was cycling without the
least symptoms Of alarm, lying beside him
Mr.. Rarey remained with him in this position
Tor some time, during which he knocked the
horses fore and hind hoofs together, made a
pillow of his thighs, and finally got up and ran
heavy wheel-barrOw up to and around the
still prostrate creature, without producing in
= 1lp the slightest sensation of fear. On a sub
sleoqoAnt day, in the presence of another com
. 10y the mastery of Mr.. Rarey over this same
1nxna Hhich he had seen in the interval, had
HkssuoNtO complete that when laid on his side
sin q ln0se box plank was placed against his
5 EA0u1der in sight of the horse and a barrow run
! xpsH He never moved. A drum was also
''beaten on his back, and an umbrella opened in
his very face but lie remained stock still, and
svinced no sign of apprehension. The same
horse was afterward put through a course of
similar treatment at Windsor before the Queen.
The next subject on which Mr.. Rarey expert
mented before the Court on that occasion was
ayoung unbroken colt, brought from farm of
Prince Albert in the vicinity, which had never
been handled in any way, and which Mr. Ra-
rey had never before seen. This colt was led
into the riding school at Windsor in halter
and left alone with the hOrse-tamer, who intima-
ted wish that the company should retire for
few minutes TO the further end of the build
ing. This request, it ought to be stated was
hot dictated by any feeling on his part that the
treatment To which he about to subject
the animal was of kind which the spectators
would witness with any emotion of pain but
simply because, for the present and for pur-
poses of bis own, Mr.. Rarey wishes to preserve
his own secret After the lapse Of about a
quarter Of IN hour the Royal party were sum-
moned to return, and then they saw as in the
former case this wild colt lying on the ground,
and the horse tanner by his side who sat upon
him and handled his legs, feet, and every other
part by turns-a process during which the crea-
ture remained wholly passive. After Mr. Ra-
rey had parted with the colt a handsome bay
charger, belonging to the Prince Con.ort, was
brought TO him in the riding; cbOol This horse
one Of high spirit which has always shown
great restlessness while being mounted and a
constant tendency to take fright would, it was
thought, almost defy Mr.. RaIey's attempts to
tame him; but the result was as successful as
in each Of the previous instances In a short
time the horse-tamer had him down also, a.
submissive as all the rest, and was seen crawl
ing among his legs, sitting upon bis shoulders
and hips, and knocking his hOOfs together
,Tbep, bidding the horse rise, which be did in
sfeaatiy. Mr.. Rarey jumped upon his back and
y held by -turns AL umbrella over his head and
! aksek too ON Il drum, the hitherto proud
a 9oef1ses animal, now owning subjection to a
ssspyxAe3er, remaining the while almost as mo-
sf6k1eo6As a statue. All this, of course. made
aGDefmpression On the spectators, but among
! apepe OF them question naturally arose wheth-
''efMr Rarey treatment was capable of being
communicated to others and practiced by then
with equal success, or whether il was a thinp
pee uli r to himself, for in the latter case the
ls,psblic benefit to accrue from it would be com
.tAratively limited. IL is said that Sullivan
= the horse whisperer, as he Was designated, frou
the extraordinary power he acquired over the
animal either could not or would not Impair
his secret to any one, and the inference anon,
horsemen has long been that is was incommu
nsesbie.
TO show that Mr.. Rarey's poweris not th'rs
personal to himself, he has, since his exhibition
vi II at Windsor, communicated tine secret of i
10 Major General Sir Richard Airey, Lord Al
fred Paget, and Colonel Hood, under the mos
stringent obligations, of course, that they viii
not Disclose 1t to others; and Lord Alfred Page
who Is now ~ much a hOrse-tamer as Mr.. Ra
reg, on Saturday gave q successful exempliica
tion Of his skill before her Majesty, the Prime,
Consort, and their august visitors, taking fo
his subject beautiful dapple-gray pony be
longing TO the Prince of Wales Lord Alfre,
Was left alone with the pony for a few minut,
In the riding school, and on the admission q
tie royal party it was PROSTATE on the groun
with bis lordship sitting caressing it; hsndln
its feet and legs, resting on its haunches, an
In all respects treating it in manner provin
itS complete subieciiou to him That over MI