Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1858-08-12
From the London Pamphlet
Rarey's Great Horse Tanning Secret,

to any demand made Of him which he fully
comprehends, If made in way consistent with
the laws of nature.
Second. That he has no consciousness Of
his strength, beyond his experience, and eau
be handled according to our WILL without 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 lrightful, around, over or on him, that
does not inlIct pain, without causing him TO
fear.
The horse though possessed Of some facul
ties superior to mans, being deficient in rea-
| soning powers, has no knowledge of right or
wrong, of free will and independent govern
ment, and knows not of any imposition prac-
ticed upon him, however unreasonable these
impositons may be. Consequently he cannot
| come to any decision as to what he should or
should not do, because he has not the reason
ing faculties Of man to argue the justice Of the
thing demanded Of him. If he hal taken in
/ to consideration his superior strength, he would
be useless to a man as a servant
Every one that has ever paid any attention
to the horse has noticed bis natural incliua-
tion to smell everything which to him looks
new and fright'ul This is his strange mode
of examining everything. And when he is
frightened at anything, though he looks at it
, sharply, he seems to have no confidence in tins
optical examination alone, blt 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 every
thing new to him, that he always does so for
the purpose of SINE liag these objects Bat !
believe that it is as much or more for the pur-
pose Of feeling, and that he makes use of his
nose or muzzle las it is sometimes called as
We wonld of oar hands because it is the on
ly organ By which he can touch or feel any
thing with much susceptibility.
We know, from experience, that if horse
sees and smells a robe a short distance from
him, he is very much frightened. lune,s he is
used to it, until he touches or feels it with his
nose which is positive proof that feeling is
the controlling sense in this case.
1t is prevailing opinion among horscmen
generally that the sense Of smell is the govern
ing sense Of the horse aud Foucher as well
a. 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
nostriS, sometimes using the oil of rhodum
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smell and sometimes they scent the hand
with the sweat from under the arm. or some
times blow their breath into his nostriIs &c
all Of which as far q the scent goes, have no
effect whatever in geu.I.ag thc horse. or CON
veyHg any idea to his mud though tie acts
that accompany these efJrts-handiiug him,
touching him about the nose and head, and
patting him, as they direct you should. after
. a,l,t
effect, which they mistake TO be the effects of
the ingredients used
Now reader can Won OF anv one else give
oue 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 uu-
broken horse.
In order to obtain perfect obedience from
any horse, We must FIRST have him fear Us, for
our motto is. fear, iore and o5ey; aud we must
have the fudlimeut of the first two before we
can expect the latter for it is bv our phiIo>o-
ply 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 all hour
10 handle any colt and have him running about
in the stable after me though would advise
in too much Of hurry When YOU have Ell
tered the stable, stand still, and let YOUR horse
look at YOU for minnie or two, and as >oou
aS he is settled in one place, approach him
slowly, with vour arms stationary, yUur right
hand hanging by yonr SIDE holding the whip
as directed and the left bent to the elbow.
with the hand projecting. As YOU approach
him, go not too near his head or croup, - as
not TO make him move either backward or for
ward, step little TO the right or left. very
. cautiously this will keep lin in one place
. As You get very near him, draw a little to his
shoulder and stop q few seconds II v0u are
very near him, he will turn his head aud smell
your hand, not that he has any preference for
your hand but because thai is projecting and
is the nearest portion of your body to the horse
! This all colts will do and they viii Sne!! yonr
naked hand just as quickly as they will OF
anything that you can put in 1t, and with just
as good an effect. however much some men
may have preached the doctrine OF tanning hOr
/ Ses by giving the animals the scent OF articles
from the hand. have already made it ap-
pear that that notion is a mistake
As soon Is he touches his nose TO your hand
caTe>S him as before directed, always with &
very soft light hand. merely touching tn horse
always rubbing the way he hair lies, 50 that
. your hand VIII pass along as smoothly as pos
sible. As yon stand by lis SIDE. YOU may find
! it more convenient TO rub his neck or the side
Of his head which will answer the same pur-
| pose as rubbing his forehead. Favor every
inclination Of the horse to touch or smell Yoa
with his nose. Always follow each touch or
communication of this kind with the most ten
der and afectioaa;e caresScs, accompanied
with kind look and pleasant word 0! some
| sort. snch IS Ho , my little boy, ho . nv
little boy - =" Pretty boy - ' Nice lady = or
/ something Of tie Kind. constantly repeating
the same words. with the same kind, steady
! tnne Of VOC lnr The horse soon learns ~