New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-10
rHr HORsE-TAMER AND THE zebra.

FROM TIE London Dd2H Ne;os, May D.
Mr. Rsrey the celebrated American horse-tsmer
whose iess have already attracted the notice botn
ihe public and the press OF the United Kingdom, re-
opened his school in Knnerton street. yesterday io
ore flying lecare previous TO his departure for Man
ehester Liverpool and Scotland. On this occasion
the little theser was filled with the Professors most
distinguished pups and the result Of the lecture was
. .Ssa n and
sound in application; that it is based life long OBJ
seYyson ef the equine idiosyncrasy physiological aud
psychological and that there Is not one PARTICLE OF
srsckery or empiricsm in il from begioning 70 end.
Although it is part Of our general human nature to be
found OF the horse, Il may often have been remakel
that partcuuler individuals have OF this sort of
attachment than Others and whenever this 10 the
ease and when peculiar circumstances favor the de-
veopmens of this feeDg the result generally is tina.
sHch individual soon throws new light on the eQuiHe
sSvricUlum, ard introduces important changes into
e1stiI systems Of training and breaking the horee.
Mr.. Rarey ia obviously one OF these individuals,
and he hes devoted his whole life to the study OF
the horses peculisrities bis nervous organization.
his strength, his weakness, and his tastes. lie has
plumbed all the depth of his passions, measured tbs
fall hight of his intelligence, found ont Whist ne likes
aud dirhkes and afraid Of ana putting ell the iso
hated facts of lifelong experience together, he has
constructed theory on the soundest principles of TO-
duction and he eXemples it and carries II out with
m unerIng skill and finish of manipulation which
fear few Of his pupils will successfully initiate
after they have been initiated to all the freemasODry
Of the cience. The only thing 10 be regret in the
matter is that Mr.. Rareys pccunisry interests, and
vofed few who become his pupils should have the ad
vantage Of his admirable Instructions. Tae great
basin Of his system, and which may be divuGed with
cut any brs ach of the understood compact under
which individuals aye permitted 10 be present at the
lectures is the careful patient, skful application OF
the law Of kindness, which Mr. Ra'ey tiuupoantly
proves to be more potent with the strong and fiery
horse than all the whips aud spuTs AID snaiies in the
world But to work out this law successfully with
the horse the teacher must himself bs Taught that Is
20 he must m the first instance have thoroughly
lam anhf cd tam mn hay
become as even as ssints-his touch ~ gentle as
vomsns. he must neither swear, nor below, nor
stamp nor call Ill names, and Therefore is the system
% bssed calculated, If widely dihussd % become
great national moral agent and for that reason is
be regretted that ae ami able, orisnsl and highly in
telbgert apostle OF the new creed Is obliged
TO pupils give up what mean, for mankind
Mr.. Rarey, appears, spent the early portion of his
kie in the State oi Ohio, where he had fIequeu OBJ
Dornntes Of studying the nature Of the horse both
his domestic state and when recently caught wild IN
tho pTairies. Even IN childhood he could manage
hoyses which defed the meet active and Do Serfll
RTvOms, and from that period 20 the pre-n, he hiss
soDceptiated all his intelligence upon the subject. and
Row comes before the public, offerng and We believe
with certainty Of cue cess TO tame the wldes. horse
- uske him as docile lady's patrey, and this.
teo without the slightest coercion or cruelty exercised
apon the orI-footed pupil. Let all those who have
borses aye or children, TO deal with, bear 10 mind
that kindness is the most potent agent yet discovered
tcr ubduipg refractory spirits; and when they re-
member that Alexander tanned Bucephaius merely by
turning his head gently from the sun, lot them De pre
pared 70 believe the wonderful results wnl'n MI.
Rarey promise. from the application OF tenderness 10
the education Of the pobes Of our ou'-iooed ifienas
and servants.
In the Of The most interesting lecture whi,h
Mr.. Rarey delivered yesterday, and which was all the
more impressive because it was delivered in an easy,
natural manner, and with intrinsic evidence that the
speaker believed every word he uttered he called at
scsticn TO the fact that the most unruy hoses in the
world were those f South America, where they were
caught by the lssso and controlled by the spur; and
that the meet decile and obedien. were the A,sbsn
horses, which were treated friends ami companions
By their wild Bedouin master, shared the latter
frugal dish, and often slept with HE infant oh liren.
TIE hcrse he said was an snursl Of fns nervous
Rsaizstiop, and having much intelligence than
kis SER would give hin credit f0--s MEETINGS. rpu~h
sners las The ssid master hinesk eos5 bosxs of-sod