The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1859-08-11
Rarey Tanning a vicious Horse.

| He entered the ring. neiyhing fesrfully
snoring, and rushing sometimes at and some
times away from the professor. Now he
paved the ground with impatlence, and then
hung out hind hoof with force which sus-
gested to standers-by, the expedienoy o;
keeping at q civil distance. His case was a
perfect lesson and was watched with inten Sc
interest Mr.. Rarsy at first approached his
untrac,able pupil, slowly. gently. but with
out fear, lscturing as he went along, and ex-
planning the course of ''gentlene IS" by
means of which this proud spirit was soon to
be brought to a state of submission. His left
hand was on the strap which peeped unob-
trusvely from the coat pocket. and his right
extended in the most conciatory manner
in readiness for the preliminary caress.-
Cruiser the Second looked puzzled. then
frightened. reared as if he meditated sud :
den visit to the reversed seats, and then stood
perfectly motionless. The masters eve was
upon him. and his own quailed under the
mesmerio influence. In very few seconds
Mr. Rsrey was at his shoulder, the strap was
on his fore leg and the lesson commenced -
The struggle that followed was probably as
exciting and extraordinary an exhibition as
ever was witnessed in public theater.
There was no sham, no stage trick. no
spell. no phiter; it was regular stand up
fight between the horse and the man, be-
tween strength directed by courage and in
tellect, and mere brute force having only its
sheer bone and muscle to depend on. Some
times the maddened animal reared, and
seemed as if abou. to crush the Professor
sometimes he sank prone upon his crippled
fore leg. and. with head stretched out, blew
up columns Of sawdust by the violent respi.
ration from the nostris. Then be would
make another desperate effort to rise, but
only to be followed by another and more
helpless prostration. He sweated, he painted
he quyered, the skin rose and fell in waves
under the strong agony, and his launches
were marked with very deep corrugations
as he repeated his frantic attempts to break
his, to him mysterious bonds. But ii was of
no avail The tanner all through clung SO
close to him as to seem part OF himself
He never got excited. never lost temper,
never missed a single opportunity of descrb
ing to the audience what he was doing and
why he did it.
His grippe and pressure was as slow, regu
lar, gradual but as nexorable as fate, until
at last. the poor animal surrendered at dis
cretion. stretched himself a, his full length
upon the arena. and seemed to experience an
exquisite sensation Of relief as the reward of
his entire and unconditional submission
The painting now gradually ceased. the mus
cles all became relaxed. and the limbs lay
bel pless 10 the Professors hands, as he knock
ed the hoofs together or placed them success
sively on his own head to show how perfect
was his confidence in the subsection OF the
horse. After few minutes rest the straps
were taken off and the pupil was allowed to
rise, when it was curious to observe that at
FIRST he kept his fore legs contracted, under
the impression that the terrible ligatures
still remained in their places. When he had
recovered his equilibrium, Mr..
Rarey mounted on his back; and rode slowly
out of the ring, amid loud and general ap-
plause Ion Daily News.