New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-25
Netupork Dailr Gribu,re
RAREY AT THE ALEXANDRA.

writing Ang. &, ssys:
To-day a, the Alhambrs CIcus 10 Leicester square
II. Yankee Cbrop, cep,aUesque Rsrey, in gres
strength, and did his spirirg most gently on tire,
four footed subjects. Fret came renosned Cruiser
whom tie original devil had broken ont of or int
sgan these last few weeks csnsGg him u
commit the typographical atroclty OF half
eating the head of his groom OIL. RsreJ
made of this mole hin of mouthfuI, which he regard
ed a. the meIest eabie, just Mr. Dsrael does the
income-tex. lie said there wss really nothing in L.
positively nothing; that such things would 10 the
bestregu a;ed quedrnpedal families; that the whole
affair was joke, enough 10 make horse laugh,
though probably the demidevOured groom m;ghtn
be disposed TO join very heartily in the harty bu. il
never would should or could again, for the cir.
cUnstances couldn't arse second time Of the
animals being subjected 70 the excitement O!
other RaTeyized cattle in the aqjscent stall
ard the attendant being 50 indiscreet as 10
take the horse by the if he were Lord
Mayor or jacksss Cruiser seemed TO comprehend
every word said, and TO t.se it a. comnli.aent; for
he paced the rpg wn the grace Of Duverrsy GOV the
golden brde 81 the bulnoIi.t, Lyme Stephens bound
irg down to the foOtbghts in the bolero. Then he
skipped about ike antelope, or a gazele, or any
other Of those beautiful objects Of animated nature that
LObUdy saw and therefore every body talks about
them as though they plentiful ss pigs, which
not plentiful, Otherwise ham sandwiches would not
cut the ferocious figure they do in bachelors bills at
pc-nics and other sDambe for the bee5ing of victims.
tique at Howell q James, with the rather material
difference in favor Of the former covering, that you
know it would lat, warranted 10 wash fast co1rs and
the mere il rubbed the better il wOnld look Why
don't the baberdashers ceve some pubic good of that
sort; and then one might look on criIOhre without
CONSERVATION as TO cost though perhaps not without
horror as TO hdeousDess After Cruiser had shown off
his experiment i'll manner that Mr. Turvydrop senior
would have pronounced worthy OF George w., he tT0t-
te out or rather trotec n with acombued tmdity and
aud ecIty recalling the description Of Cleopatra "hoppng
forty PAGES, III Shakespeare. \. Not tine Collier
folio, which is only fooscap. Next came respectable
bad, and which Rarey experimental upon merely to IL
lustIate his method Of dealing with an ont and out
arstocratc scamp. This creature tolersbly doce
but little mUlisb had will Of lite OWL and way Of
showing it, or at Least thought it had as is the case
with mediocre people generally especially when they
from the country, and get into Pal ant, aud
fancy they are gong to fire the Tina nes before they
meet with their Rareys in Pccadilly and Psace-yard
But it was all mistake the part of the respectable
horse, as it is on the part Of the respectable
ueD. Il isn't a msn in million who has
an idea OF his own, nor horse either; though
it is often harder to get the notion out of
them that they have one IN them, almost than
IL is 10 rect with genuine originality. However,
Rarey speedily undeceived this commemorate brute;
strapped him up, laid him down, rolled hun over, got
On his back and beat drum IN bis ear, winch the
animal listened TO sheepiacedy az though the parch
ment were made of his own hide. Finally the Taner
turned him off cOntemptu0usly as the ex Wnipper
in Hayter after choroforning raging Irish patriot
with ard ninepence cash down. ana the promise OF
the Governor Generarhip of the Feejee Islands, with
right Of fishery for nernads and other unfeathered
wild fowl, at the next dissolution. Finally there
came on a wbinDying Bucephalus fit TO bear the
" Macedonian mailman or the Swede, ebon a. crow,
wild as eagle fierce as ten furies, terrible As =
don't mention the place to ears polite particularly this
weather. Every fibre in his frame seemed TO yiorae
ike the electric wires when flashing agtatiDg tidngs
of SoeriDo al least rs the wires should do If they
1a M, hat tpgv iVh y
intellectual en- instrument as telegraph ought To be.
The black beasts eye famed Ike the orb OF the steed
of ODesti, the demon huntsman, who went out
to chase red jumps, but only brought home blue
devils, which the taxgatberer would provide for
hin in this country without the perspira.
ton consequent upon violent equestrian exercise.
Presently the struggle began. The horse seemed as
if he would jump ont of his kn, or as If his KIN would
three Of the straws he stood in the midst of which of
the two contingencies took place hrst, or BON nap
''pariies" Meanwhile, the biped tapped the quad
ruped the off fore-eg aud slipped one OF the straps
over the foot and above the knee, doubling up the
limb, ard reducing it TO the paralyzed predleanen.
of Lord Bury who can't take BIS seat Tor Norwich
and cant let II alone, int an Nj. T. and isn't any,
thing else a little further ambldexterity got the
other strap over the other fore-leg In ike man.
ner, whereupon the animal stood upon his hind.
legs in the mode of Napoeons charger crossing the
Aims in Davds picture, or, TO use '6ss heroic but
more truthful illustration like rocking horse resting
on its timber tall The att ude however being high
" uncomfortable, As picturesque pose generally Is,
the coal coored CONTESTANT, who had slain one groom
and manned several others, coon k0rs de combat,
az d came plump on his knees with tremendous force
There he remained for ten minutes, rsing very
often but often coming down, each time more and
more weakly Still he showed symptoms OF giving
in and at last worked of the straps off, when he
once more stood upon three legs. Then began the
process of securing the freed beg, and IT took nearly
az long as before but when done the horse began 10
show signs Of genuine distress, and, like srandng
whale pufed ana panied with its eyes and nosrils IN
the straw a. TO shut out the sight of the omnpotent
but tender-handed and softyoced Tanner, whose cool
pess offered extraordinary contrast to the excited and
ouyerng mass Of powerless ygor before him. AT last
the contest if such il could be called, where there was
no AGGRESSION and the resistance all on one side,
dew TO finale The horse yielded to being rolled oyer
the sinew of his legs lost their ensoD Rarey lay down
among his feet placed the fore ones on his
head the hind one on his face; undid the
the ing lust as if BE had been foaed therein, aud had
slsays been acting in the Sailor IN Storm the Courier
of ST Petersburg and the rest of the role of As,eyan
csprcorrical pastimes. Altogether, it was mar
yeous piece Of animal magnetism, or magnetic aniuai'
ism or whatever the attraction be; and drew
forth prodigious applause from the crowd II nad
drawn together At the very high prices OF aimsslon,
supes fifteen shillngs and seven and siXpence, the
p,oceeds must have been considerable. For less than
two hours exhibition il tole rabe remuneration oil
gentleman who If be follows the intentions OF nature
IN his own case as literally he has done with the
horses need not cultivate fashionable tailor, or IN
duloe IN other arisocratio habits, unless perhsps ne
would Ike 10 start fer President and, Ike Buchansh
learn what it is to have preposterous humors tanned
out Of himself.
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