Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-08-10
n,REY TANNING A VICIOUS HORSE.

lie entered the ring, neighlng fearfully,
.,orting, and rushing sometimes at and some
lines away from the Professor. Now he paw cd
the ground with impatience, and then flung
ont hind hoOf with force which suggested
10 standers-by the expediency of keeping at
civil distance His case was q perfect lesson
srd was watched with intense interest. Mr..
Rsrey at first approached his intractable pupil
.s,wly, gently, but without fear. lecturing as
be went slong, and explaining the course of
--gentleness" by means of which this proud
spirit was soon to be brought to q state of sub
mission. His left hand was on the strap,
which peeped unobtrusively from his coat
.,ocket, snd his right-extended in O most con-
i;listcry Danner-in readiness for the prelimi-
nary esress. Cruiser the Second looked pug
.Iei. then frightened, reared as if he medi-
;,ted sudden visit to the reserved seats, and
then stood perfectly motiOnless The masters
eve was upon him, and his own uuailed under
-he mesmeric influence. In q very few seconds
Mr.. Rarey was ut his shoulder, the strap was
on his fOreleg, and the lesson commenced.
The struggle that followed was probably as
exciting and extraordinary an exhibition as
was ever witnessed in public theatre. There
was no sham, no stage trick, no spell, no phil
ter; it was a regular stand-up fight between
the horse and the man, between strength di-
rected by courage and intellect and mere brute
force, having only its sheer bone and muscle
10 depend on. Sometimes the maddened ami
NAL reared, and seemed as if about to crush
the Professor, sometimes he sank prone upon
Ms crippled foreleg, and, with head stretched
out blew up columns Of sandust by the violent
respiration from the nostrils. Then he would
make another desperate effort to rise, but only
TO be followed by another and moro helpless
prOsiration He sweated, he painted, he quiv-
cred, his skin rose and fell in waves under the
strong agony and his launches were marked
with deep cOrugations as he repeated his fran
tic attempts to break his, to him, mysterious
bonds. But it was of no avail. The tanner
all through chung so close to him as to seem
a part of himself. He never got excited, never
lost temper never missed an opportunity of
describing to the audience what be was doing,
and why he did it. His grip and pressure was
As slow, regular, gradual, but as inexorable as
fate. until, at last the poor animal surrender
ed at discretion, stretched himself at his 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 muscles all
became relaxed, and the limbs lay helpless in
the Professors hands, as he knocked the boots
together or placed them successfully on his own
head to show how perfect was his confdenc q in
the subsection Of the horse. After few min
utes' rest the straps were taken of and the pu-
Pill was allowed to rise, when ii was curious to
observe that at first he kept his fore legs con-
tracted, under the impression that the terrible
fgaturcs still remained in their places When
be bad completely recovered his equilibrium,
Mr.. Rsrey mounted on his back, and rode him
slowly out of the ring. amid loud and general
applause Necs.