The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-07-26
Rarey Among the London
Cabmen.

Mr.. Rarey, who is about departing for the
East, with the view of making acquaintance
with the steeds of the Prophet in the Arabian
Desert, gave, yesterday evening, his fare
well lecture to an English audience, in Mr..
Aliens Riding School. Seymour street, Bry-
%anstone square. He might have previously
addressed more distinguished audiences. but
certainly never n more critical one than that
which applauded him to the echo on this
occasion. There were certain infallible Eng
lish marks of g~entility about the company
also, as each visitor came IN his own carriage,
and all wore the badge of a well-known me-
tropOiitan Order-the exhibition Of their deco
ration being the indispensable passport of
admission. To speak more plainly, the
audience consisted almost entirely OF the cab
men and omnIbuS-drivers of the metropolis,
who had been thus gathered together at the
invitation Of the Society for the Suppression
Of Cruelty TO Animals. to oblige whom Mr..
Rarev gave his lecture free. The invitation
was most enthusiastically responded TO.
The multitudinOus Jehu Of London streets
thronged TO Seymour lane in thousands. and
that locality, as well as the whole neighbor-
hood. was completely blocked with carriages
or rather cabs Of the company. The pit door
of the Victoria Theatre on boxing night was
a solitude compared 20 the crushing. striving,
and. we regret 70 add, partial swearing. which
beset Mr.. Aliens unassumIng portal from an
early hour. The ~ridinr-schoo. was filed in
about thirty seconds after the doors had been
opened, and the protection of the reserved
seats became one Of the most arduous tasks
that ever fell 10 the LOT Of that heroic corps.
the metropolitan police. Even the straw was
seriously iHfTinged upon, and the rush. the
clamor, and the excitement tecame almost
alarming for people of a delicate nervous or
ganization. However, all was good humor
and natural p%oilteness throughout. Those
who were thrown down in the melee picked
themselves up with hilarious agility those
who had their hats crushed moralIzed on the
small comparative value Of the article; and
those who succeeded in getting to the front
sat down comfortably in the straw, ~forgetful
Of the fact that the equine performers would
most probably make SON rather awkward
plunges in their immediate vicinity, in the
course of the evening.
Mr.. Rarev, on his entrance, was loudly
cheered, and Immediately proceeded to de-
liver a short but exceedingly appropriate
opening address. He struck the chord of
loyalty first, by informing his auditors that
he was about to exhibit to them the same
experiments which had delighted her Maies-
ty, the Prince Consort, and the rest of the
royal family, and then delicately limited that
silence and good order were absolutely neces-
sary, IN order that his observations should be
heard and understood. The suggestion was
received with a loud cry Of hear, hear" from
all who had been so fortunate as TO obtain
admission, varied. however, by n terrible out
cry from n nearly equal number outside, who
were Just then vigorously endeavoring 10
break in the doors. The invaders at last
succeeded, and came tumbling in in hum
dreds, but IN n few moments they got fixed
somehow with the original mass, and order
was at last obtained. Then Mr.. Rarey told
them that he had recently delivered a lecture
10 FIVE thousand Scotch cabmcn in the City
Of Glasgow. and never had had the pleasure
Of addressing n more polite, attentive, or in
teIligent audience. Surely the London gen
tlemen Of the vehicuIar profession would not
be- behind their brethren Of the North in the
minor morals, but would, even those who
could not find seats. or who could not posi-
bly, see through men whO were eight inches
taller than themselves, show that London,
which was IN polIteuesS and intelligence be-
fore any other city in cverv other class OF her
society, would not fall behind N the case Of
her professional characters. This master
stroke acted rs n Spell-it was RareyiSm on
the human subject; and after one hearty re-
SpOnsIve cheer, the remainder of the proceed
ings were 4 perfect pattern OF attentive deco
rum.
Cruiser, the model pupil, and Chesterfield
of the stables, was merely presented to the
as a curiosity. Every one knew
his accomplishments, and there was no neces-
sity for wearying him by a repetition Of his
performances. y stout ordinary hackney
was then introduced, and thrown according
TO the usual form, TO the great admiration Of
the majority of the cabmen, although there
were one or two cynics who d" Were bowed if
they see anythink in H." During the process,
however, the Rarey theory was explained,
and many practical hints were given As to
the uselessness of cruelty and the efficiency
of gentleness in the management of the horse.
The company, while Indignantly repelling
the slightest shadow of personal application,
all this vehemently, and several gen.
tlemen simultaneously declared that the pro-
fessor was "a regular brick" Mr.. Rarey
then announced that the patient upon whom
he was then manipulating was not remarka-
bic for any particular icrocity, but that a
dreadful cart horse. which had defied groom
and stableman for two years, who had eaten
managers, and knocked out one of his own
eyes in a fit of ungovernable fury, was about
to be introduced, and would. he had no
doubt, be subdued with as much facility as a