The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1860-06-12
Correspondence Of the Boston Traveller.
RaIey, the Horse Tanner, In the Arabian De.
serts

BEIRUT, March 20.
Our distinguished countryman, Mr.. J. 8.
Rarey, after winning golden opinions in Eng
land and France, where he has amassed .
large fortune, has been spending some time in
the desert of Arabia, among the Arabs and
their fine horses. In this Eastern trip, how
ever, he combined business with pleasure, for
he has made only the orthodox tour through
tie country-that is to say, from Jaffa to Je-
rusalem, thence to Dcmascus via Samaria and
the Sea cf Galiee, and thus on the Beirut by
the way Of Babec. making at the same time
several detours into the desert to search for
the great tribe of Bedouins who hang among
the borders If Syria and Palestine. In Je-
rusalem he literally ''astonished the natives"
in subdung the ferocity Of the Pacha's stud,
hy an exhibition Of his power over the horse
creation before the resident Consuls. His
pursuit after the l}edoun camps however,
was unsuccessful. \ three days ride int, tho
desert convinced him that they We're beyond
his reach; and when he was informed that
they were more than twenty davs' jonr"ev ao-
yond the jordan, he abandoned .ga search,
contenting hnlsalf with sogiug al tho Arabian
horses in Jcrus0,en, DamascUG, pui Beirut!
In Beirut, MIR. k9rey received oyory atteu.
ton 10 which G,, reputation entitled him; and
the Americas and HWopeGp tousus Colefal
treated him win great rcsrac. Invitation.
to dinner and di6uHer crowded upon him il
such nnuber7 that he was forced 20 decline
some Of them for wan. Of 1ime. The stud uf
the French Consul General, Count Rontsg.giIs,
composed oi fifteen splendid arabian horses,
received us soe-'a. alton .,G. and were pro.
uounceJ - 30 remarkably inc collection.
One incident connected witt the visit Of our
noted counuymam to Syria is Of peculiar in
ter at. Mr. Johnson the U. :. Consul, ia.
,roducGi him 10 the somewhat famou, Avoub
Bey, who presented Hon. w. H. Seward, of
New York, while visiting this country ast
summer, with three fine Arabian horses, which
are to be forwarded to the United States by
the first opportunity. Inasmuch as Ayonb
Bey claimed for these horses the best blood
in Syria, our consul WAS anxious to obtain
Mr.. Rarev's opinion upon these specimen hor-
ses, which arc soon to be shipped to Auburn,
n. Y. The Boy ordered out the Seward
horses, or two of them rather, for ono was
absent in the mountains, and the were trotted
up and down the paved courtyard, to the
great delight of those who were gathered to
witness some grand exhibition. There was
no exhibition, but Mr.. Rarey, after exanin-
ing them thoroughly, declared himself better
pleased with them than any Others he had
seen in Syria. One is colt Of two years,
and the other large bay Of seven years.
am 10th to say that Mr.. Rsrey was some
what disappointed in Arabian horses, mas
much rs he declares them to be understood
and inferior to many horses he had seen in
America and England. But as he has had
no experience in trying their speed or endu-
rance. and speaks simply in reference to their
appearance and display when in motion, his
expression Of dissatisfaction may be received
in very qualified sense.