, 1861-02-23
THE NEW EQUINE PHILosoPHX.~
Narey a 4 Tanner OF Men-He Captt-
El1phAlet Motifs

Mr. John 8. Rarey.: is likely to live in his
tory, not aloAe. asa tanner Of vicious .bezsts,
|! hnt IS *.gulds, philosopher and 1liend'' to
ths race ofma,n. N. p W1liis makes thls ii.
I lusion to him in thu last It sIdleWnd" letter:
.::"My absence from home rather retarded my
:Rarey. Is heip toward III % cause Of Witch
he Is the nndonbted apostle-nefey to the
h9rse-I will quote portion Of It. He writes
merely to thank me for my account Of his
lecture, but" he Thus beautifully enlarges
nave NJ along Wished 70
the system as humanitarian measure. 1 have
tried to demonstrate the possibility Of snhdu-
|: ing the w11dest most malicious and :intracta~
ble h0r8ee by simple kindness and hsr1nless
stratagem. u have, been b thousand times
painedto see the brutal punishment and ply
Rieal. torture inflicted On noble, generous,
spirited horses for dlsobedience to coumBnds
that they Gould not possibly under stand, Z
stand before the public to protest against this
brutality and I, think have proved, by my
practical Illustrations, that my system Ia truly
etacacious and humane. i an not. aud do lot
Wlshto be recognized as mere Snowman of
horses' pet1ormtng for money. T aim to be
something higher than this and am, therefore.
very g7atefn for such discriminating and
kfndiX notices as you have given me-
Last Saturday, the venerable Euphalet Mott,
President Of Union College, who had heard OF
Rarey's wonderful performances, dropped him
the following note from bis temporary place
OF. sojonrn IN Philadelphia Tie excellent
Doctors epist1e has the life Of nineteen, in.
stead Of ninety years: -.
: = =; "1s5o Pnr s7urxr.
~. S. RAREY, EsQ.-Dsd,. SIR. Dr. Mott,
ont {oFH HTufl,n e~I. =. Hy.-
YORK, having had long experience In the TRIM
ing OF refractory boys, would be very glad to
have personal interview with Mr.. karey,
however brief ,. II sneh ,intefyiew shall be
deemed desirable on the part of Mr. Rarey,
ne WI, perhaps, IN consideration Of Dr.. Motifs
on HIM Ut Miss Anable's, S.E. corner Of Broad
= sifconTenienf for Mr.. Rarcy to call. he viii
obflge Dr. Mott by specifying the time
..veIy respectfully, E1RH MOTT"
At the hour appointed (says The Philadelphia
AortA Ataer1eaa). u. Raii:e5ywaited upon Dr.
Mott, and a curious interview followed. Tie
new horse-phi1osophy, q applied to, vicious
human colts, samusingly set forth in the fol- |.
lowing dialogue:
kafey," said the Doctor" and this has begotter
N me desire to see you and compare notes. |
have been trainer Of bovs for oore thor
malt century, and boys that have proven IN
sovernab1e In other hands have readily Welded
TO- mine. Non, do gon- know that yonr hear-
ing toward the horse Is guided by much fhe
same spirit that successful educators manifest |
toward refractory boys''
II am much pleased to think, sir" was the
reloinder, that such is the case. In traininr
ne horse use no other punishment than rc,
slfa1nf. A. soon az you know the horses ]
n.ano, lu. Ana lhe morse eonprehenls you, the H.
ling."' 1o1t w"
Doctor o''' e@Ao 1ne
AMI, = resumed Mr. Rarey, u am satisfied
nat N even the worst horse the instinct Of
% 2eedlenee Is stronger than that Of the reverse.
The nobler the disposition Of the horse The
lercer and the briefer is his resistance. The
Fcrst subjects are those in whom resistance is |
logged and stubborn"
"But even in such horses you ind the effica-
y OF your system more marked than the pres
nt M mode Of horse breaking 4
j., Yes, Sir. With such dispositioned horses
ion"
"Then your ideas and mine" said the Doc:
Or, ARE precisely the same have been &C.
nstomed to horses from boyhood, aud so
Eaned them that at the sound Of my voice,
1t IN loose rein, they would stop even when
olng down the steepest declvity1'
THAT is 8 .cordinN poirt in my system"
I'D Mr. Rarey, ssto'accustom the horse to my
olce asmuch as to my person."
Ile venerable gentleman and Mr. Karey !
o1tnued their conversation for half an hour,
nd with evident satisfaction to both. There !
plnlon already entertained by both, tnat
either in the subjugation Of unruIy boys or | ]
sbelllous horses Ii cruelty, or the lndiction Of
1yslcal pain, productive Of any good result,