Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-01-18
RAREy, THE HORSE TAMEK.

now in New York, giving lectures on his
manner of tanning this most noble of do
nestle animals. His first lecture was on
the 9Th inst, in which, among others, he
exhibited his celebrated horse Cruiser, and
gave an account of his fierce character be-
fore being trained, and told how he had
subdued him. He said that he was so
fierce that no one dare approach him !;
and that his owner kept him in a strong
brick stable or stall, confined with heavy
muzzle and chain, strong enough to hold
an elephant. Such was the danger of ap-
preaching him that his food was passed to
him from above through a trap-door.
Mr.. Rarey gave his second lecture in
America on the 9th inst, at Niblo's Gar
den. The four thousand and odd persons
who witnessed his astonishing success on
Saturday afternoon last, appeared to have
come again and brought all.their friends
with them. A greater crowd could not
have got inside the building. Every foot
of space whence q view of the stage could
be had was occupied-the aisles, the stair
ways, the orchestra, and the wings of the
stage were filled to OVERLOOKING. Notwith
standing this probably two thousand per-
sons were unable to gain admission. The
audience contained a great number of la
dies, and was extremely orderly through
out the evening. Considerable difficulty
was experienced by many persons in get
ting into their secured seats in conse-
quence of the great jam and the INSULT
Gent number of ushers; but this, Mr.
Rarey remarked in his lecture. will be
guarded against hereafter, and any failure
to furnish seat to its holders will entitle
him to either have his money refunded or
another seat reserved for him at the next
exhibition.
A large police force was in attendance,
but nothing occurred to mar the entertain
ment, beyond a momentary excitement
caused by the breaking down of bench !
upon which a number Of gentlemen were
standing, The curtain rose at seven and
half o'clock, disclosing the well arranged
fac smile of stable yard used on the
previous occasion. Mr.. Rarey's entrance
was hailed with enthusiastic plaudits.
He began by remarking that he had a
variety of entirely new subjects which he
would operate upon. He never exhibits
the same horse twice. with the exception
of that prime favorite, Cruiser-undouot-
eddy once the worst horse he had ever seen.
Cruiser was then introduced, and Mr..
Rarey explained substantially, as in his
first lecture, the manner in which he tanned
him, showing the muzzle that he formerly |
wore, and rehearsing his positively fend-
ish disposition and habits. His fighting
powers would seem to have been astonish-
ing. 1t was hard to credit Mr.. Rarey's
graphic account of his murderous exploits,
while viewing him standing quietly with
in the enclosure, shutting and fawning up
on his subjugator. When he first APP
preached this horse, he did so by opening
the upper half of his stable door, and
standing suddenly before MIN. He car
ried no stick nor weapon of any kind.
Cruiser gazed upon his sudden appariCion
with seemingly unfcigncd establishment.
Lord Dorchester, who was standing out of
harms way, grew nervous, and entreated
Mr.. Rarey to come away, else the animal
would surely spring upon and kill him.
No, said the intrepid man, let him come
up to me and get acquainted. He did
MIR. Rarey stroked him. and gave him an
opportunity for inspecting closely his
strange visitor. Then he unfastencd the
lower half Of the door, and entered the
savage's abode. Gentleness and the two
straps, whose use we have already ex-
planned, soon forced the horse upon his
knees, although it took three hours to
thoroughly tame him, The lecturer showed
the horses present docility, by making
him follow him around the stage and ex-
tend his fore foot to be shaken, at COM
mand.
He excused this horses inability to be
down, by saying, in a playful manner,
that Cruiser had requested that he would
not force him to do. while the wound nnon q