The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-05-28
MIR. RAREY AND THE HORSE

tary OF tho American Education Society com
tnunlcate' to the Con5regafionaiiSt persona
observations as follows:
: We regard the visit Of Mr.. Rarey TO on
city rs renl blessing. Before his coming
our state OF feeling and opinion on the gene
. raj subject which he represents, was, we SUP
!. pose, like that Of the great multitude around
y u'. We had heard of his wonderful power,
We had read many paragraphs in the news.
!, papers, recording his actual deeds. and the
! impressions made by them on other minds
80 that our pre- possessions were altogether in
his favor Bu, ''seeing is believing" It rs.
qnlres the actual presence of the man, and III.
open Illustration OF the subject, to produce the
full practical effect.
In the lectures and exhibitions which h.
has gwen, nothing has pleased us more than
the straight Onward, manly way in which be
talks about his .ubject-the horse. There is
on the one hand, none OF the high.wroucht
nonsense OF the nero "fancy" nan, nor on the
o'her, the low yuIgarity Of the old fashioned
horse jockey. IIe conss before Iii. audience.
IN perfectly mole.:, frank, common sense
way, to tell them what he can do, and what
ne c'u easily teach them TO 10. There is. in
ms language, the simplicity Of truth, and
teSIthy tone. He INDUCES in no bossting.
lie claims no remarkable powers. He dis
claims, in fact, any peculiar gifts. He only
does what any one .cso do, if he will but fol
low the law Of nature aud truth.
Every one present is impressed also with
. the tenevoleace Of his work The central
idea OF his whole system, in its practical out
workings, is that of kindness to the horse
II ia necessary that tho animal should liza
subdued, and that thoroughly, in order that
he may be IN proper suLjection, and may ful-
al the great end of his being, viz: 10 sub
serve the wants Of man. And though the
struggle which ~ ises, for few moment.
While the process Of subjectios is going on, is
often severe, there is nothing cruel about il
lhe horse is not injured, he is only wesried
and overborne. All the while he s made to
feel that he is in the hands OF msn, who
has absolute power over him, and who is not
an@ry and abusive, The kind word. the soft
cares, are ever ready; and when the horse
yields at last, and lies quietly, be is ,9othed
and petted as by his best friend. The whole
process is 80 simple too, that every one &C.
custoned to handle horses at all feels entire
ly compel ent to go through with it after
single exhibition.
We notice that Mr.. Rarey, in his lectures,
speaks Of the mind Of horses. We do not 4
Of course, understand him, in the use OF Ian.
yuage, to imply what some men seem inclin
ii to believe, that the horse, q. well a. other
animals, has truly wha! we call mind. We
suppose that lie uses the word for lack Of = 0
1etter one to express his thought. We were '
never more forcby impressed with Jus. the "
opposite idea, than while witnessing these
of
lad the mind which ia in US, he would not be :: :;
ubdued by this process, but only ufuristed. =,
lie would feel that he had been taken at 40 al "
dvantage, and ths ths man must never at e'
cnpt to catch him in any such way sSain, y
"d II 80, he must dp II at his peril. He =
raw' III Commissions on the subject. lie on "
y knows th' present living f.ct that he can. AZ
ot do what he would, but is entirely At the 20
mercy OF another. And after he straps are ="
-moVed and he Is At liberty sgain, eyiicnu, " y,
he h 'fse docs not 90 into process. of req 7,
'ning after this fashion. al have been un. ''
ny and rough, and this is what hav. 90,
" 1t, and IT | do mischief again, this manor z
'me other one, will put me through tbs III
'me process; therefore will behave nv ="
II. We do not understand that the horse -
As any such great argument a. ths going on w w
l'hIn hl'n. lie has felt the simple f,c. Of
'"er mingled With kindness, and ths, fact
'ides with him aud upon him when he is
,ain at full liberty.
But there is law to hi. nature, peyerthe. /.
S., and Goi has fashioned THAT la -i,,I, ~ ~
ID well, 10 make him not the equal but the N.
ryant of man. Mr. Rsrey has found ont fv
st law, and has most skiruliy and kindly rs.
apted his system to meet it, and herein lie ba,
a great public benefactor. We shall never ON,
.an see horo undergoing brutal treat
ent for his misconduct, but We shall stand -,
ady to recommend n simpler, kinder, and ceI
r more eticctua WY. off
But no one vc think, can watch the small two
'ure Of Mr, Rsrey ca he stage, IN ll'. calm ito,
mba' With large, powerful, vieiou. horse a,
entirely s1rc Of his victory IN the end,
thoat feeling, IS Lo never perhaps felt ls.
e, that to the ore, God bas gwen mind, Sal
d to the otte', fir. cla noble instincts and pre-
siitles OF character, but not misd. rail