The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-03-08

Horseology Applied to Men.-Letter from
Mr.. Rarey.-Interview between tho
Great Horse. Tanner and the Veneer.
able DR.. Mott. -.-
Mr.. JOHN s. RARsY is likely to live in
history, not alone as tanner of vicious
beasts, but as "guide, philosopher and
FRIEND" to the race of man. N. P. VIII.
LIS makes this allusion to him in the last
letter to tie Home Journal: al .a.l
My absence from home rather retarded
my receipt of very interesting letter from
Mr.. Rarey. As help toward the cause
of which he is the undoubted apostle
mercy to the horse-I will quote portion
of it. He writes merely to thank me for
my account of his lecture, but he thus beau
tiiully enlarges upon it:
II have all along wished to have
system as humanitarian measure. have
tried to demonstrate the possibility of subdu-
ing the widest, most malicious and intractable
horses by simple kindness and harmless STRAIT
agem. have been thousand times panied
to see the brutal punishment and physical tor
ture inflicted on noble, generous, spirited
horses, for disobedience to commands that
they could not possibly understand. l stand
before the public to protest against this bru-
tality, and think have proved by my prac.
teal illustrations. that my system is truly eff
caci0us and humane. am not and do not wish
to be recognized as mere Snowman of horses
performing for money. aim to be something
higher than this, and am, therefore, very CRATE
full for such discriminating and kindly notices
as you have given me-"
Last Saturday the venerable EL1PHALEr
Mort, President of Union College, who
had heard of RAREY's wonderful perform
ances, dropped him the following note from
his temporary place Of sojourn in Phila>
delphia:
1850 PINE-STREET.
IS. RAREY, ESQ.-Dear Sir: DR.. Mott, Pres
ident of Union College, Schenectady, New
York, having had long experience in the train
ing of refractory boys, would be very glad to
have a personal interview with Mr.. Rarey,
however brief. If such interview shall be
deemed desirable on the part of Mr.. Rarey, he
will, perhaps, in consideration of Mr.. Motifs
age and feeble health, do him the favor to call
on him at Miss Anable's, S. E. corner of Broad
and Pine street.
If convenient for Mr.. Rarey to call, he will
oblige DR.. Mott by specifying the time.
Very respectfully,
At the hour appointed (says the Phila-
delphia North Ameriean) Mr.. Rarey waited
upon Dr. Mott, and curious interview fol-
lowed. The new horse.philosopby, as ap-
piled to vicious human colts, is amusingly
set forth in the following dialogue:
81 have been twice to see you perform,
Mr.. Rarey," said the Doctor, and this has
begotten in me desire to see you and com.
pare notes. l have been trainer of boys
for more than half century, and boys that
have proven ungovernable in other hands
have readily yielded to mine. Now, do you
know l think that your bearing toward the
horse is guided by much the same spirit
that successful educators manifest toward
refractory boys?"
81 am much pleased to think, sir" was
the rejoinder, that such is the case. In
training the horse l use no other punish
ment than restraint AS soon as you know
the horses mind, and the horse comprehends
YOU, the instinct of obedience leads him to
do your bidding"
"That is just my view of boys" said the
Doctor.
Aud" resumed Mr.. Rarey. " am
satisfied that in even the worst horse the
instinct of obedience is stronger than that
of the reverse. The nobler the disposition
of the horse the fercer and the briefer is
his resistance. The worst subjects are
those in whom resistance is logged and
stubborn"
But even in such horses you find the
efficacy of your system more marked than
the present mode of horse breaking"
eyes, sir. With such dispositioned
horses there is no safety by the usual mode
of subjectlon."
"Then your ideas and mine," said the
Doctor, are precisely the same. have
been accustomed to horses from boyhood,
and so trained them that at the sound ofmy
voice, with loose rein, they would stop
even when going down the steepest de-
clivity." ... ..5...1. ....
That is cardinal point in my system"
said Mr.. Rarey, to accustom the horse to
my voice as much as to my person"
The venerable gentleman and Mr.. Rarey
continued their conversation for half an
hour, and with evident satisfaction to both.
The result of the interview was confrma-
tory of the opinion already entertained by
both, that neither in the subjugation Of un-
ruly boys or rebelIious horses is cruelty, or
the infection of physical pain, productive
of any good result.