The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-01-08
RAREY IN NEW YORK.

Horse Tanner, who gave his first exhibition in that
city on Saturday last at NibIo's Garden. Although
the price of admission fixed at one dollar the
house crowded to its utmost capacity. The
English horse Cruiser and several other very re-
fractory animals were exhibited and subdued be-
fore the audience. The following account is given
Of his treatment of
NERVOUS FULLER.
After brief interval Mr.. Rarey reappeared with
fine, weshaped, large white horse, apparently
of the Messenger blood. This, said he is not a
very vicious horse. His owner says that he is
nervous and great puller. | use him first because
| wish to demonstrate aud explain my system to.
gether, and could not do this with dangerous
horse so well. All my success depends upon my
understanding the horse, and having him under
stand me. The horses mind governs his actions
Fear makes him run away; anger makes him fight.
Rough breaking does horse good. We must
teach him like child. Rough breaking, as we
call it, only makes him do what he don't want to-
They try to catch him ills way, (back started the
horse.) The horse is sensitive as you are. 1t
is just as bad to catch him by the face it would
be to catch your friends by the face. But see YOU
can do anything with his head, if you use kindness
Take it in your arms; put it under your arms; put
1t in your pocket if it were large enough. ITO the
delight of all Mr.. Rarey fondled the animal mo-
ment before so full of nervous anger) They will
take after you, and follow you. All horses are so.
\ ou should speak pleasantly, and even look plea
sanity for them. daughter and applause, which
Mr.. Rarey checked by begging the audience to re-
main quiet while the horses were upon the stage,
as it distracted their attention.
Now | never this horse before he is a stran.
ger to me: and yet you see he follows me about.
(The horse ran after Mr.. Rarev eagerly.) The
owner says he is hard puller, and that he can't be
driven, he pulls so hard upon the driver. can lead
him by straw. (This Mr.. Rarey did, amid sub
dued app ause.) A horse will obey light rather
than hard pull. Suppose you try to make
his mouth soft by your hard bits-you only sue
coed in making it hard instead of soft. You never
can make the mouth more sensitive than nature
made it. Horses always 90 better with ladies than
with men, all over the world; because will
hold them or pull the jaw off. Now, in breaking,
all horses will try their strength against you. At
ter you have bent the leg and thrown the horse
upon his knees, never throw him ever; let him go
himself. s..
Mr.. Rarev now turned his attention to the horse
which had been standing quietly beside him all the
while and continued: There is a system in taking
up the leg. Run your hand down thus (illustra-
ting, bear upon his shoulder, that relieves the
foot; let the foot lie lightly in your hand-don't
clutch it. (The strap was fastened, and the horse
limped about on three legs.) You now teach him
several very important lessons. First, that he is
very helpless. He limp, but he cannot run
away. Sometimes put horses in harness this
way. There is a cause for all their dislike of har-
ness at first. If you put harness on horse he will
kick to try to get rid of it. He kicks at a wagon
for the cause; and he does this not from pre-
mediated mischief but from fear, and the result
of our ignorance If the harness hurts the horses
leg, it is as bad tor him, not knowing the cause as
if wild beast had bitten him, and he is afraid
When you again bring the harness you bring the
fear. You yourselves never again pass place
where dog has bitten you with the confidence you
did at first
| take horses step at time, so that they can
not hurt me themselves, and so that they are
tanned without being excited. (The second strap
is attached.) 1t no more hurts horse to bend
his leg than you to bend your arm. l make the
horse step, and then-(Mr Rarey pulls the strap;
q ula tstr fha arip MI
ing and trying to regain its feet, in few moments
it is upon its knees MIR. Rarey wipes his face with
his handkerchief calmly, and continues.) Never
work hard or be in hurry. Let the horse be
convinced of his he plessness. Ifyou pull him over
suddenly he will kick. No horse can resist more
than fifteen minutes before lying down. This tanned
Cruiser. (Sensation.) Always keep close bv the
horses shoulder and you will be out of danger
Never be afraid of the horses falling on you. "a
gradual pressure from Mr.. Rarey's arm, and a
consciousness that it was tresome to rest upon its
knees, placed the horse upon its sde.) Now treat
the horse quietly.
A Voice-"Te us how YOU got the strap on
Cruisers leg.'
Mr.. Rarey, looking around from the horse-sTll
tell you all about that some other time"
"Ihe Voice-"That will cost another dollar,
s'pOse." Tremendous hisseS.)
Mr.. Rarey continued-Some horses are tame in
their fore legs and wild in their hind legs (Sits
down upon the horse and goes on.) That is be-
cause they are not tanned all over. | should have
muscles relax, and his feet like blocks of wood.
(Mr. Rarey here took off the straps stretched him
self beside the horse its feet together rub
bed them against his face, and then, while lying
with his head between the horses heels, again re-
sumed | can do this with any horse. | am lust
that he will not kick that a stone will
not of itself fly up and strike me. Why should he?
lie will not unless he gets angry, and shall see
that immediately. AT my first exhibition before
the Queen and Prince Albert, after experimenting
with an unbroken colt and very vicious horse,
the riding master asked if | would try very ner-
vous horse. | sad certainly, but that had
already detained them over two hours.'' They
asked me how long should take. | said "6fteen
minutes"
The Queen said she would give me half an hour
and the party would walk about till then. None of
them then knew my system, SO | went into the box
where the horse was and in less than fifteen min
utes had the animal under control. When showed
it to the party, all were astonshed. Prince AL
bert, thinking that used some powerful drug ask
ed If the horse had the use Of its legs. | replied
that no means had been used to deprive the animal
of its faculties and made the horse get up. Suisse
quently performed before them four times. See,
place this horses foot upon me. There is no dan
ger He would no more tread heavily upon
than mare upon her foal. Mr.. Rarey and his
subject here land the horse followed him about.
This horse is tanned all over. daughter
So, of course, he is not frightened. The only
ret is mutual confidence. In London they at first
thought that this effect produced either by
witchcraft or drugs. One druggist protested to
possess my recipe, and so sold large amount of
very expensive oil.
In saddling a horse proceed thus: | first show
him the saddle. If you pull him about blind his
ewes he thinks something is wrong, and of course
resists. But accustom him to the saddle by placing
it on and off several times and all is right. In
mounting, too, gentlemen go wrong, as they do
about almost everything (laughter)- about horse
They bear their weight on the foot in the stirrup
and try to climb up, 90 that the horse is like hy
on pane of glass-f is weight one side. Mr..
Rarey then proceeded to illustrate his method of
mounting standing close to the horse and bearing
his weight upon the horses shoulder. Now, "a
horse has great power in pulling his head down but
little when it is pulled aone-side This shows you
how to stop horse when he runs away. If you
you make dead pull it is like man trying to lift
himself over fence by his boot straps. But if you
turn him round and round (illustrating) he is pow
erless.
Ii horse jbs with you in the street, and refuses
to go on don't attempt to spur him; turn him round
and round. He would rather go on than keep
turning any time. You remember the mule who
used to go through brook to tighten his load of
salt which dissolved in the water. His master
cured him by loading him with sand, which the
water made heavier. No beating could have ac-
complished such a reformation. Mr.. Rarey then
took drum, showed it to the horse, explaining
that horses only feared what they did not under
stand, as boys feared false faces in the dark, I'M
less they knew them to be pasteboard; and then,
rafting the drum over the nervous-pu Her, con-
cluded this part of his lecture amid hearty ap