New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-11
THE SUBJJGA TION or HORSES.
RAREYs THIRD LECTURE.

Mr.. Rarey is reformer, not gladiator and the
sooner the public understand this, the better. From
the time when he was twelve years old, he has been
peIfecting and advocating system forsubjugaug
horses, which IL at once the most successful and hu
name that was ever known. He tx eminently an
apostle of kindness; appearing before stubborn world
az the friend Of dumb creatures and forcing Ms to see
tha, bile victorious we need not be erocous well.
Ho has proved by d thousand experiments that the
most vicious horse In the world may be subdued by
kindness led by single thread, and caused to feel
real affection FOR his master For year hs system was
impaired only TO pupils whoreglary joined his classc,
and paid their fees. but atterly he has made 1t pubb
ard any one may learn the whole secret at Nibo's
for fly cents Az Ieformer then, he labors and az
such should DO recognized and appreciated. OF coure,
it is natural that he should seek vicious subjects a.
porsbe to illustrate his system, since be has per-
iecty assured himself Of it, efficacy Perhaps it is
equally natural that the public should rush to Niblo in
tie hope that Cruiser may be found to furnish ex-
citement equivalent TO the entrance Fee But we take
a much higher view Of the case than that We recog-
lie this modest-spoken courageous the pomul-
gator of great rcform and content to hear his OK
plantations and his experiments, even IL he does not
run imminent peril Of lis life with each new subject
We are 20 universally horse owning people, thatthere
is, perhaps even more need for Rarey preaching
Kindness toward horses, among than there ID abroad
Ofthe many millions Of horses that have been broken
and used by Americans, very small proportion have
been properly subdued. Tie greater Part ehoked,
dubbed or starved into subsection, and held by terror
in state of vassalage that is truly nentabe. There
ia no affection shown by the beast to his master, but
mere passive submission ready to be changed for open
nj.
Rareys system changes all that. IL takes the young
colt into training, teaches him not only the wishes
Of his master, but his power TO make them oboyed;
and coon causes the noble animal to recognize in
man not only a master but a friend. Without injury
or subjecting him bodily pain convncos the horse
that be is completely the mercy Of the superior being
who orders his movements, and that compliance with
bis wishes will soonest ensure his favor Ii makes him
ready to follow, unbrdled and embarrassed, wherever
bis owner calls him, to stop in headlong at
single word of command, and TO stand without ner-
vousness or apprehension while drums beat about him
or eannons are fired by his side. II any asks
robora,ion of these statements let them 60 to Nbo's
and zee how Cruiser-that most vicious and turbulent
of all horses, that incarnae equine devil that once
smashed stables broke bars Of iron, tore the ground
with rage, and MANNED his groolns until he became
kis.es biz check gives him his foot to shake, and fol-
lows him afectionately about the stage. There are
hundreds of people, no doubt, who go to Nblos more
TO see Rarey in the role of gladiator, fight mad horses
and Just escape with his life, than hear how he sub
dues and manages his subjects. If il were
known thar, on certain evening, Rarey
would have three hours mortal combat with
horse and conquer only after the fracture OF half the
bones in his body house twice as large as the Acade
my Of Music would not hold the crowd that would col
lect. If il were SUI led that there would I've simple
lecture and no exciting contests HOPE Chapel would
hardly be filed Rarey knows this as well as any one
ese and hence he every endeayor TO procure rs
wicked hoses rs he There IL Just that delicious
uncertainty whether the very worst horse will not be
secured for the pending entertainment that draws the
public in shoals 10 each that has been given thus far
II is to be hoped that gentlemen who own very vicious
booded horses will the advantage Of placing them
in Mr. Rarey hands for treatment. His fortune il al
ready ample enough to warrant his insuring them
against any injury to the animals while in his hands,
although we do not zee that there would
be the slightest risk. Cruiser was worth $4,000
vicious as he was when Lord Dorchester conided him
to Mr.. Rarey for treatment; and Idle Boy, King oil
Dude, Pineapple aud the other most noted subjects
which were tanned at Tattersals or at the ALEXANDRIA
public lectures were valued at several thousand dol
lars EACH Until we can have such high-splrited
warm.blooded horses as these shown st Niblos, the
real merits of the Rarey system cannot be understood
One of your cold blooded dunghils,' although OBJ
snate and malicious to a certain extent, shows little
fight for be has not the enduring mele to sustain an
hours control with the great subjugator. To his
owners and grooms he may have seemed tue very i'm.
personation of everything wicked and deyilsh, but
once placed in Rareys hands, the ga is BRIEF and the
victory 80 speedy that almost any audience would think
the animal trained for exhibition.
There has been some disposition TO carp at Mr..
Rareys first two performances because his horse sub
iects were not wicked enough. Not few went away
from the Tuesday lecture thinking that tho mdest ami
mails had purposely been selected. Those who ut
Nlbos Garden last evening had cause TO complain,
for an uglier and malicious brue than the rail-
road horse Peacock certainly never entered circus
ring. His natural spirit had been soured by itusag
when colt, and for IA or Is lorg years The cours
of kicks and blows to which he has been snbectedhsv
nnred all Of bad there was in him, and quenched ali
the original good. brave old kicker he Isl surely
wretch Of horse that to kick and strike for Ia
sheer pleasure gives him. Pmcky to the last grain
Of muscle and nerve in his ugly, battered old body,
fought desperate fight for his liberty, and when
fairly conquered chafed under subsection. An over
whelmiDg crowd filed every portion of the building,
seats passages, galledee stairs and ALL and the fight
and fun waxed furious, the expressions Of satisfaction
and enjoyment were uprOarous. On this occasion Dir.
Rssey Was peculiarly fortunate in bis subjects: Que