Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-01-14

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terssting reading matter-except secession
news-than the following report from the N.
Y. Tribupe of Rarey's third lecture at NiblO's
Garden;
There has been some disposition to carp
At Mr. RArey's FIRST two performance be-
cause his horse subjects were not wicked
enough Not few went away from the
Tuesday lecture thinking that the mildest
animals had purposely been selected. Those
who we're 1T Niblo's Garden last evening had
no cause 70 complain, for an uglier and more
malicious brute tha the railroad horse Pea
cock certainly never entered circus ring
His natural spirit had been soured by ill
usage, when a colt, and lor "A or 10 long
years the course Of kicks and blows to which
he has been subjected have nursed all Of
bad there was in him, and quenohed all Of
the original good. A brave old kicker he
is q surly wretch Of horse that seems to
kick and strike Tor the sheer pleasure itgives
him. Pluoky to the last grain Of fmuscle and
nerve in his ugly, battered old body, he
fought desperate fight for his liberty, and
even when fairly oonqured chafed under sub
lection. An overwhelming crowd filled
every portion Of the building, seats, passages,
galleries, stairs and all, and as the fght and
fun Waxed furious, the expressions OF salts
faction and enjoyment were uproarious.-
On this occasion Mr. Rarey was peculiarly
fortunate in his subjects one was young,
rather nervous, handsome and hence good
subject to lecture upon old Peacock was
game 10 the backbone and made a splendid
fight and the third, large bay horse that
was said to be impossible TO mount, did his
best TO keep Rarey of his back. The inter
est was therefore continuous Throughout the
lecture. Mr.. Rarey had also become accus-
toned to the theater and pitched his voice
80 as to be heard by all.
The lecture was commenced as usual, by an
exhibition of Cruiser, who served as text TO
much valuable discourse. He was made TO
perform new trick-that of carrying q cap
in his mouth and bring it to Rarey across the
stage. This shows how lasting are the
impressions made upon his mind, for we are
informed that it is more than year since he
was made to do the trick. Mr.. Rarey said
that horse has no natural vices, but simply
those he learns from man in the process of
breaking. he does not know his strength
until he has gained an advantage over US in
a contest for supremacy; but once learned,
he never forgets it. Hence our " breaking"
should be such that we have control from the
beginning, and never lose it. A young colt
should never be rudely approached in the pas
ture but be should De suffered to come to US.
feel our person, and gain confidence; and
this much gained, our whole management
should be gentle, deliberate, and perfectly
planned.
Mr.. Rarey has at each Of his lectures dem
onstrated two very important things.
First. He has shown how to mount into
the saddle withou; its being held in its place
by girths. Men usually mount Just in the
wrong way. They face the horses flank,
clutch the rear part or "canle" of the sad
die, stick their toe against the horse ribs, and
lift their whole weight at disadvantage, like
fly on pane of glass. Rarey simply lays
the saddle on the horses back without buck
ling the girths, places his right side close
against the horses body, facing forward not
backward, places his right hand far forward
on the of side side Of the saddle, puts his foot
in the stirrup, grasps the bride and name in
his left hand, and with light spring rises
perpendicularly from the ground, so as to
bring the whole weight of his body over the
foot in the stirrup. In this way it is just as
easy to mount horse, no matter how large
and round-backed he may be, without saddle
girths as with them.
Second. he has taught us how to stop
runaway horse. The horse, as we have said
! in previous notice, has very little power to
resist a side-pull on his bride, although i'm
meuse power for a direct OF downward pull.
Hence, if you are riding, and your horse at
tempts to run, take short hold on the rein,
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and turn until he is satisfied to 60 quietly
| along.
Then came Peacock, the malicious kicker,
from the Hudson River Railroad stable, Of
whom mis- owner, Mr.. Platt, says that he re-
quires three men to harness him; that his
collar mas not been off his neck but twice in
ten years; that he has kicked three horses 10
death, and he believes, has killed one man.
He has Travelled on the city route 10000
miles within the past ten years. but still re-
tains all the vice and malice which charac-
terized him at three years old. Before Pea
cock came on the stage, there was terrible
/ kicking and stamping behind the scene. Tne
{" fiat" was parted in the middle and on he
came, with a whisk of tail and a hing-up Of
heels that betOkened his temper His eye
was glaring, bloodshot and, after while,
almost as phosphorescent as a cats. When
Rarey attempted to handle him, he plunged,
and kicked, and snapped his teeth, and
whisked his tail in a torrent of rage. But
the finale of the Rarey process is always the
same. He is indomitable, and the horse he
handles is morally certain to be conquered.
It is only matter of few minutes, more or
less, and so Peacock found it to be. Thrown
on his knees, he only fought the harder, and,
even with a single leg to stand on, he actu-
ally managed to give some desperate kicks
with his hind feet; but his time came at last
and Rsrey conquered, mounted, and rode him,
although, by the time this was accomplished
the horse-tamer's brow was wet with perspi
ration, and the horses coat was streaming
| with sweat