The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-05-03
n "Seil' Perpetrated In Rome.

A Rome correspondent of ths New
) York News, under date of March 29th
says:
The English and Americans in Rome
AaTe this week been the victims of a
hoax worthy Of Barnum. 1t was announ-
ced that Rarey, the horse tanner, had ar.
rived, and that wish proper Inducements
he would consent TO giYe an exhibition of
his powers As threeiourths of his for.
eshiert in Rome belong TO the equestrian
order, thanks to the glorious temptations
of the Campagna, and as the Roman no
bles especially court the honors OF n knowl-
edge Of horse flesh, there was no lack what
ever of ten scudi not lodged for the temp
tatIon of Raiey, and on Friday, in the Do
ria Riding school, the exhibition took
place. In the gallery were ladies', especi.
ally artist ladies, anxious to study the
beautiful groups to be formed by the noble
horses and the splendid horse tanner.
Chairs set for the Queen Of Naples were
quickly appropriated to better women
and had it not been that the incense of
some hundred cigars from eminent sculp-.
tors, Roman princes, and English grooms
IN the riding school below proved some.
what sitting, enjoyment would have been
complete. when Rarey entered Was il
Rarey? Forty Americans and English.
| men had seen Rarey two or three wears
| ago, but was this thick set, awkword
looking man really he2 There was much
| room for doubt as it seemed; yet, Us Il
appeared that his hair and his voice were
all right it was finally concluded that he
was only somewhat altered for the worse.
and profound were the reflections offered
on the anti-asthetic effects of prosperity,
and the dreadful results of liberal pota-
tions on the nerves. Nervous he certain.
y was, and awkward to boot
a placid looking brute led in with much
parade by two grooms, lent himself mild
ly to the Rarey process, exhibited with
much more caution than grace, and then
young fresh colt from the CampaEa,
trotted into the riding school, was, duly
lassoed by an assistant, and dragged half
strangled into the small boarded arena in,
the center Here most laughable ini-
dent occurred, 70" the poor prosecuted
colt, in a momrnt of desperation, leaped
his woodenwalls, and plunged among tho
spectators. CONSERVATION seized the no.
bic Italian audience, and heller skelter
they rushed, Dorias Colonnas and Borg
heses, into doorSays aud up on window
stools. while roars of laugher from Britons
and Yankees sent the poor frightened
col. faster and faster sround the house.
The Rarey process having failed even-
tually to complete so far the beasts educa-
ton as to prevent him from kicking and
plunging continually, the audience retired,
receiving at the last moment the corsola-
tory assurance that there were three Ra.
reys, end that this was not the Rarey, but
a Rarey. Next day, however, the truth
came cut 1t was 10 Rarey at all-not.
J..
eler named Golding with a pseudo. YAM
kee accent picked up in Canada. All our
moralizings on the disastrous effects of
and vicious fermentations had
been wholly supertluous, but the consola.
ton was considerable that the man had.
never been able 10 touch his il.-earned
scudi, and that they were carefully re.
turned to the owners by the banker to.
whom they had been paid.