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SUCCESS OF KAREY'S METHOD. 



inflicted on man or beast, and we are equally responsible in either 



case. 



As an unprejudiced observer, with no purpose to serve, and without 

 bias in either direction, I cannot here refrain from observing that Mr. 

 Rarey's method of bringing the Horse under subjection is a considerable 

 step in the right direction, and a very great improvement on the cruel 

 and savage method which is so often employed by coarse and ignorant 

 men, and truly called " breaking." Having repeatedly witnessed the 

 successful operations of that gentleman in subduing Horses that had 

 previously defied all eiforts, I cannot be persuaded that it is a cruel 

 process. The method by which it is achieved is now sufficiently famil- 



Floea Temple, an American Trotting-horse. 



iar, and I will only observe that the idea is a true and philosophical 

 one. The Horse is mostly fierce because it is nervous, and bites and 

 kicks, not because it is enraged, but because it is alarmed. Restore 

 confidence, and the creature becomes quiet, without any desire to use 

 its hoofs and teeth in an aggressive manner. It is clearly impossible 

 to do so as long as the animal is at liberty to annihilate its teacher, 

 and the strap is only used until the Horse is convinced that the presence 

 of a human form or the touch of a human hand has nothing of the 

 terrible in it. Confidence soon takes the place of fear, and the animal 



