354 RAREY^S METHOD OF TAMING HORSES. 



features of his method, as gleaned from the various EnglisK 

 publications bearing upon the subject, especially from the little 

 work, entitled " The Art ofTaming Horses. By J. S. Rarey," 

 and edited by the Hunting Correspondent of " The Illustrated 

 London News." 



It is needless to premise, that not every man can become a 

 Karey, by the perusal of this, or of any other treatise upon the art 

 of breaking horses ; yet it is not claiming too much for this system 

 to say, that by its use the large majority of horses may be broken 

 more expeditiously, more effectually, and with far more satis- 

 faction and pleasure to the breaker than by the adoption of any 

 other now known. It is no slight gain, to be able to transfer 

 the breaking of horses from ignorant, impatient, and disagree- 

 able persons to those who can in every respect' appreciate the 

 noble qualities of the animal and who will therefore deal with 

 him as his high rank in the scale of creation demands. 



The three fundamental principles of the Rarey theory are : 

 first, that the horse is so constituted by nature that he will not 

 offer resistance to any demand made of him which he fully com- 

 prehends, if such demand is made in a way consistent with the 

 laws of his nature ; second, that he has no consciousness of his 

 strength beyond his experience, and can be handled according 

 to our will without force ; and third, that we can, in compliance 

 with the laws of his nature, by which he examines all things 

 new to him, take any object however frightful around, over, or 

 on him, that does not inflict pain, without causing him to fear. 



As to the first proposition : — the horse, although possessed of 

 some faculties superior to man's yet being deficient in reasoning 

 powers, has no knowledge of right or wrong, of free will and 

 independent government, and is not aware of any imposition 



