CHAPTER 11. 



Mr. Rarey's Introduction. — Eemarks on. 



Mr. Raeey opens his pamphlet with an " Introduction," 

 ^vhich seems to be an extract from some American work 

 on the Horse, of no great value or authority; but I give 

 it entire, because I have decided to give in every chapter 

 Mr. Rarey's own words in full, and to follow them up, 

 where it seems necessary, with my own additional ex- 

 planations and observations, derived from Mr. Rarey's 

 Lectures and other authorities. 



" The first domestication of the horse, one of the 

 greatest achievements of man in the animal kingdom, 

 was not the work of a day ; but, like all other great ac- 

 complishments, was brought about by a gradual process 

 of discoveries and experiments. He first subdued the 

 more subordinate animals, on account of their being 

 easily caught and tamed, and used for many years the 

 mere drudges, the ox, the ass, and the camel, instead 

 of the fleet and elegant horse. This noble animal was 

 the last brought into subjection, owing, perhaps, to 

 man's limited and inaccurate knowledge of his nature, 

 and his consequent inability to control him. This fact 

 alone is sufficient evidence of his superiority over all 

 other animals. 



" Man, in all his inventions and discoveries, has almost 

 invariably commenced with some simple principle, and 

 gradually developed it from one degi'ee of perfection 

 to another. The first hint that we have of the use of 



