CHAPTER XX 



RAREY'S SYSTEM A NEW DISCOVERY — PREVIOUS SYSTEMS— PRINCIPLES OP THIS 

 SYSTEM— INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRACTISING RAREY'S METHOD— TO STABLE THE 



HORSE— TO APPROACH THE HORSE— TYING UP THE LEG LAYING THE 



HORSE DOWN— VICIOUS AND BAD HABITS— REARING— KICKING BAULKING 



— PULLING ON THE HALTER — SHYING. 



The metliod of taming horses termed the Rarey system 

 is clearly a new discovery ; for, although others have in 

 this country and elsewhere used some of the practices, such 

 as tying up the foot, &c., in its successful and perfect form 

 no one preceded Mr. Rarey, or even very much assist- 

 ed him in the discovery. 



J. S. Rarey was an Ohio farmer, and his family connec- 

 tions still reside near the city of Columbus. He has been, 

 from his childhood, a horse-breaker of some reputation 

 among his neighbors, and even when he had first developed 

 his present system he very quietly practiced it in the more 

 unsettled parts of the country, extending his travels even 

 to Texas. He taught his system to others for a small fee, 

 and wrote a pamphlet some six years ago, which he gave 

 to his pupils, but which was kept by them under a promise 

 of secrecy. This is the only book ever published by Mr. 

 Rarey, but one of his pupils in England has written a very 

 readable little volume* on this system, and other matters 



* The art of Taming Horses, by J. S. Rarey, &c., by the Hunting corres- 

 pondent of the Illustrated London News. London : George Routledge & Co. 



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