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anything, only be kind to him, be gentle. Love him, and he will love you. 
Teed him before you do yourself. Shelter him well ; groom him yourself, 
keep him clean, and at night always give him a good bed at least a foot 
deep. 
“‘In the winter season, don’t let your horse stand out a long time 
in the cold without shelter or covering; for the horse is a native of a 
warm climate, and, in many respects, his constitution is as tender as a 
man’s. 
“ If you want to teach him to lie down, stand on his left side ; have a 
couple of leather straps about six feet long, string up his left leg with one 
of them round his neck, strap the other end of it over his shoulders, hold it 
in your hand, and, when you are ready, tell him to lie down, at the same 
time gently, firmly, and steadily pulling on the strap, touching him lightly 
on the knee with a switch. The horse will immediately lie down. Do this 
a few times, and you can make him lie down without the strap.” 
“We saw,” says the same writer, “Mr. Rarey in this city some two 
years since, and had a long and interesting conversation with him in regard 
to his peculiar mode of subduing wild and vicious horses. Mr. Rarey is a small 
and rather spare person, the only peculiarity about his person being a very 
keen blue eye. His method of managing a vicious animal entirely precluded 
the use of force or fear, and he represented that his power was obtained 
solely through certain herbs and drugs, first subduing the desire of the 
horse to injure him, and then, by inspiring the beast with affection and con- 
fidence, he is enabled to do whatever he chooses with him. These herbs 
and drugs are perfectly harmless ; and, as Sir Richard Airy says, ‘ there is 
nothing in the treatment but what any horseman would approve of.’ Mr. 
Rarey did not communicate his secret to us; but we have no doubt his 
treatment is substantially the same as that described in the preceding 
extract which has been floating through the papers of this country for 
several years” 
44 4 The horse-castor is a wart, or excrescence, which grows in every 
horse’s fore legs, and generally on the hind legs. It has a peculiar rank 
musty smell, and is easily pulled off. The ammoniacal effluvia of the horse 
seems peculiarly to concentrate in this part, and its very strong odour has 
a great attraction for all animals, especially canine, and the horse him- 
self.” 
44 4 The oil of rhodium possesses peculiar properties. All animals seem 
to cherish a fondness for it, and it exercises a kind of subduing influence 
over them.” 
44 4 For the oil of cumin the horse has an instinctive passion — both are 
original natives of Arabia, and, when the horse scents the odour, he is 
instinctively drawn towards it.” 
Mr. John Field also writes to the editor of the f Times/ 
and the plan he advocates is identical with the foregoing, 
having evidently the same origin. We give his letter at 
length : 
44 In my professional capacity I have made some experiments and observa- 
tions upon what has recently become a popular subject, that of taming 
horses; and I shall be happy if the results of such experience and a 
