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after getting him up from grass, he, in an instant, threw the man down 
with the greatest violence, pitching him several yards over his head ; and 
after that he threw every one that attempted to get on his back. If he 
could not throw his rider,’ continued my informant, ‘ he would throw himself 
down. We could do nothing with him ; and I was obliged at last to sell 
him to go in a stage-coach.’ ” 
We leave these facts to speak for themselves, and also for 
the superiority of Mr. Rarey’s system over that of his prede- 
cessors. 
Mr. Rarey is even not without competitors, and one has 
appeared in the person of a Mr. Newsome. A writer in the 
public prints thus criticises his pretensions : 
“ Like many others, who profess to be masters of their art, Mr. Rarey has 
met with a rival in the shape of Mr. Newsome, who dates from the Cirque 
Napoleon, Plymouth. The letter of Mr. Newsome is a somewhat open one. 
He begins by saying that Mr. Rarey’s power over the horse he does not 
question ; “ the fact,” says Mr. Newsome, “ is undisputed, but the means to 
effect his object are not apparent. This is the point to be decided.” — Mr. 
Newsome challenges Mr. Rarey, or any other man, to train and tame legiti- 
mately, any strange horse, English or American ; and, on a trial of skill, some 
impartial person to give his verdict. Between the two, we do not attempt 
to decide ; but Mr. Newsome well knows that his “taming” has been hitherto 
chiefly confined to the circus ring.” 
On Saturday, March 20th, we learn that — 
“ Mr. Rarey held his first class for instructing his subscribers in his method 
of training colts and subduing vicious horses at the Duke of Wellington’s 
Riding School, Kensington. The following noblemen and gentlemen atten- 
ded -.—Viscount Palmerston, Lord Gage, Lord Hill, Earl Grosvenor, the 
Marquis of Stafford, the Hon. R. C. Hill, Mr. Robert Stevenson, M.P., the 
Earl of Annesley, the Earl of Bessborough, the Marquis of Abercorn, Lady 
Mildred Beresford Hope, Lord Eustace Cecil, Lord Dufferin, Mr. J. Lewis 
Ricardo, M.P., the Hon. Admiral Rous, Mr. Thomas Critchley, Lord Alfred 
Paget, Colonel Airey, the Marquis of Breadlebane, the Earl of Warwick, and 
Earl Granville. At the end of the lesson, during which Mr. Rarey first 
practised his method on a gray entire horse, the property of tbe Marquis c 
Stafford, and afterwards on a chesnut entire horse of the Duke of Wellington 
Lord Palmerston wrote — 4 1 have witnessed Mr. Rarey’s process with great 
satisfaction;’ and this was signed by all present. Earl Granville, who him- 
self experimented on his own cob, added — “ Mr. Rarey’s method appears to 
me to be perfectly satisfactory.” 
In The Times of March 27th will be found a list of the 
names of nearly three hundred noblemen and gentlemen, 
headed by His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, who 
have subscribed their ten guineas to be instructed in the 
system, as well as numerous testimonials of its value. Would 
that we could have seen an equal desire shown to support 
science in her legitimate claims. 
