John Solomon Rarey

John Solomon Rarey (born December 6th, 1827 with Groveport in Ohio, dead on October 4th, 1866) was an American adjuster of Chevaux which used a method based on comprehension of the intelligence of the horses.

Biography

John S. Rarey stripped its first horse as of the 12 years age.

He became famous after his demonstration in January 1858 with the Château of Windsor in England to calm a horse of the Victoria queen. The queen and her entourage were filled with enthusiasm by the demonstration.

Following this success, a call was launched to find the horse most malicious possible. It was quickly found. It was about a standard named Cruiser . It had been one of the fastest racehorses of the world, but now one locked up to him his muzzle in a heavy iron muzzle to stop it killing his Palefrenier S. to calm it, one had also planned to return it blind man. This horse was maintained living only with an aim of reproducing and thus of earning money. The owner promised to give it if Rarey managed to make it flexible.

Against any council, Rarey was locked up in the box with the standard. It left there three hours later with Cruiser without its muzzle and soft like a lamb! The owner, Lord Dorchester, held word and gave Cruiser to Rarey which took it along to Ohio. Cruiser died there on July 6th, 1875, survivor seven year old to his new Master.

In autumn 1858, John Rarey was invited to Paris where its fame had preceded it. He was to tame Stafford , burning half-bred and famous completion inmontable, of approximately six years. Its great force and its ferocity had made it dangerous to even approach it and for one year it had been maintained narrowly confined. A many assembly was present when Stafford, struggling in its obstacles, was brought in front of Rarey. The animal had the carefully bandaged eyes, and it was in a completely malicious mood towards all. But one hour and half later, Rarey assembled the horse with a simple support. It then dismounted, unchained the horse and carried out it around the arena as if Stafford were the most flexible horse which is.

Théophile Gautier wrote on this subject: “What I like in the method of this American trainer, it is that it is human, not Tord-nez, not of constraining bit, not of crossing whip at the edges, not of spur S with the pointed ends, not of post of suffering, anything else that kindness. True moral victory, the idea of inferiority is suggested with the animal by the succession of its useless efforts. ” (The universal Monitor, January 21st, 1860).

It continued its round in all Europe (Berlin, Stockholm, Rome, etc). In 1960, it continued its round as far as the Middle East with the meeting of the Arab horses. Finally, it decided to return to settle in America in its birthplace. Its last European demonstration will join together, on October 27th, 1860, nearly 8000 spectators to the Hook De luxe hotel of London.

Basic principles

John Rarey built his method on three basic principles:

One can learn how with any horse to make any thing which a horse can make if that is taught in a systematic and adapted way.
a horse is not conscious of its own force until it resisted and overcame a man, and even whenever it temporarily triumphed, it can still be subjected. By benefitting from the powers of reasoning, a horse can be handled so that he does not discover his force.
One can accustom a horse to any object while enabling him to examine it with the directions which it uses naturally to this end, namely, sight and sense of smell. One can place or to show the object around, above and on him, provided that it does not wound it or does not give him an unpleasant feeling.

Deliver

The Supplements Horse Tamer : Rarey probably wrote the text in 1862, but the original edition could not be found. Only a posthumous republication of the years 1870 is consultable. In this edition, the first part ( The Supplements Horse Tamer ) is written by Rarey and the second part ( The Complete Farrier, gold Horse Doctor ) by the Marshal-shoeing John C. Knowlson.

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