John Solomon Rarey Victorian Horse Rights Cruiser Real Photo Postcard

AHOP -  This is a stunning collectors opportunity to secure this original undated but modern origin VA& Museum photo souvenir of John Solomon Rarey pictured alongside his horse Cruiser which he saved and tamed beyond all the odds with full details of the 1858 Albumen print on reverse and the V&A official museum logo too unused and mint condition.

John Solomon Rarey (18271866) was a nineteenth-century horse whisperer, an important figure in the rehabilitation of abused and vicious horses during the 1850s. Originally from Groveport, Ohio, Rarey trained his first horse at the age of twelve. (His method of rehabilitating horses is discussed in the article entitled Rarey technique.)

Against all advice, Rarey let himself into the stable where no one else dared venture and shut the door. He emerged three hours later leading Cruiser, without his muzzle and gentle as a lamb. The owners were so impressed they gave him the horse. Rarey brought him back to Ohio, where Cruiser died on July 6, 1875, outliving his new master by a full nine years. Rarey left instructions for the care of Cruiser in his will. Upon Rarey's death, Cruiser's temper returned.