John Solomon Rarey

John S. Rarey with his horse Cruiser, painted by M. Kellogg, 1860 John Solomon Rarey (1827–1866) 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.)

An excerpt from The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans:

The supposed incurable horse Cruiser under Mr. Rarey's treatment The horse they found was Cruiser, an animal kept for breeding but said to be the fiercest horse ever seen.

Nicholas Evans writes:

Rarey used Cruiser in three well-attended public demonstrations of horse-taming in New York City in early January 1861.

Works John Solomon Rarey, The Complete Horse Tamer, 1862.