The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-11-19
The Horse an Intellectual Being.

| REMARKABLE EFFECTS OF JUDIC1OCs TRAINING.
| DIR. G. ii Sutherland, Of DeKalb, New
York, sent us q letter few days since, IN
which among other things, he alluded to
| the importance of treating horses as 81 in
| tellectual beings" and OF trying the effect
| of constant kindness in training them
| the result OF which he believed would be
| the attainment On the part OF the horse TO
IAN elevated position in the scale OF intel
iigence, 40. only distinguishing themselves
among their kind, but actually ousstr1piny
maay Of tier o,rnsrs as far as the nobler at
tributes are concerned.
With this high appreciation OF the ca
pacity of the horse the Doctor five years
ago came into the possession OF fine three
year old colt, and he concluded to try the
power of Kindness in the endeavor to de-
velope his mind The result is given in
the St Lawrence Republican, IN which pa
per a correspondent writes:
During my waDderings short time
since. | Glanced TO stop at Hermon.--
Hearing OF DR. Sutherlands learned colt,
! had the curiosity To go and see him, and
found him prodigy in learning. besides
being quite a curiosity. The Doctor calls
him the " White Pilgrim" His color is
light nankeen. white name and tail, and
white eyes. He is 4 splendid little horse.
The Doctor tells me that he has owned
him only six months-rode or drove him
almost every day las his riding is consid-
erable.) but still during that brief time he
broke him to the saddle and harness. and
taught him the different feats | saw him
perform, such ar standing upon his hind
feet, jumping tn. whip, kneeling down,
lying down, sitting up, and walking on
three legs. He will unbuckle common
1x1i Ia IA
he will step up TO his own master, make
very low bow, shake hands. take his
coat, cap and mittens off and lay them
away, and when told, bring them all back
TO him again, With cards he will tell his
age, the days in the week, months in the
year, &c. With the alphabet ne will spell
any simple word put TO him, Spread out
a number Of playing cards and he will
fetch the one called for He will play
good game of old ,isdge and beat you as
often as you can beat him, and tell your
fortune if requested He will waltz around
his yard with quite as much case and grace
as some Of our country gentlemen. and
pass around a hat for contribution AZ the
close of a performance He is a rare spec
linen of horse-.iesh, and his equal, / think,
for beauty, ACTIVITY and intelligence, could
not be found. considering the labor per
formed by him. and the short time he has
been nnder discipline and the Doctor GER
tainiy deserves the credit OF heinsa great
horse man
The Doctor, in the conclusion of his let
ter, says that until this season he never
before undertook to train horse for trot-
ting, but tina, he now has a three-year old
mare he calls Crazy Jane" out Of Tom
Jeffer.ons Black Hawk. her dam sired by
George Parishs imported st Lawrence
With very li;tle training she will make
her mile ia less than $50 over rather q
poor track. Now, says the Doctor. "if
trot,ny i. a science that a horse can ac-
qu!re ty careful training Oike playing old
sledge, Crazy Jane will yet, if nothing be-
falls her, be one among many TO demon
strate the fact that the horse has an intel
lect, or reasoning powers, equal II not su-
perior to many of their brute owners. and
ihal it can be developed and cultivated
With {, much certainty and profit Us the
We i0ont ornt'iiitaEEsntl- ii!ai EE;;ntl-,. -
Doctors experiments with great deal of
interest, how much kindness will do to
develope speed in horses is yet to be ascer-
tained