The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-11-07
The Horse..-His Memory and sagaclty

The Horse..-His Memory and Sagacity
An aged and venerable friend, residing
Fin one of the cities on our eastern sea.
Ishoard, a gentleman of character and
worth, once related to me the following
| anecdote of the horse, illustrating in
remarkable manner the sagacity and mem.
DRY of this animal;
| At the close of the Revolutionary war
when everything was unsettled and IL
disorder, an acquaintance residing on the
4 Boston road, some thirty or forty mile:
| from New York, lost valuable youna
horse, stolen from his stable in the night
Great search and inquiry were made fol
him, but no tidings Of him could bs
| heard, and no trace of him could ever bs
| discovered 9s - i7tr
| Almost six full years had now elapsed
and the recollection, even, of the los
animal had nearly faded from the mind
At this period gentleman from the cas-
in the course of business was TRAVELLING
on horseback on this road, OF. his way t.
Philadelphia. When within four or five
miles of village on the road, the travel
er was overtaken by respectable lookine
gentleman on horseback. resident of the
mess ride. dfq .,a ~. zf
81 Riding along. side by side, they soor
engaged in pleasant desultory converse
ton. The gentleman was immediately
struck with the appearance of the trav-
eler's horse. and every glance of the eye
| cast toward him seemed to excite an in
tefest and curiosity to look at him again,
and to reviveIa recollection of something
he had seen before, and soon established
In his mind the impressiont that for all the
world he looked like the horse he had
lost some six years ago. This soon be-
came so irresistibly fixed in his mind that
he remarked tothe traveller: 1s5aia j-E
Y GU haye G fine horse, sir - 5f-
Yes, +" he replied, s'an exceedingly
valuable and excellent animal. "
'Wha is his age, sir?'
"Well, l suppose him to be about ten
or eleven wears Oil. y .aF.
''You did not raise him them %
''Ne, [ purchased him of a stranger, a
traveller, nearly six years since III.
''Do you reside in this part of the
country go
NO; I reside in the Bay State, and
am on MY way to Philadelphia, OH bllsin-
ess. How far is it to New York p
well, sir, / really regret to interrupt
you, or Put you to inconvellience-hu /
am constrained to say. believe you have
IN your possession horse that | must
claim. - H. .j9E,f
The traveller looked up With surprise
and amaZement, and replied
NY hat do you mean, sir
Il believe the horse you are ON, in
truth. belongs to me. Five years aee:
the past autumn, valuable young horse
Was stolen from my stable Great search
was made for him, but no tiding- ever
came to hand. In color, appearance, and
movements, 1t seems to me he WAS the
exact counterpart OF the horse you are on.
1t would be hardly possible, / think, for
two to be SO near alike. But my horse
was an uncornmonly Intelligent, sagacious
animal. And | will make u proposition
to you that will place the matter in such
a position that the result viii he conclu-
siye and satisfactory, | think. to both OF
as We are. now within mile of my
residence, which is on the road, in the
center of the yi,hrge before u.s. When
we arrive at my house, your horse shall
be tied to The east post in front OF nay
door, the horse | am Oh to the West pos,.
After standing a short time, the blldit
of your horse shall be taken off-and If
he does not go to Il pair of bars Oh the
west side of the house, and PASS over and
go round to the east side of the barn, allJ
pull out a pin and open the middle stable
door and enter, | will not claim hin Ii
he does SO, [ will furnish you eonclusi,e
evidence. that he was bred by me, but
never sold that he was stolen from me
just at the conclusion Of the war, about
the very tlHe you say you purchased
him.
The traveller assented to the trial. The
horse was hitched TO the post as pro.os-
ed stood a few minutes; the bride was
thea taken off; he raised his head prick,
ed up his ears, looked up the street. thcr
down the street, several times then ue-
libcrately and slowly walked past the
house and over the bars, and to the sta
bic door as described, and with his teeth
and lip drew out the pin, and opened the
door and entered into his old stall VIZ
hardly need 70 add. he was recognized b,
the neighbors, who fully atteSted to the
facts stated by the claimant, and that the
traveller lost his title to the horse.