The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-06-02
Facts About Horses.


An /" Equestrian Manager in En-
gland gives the following Interesting
facts about horses:
1t scarcely needs stating that good
memory is indispensable in learning
anything. And if horse had to learn
a trick or routine performance he can
only do so by remembering it from time
to time of going through it, Both
horses and dogs have wonderful memo
ries, but will narrate one or two in
stances relating to the horse. s.,-...
was once driving to Long Milford
IN Suffolk at spot where there was a
bridge. leading over river. AS we
approached the bridge the horse pulled
up and would not move on again with
out whipping. For some time was at
loss to account for this freak, but it
afterward occurred to me that the last
time l had crossed that bridge and with
the same horse, had pulled up at that
spot to speak to man.
Unless there is reason to the con-
trary we always prefer occupying the
same field each time we visit town.
Sometimes it happens that the stud
groom, who is generally with the first
wagon forgets which field tits. But by
giving the horse his head and leaving
him to himself he will most certainly
pull up at the right gate. The groom
never finds him to be wrong and drives
straight in.
When in Southampton some years
since l had to pass up High Street daily,
and had different horse almost every
day. Whichever horse l had he would
slacken speed at the Star Hotel and
want to turn into the yard. Upon
mentioning this to the groom he ex-
planned that five years previously, when
the circus was in Southampton, the stud
had been stabbed at the Star, and the
horses had not yet forgotten the place.
L have my opinion, founded upon
close and varied observation, that
horses can and do convey to each other
very exact intelligence by the sounds
they produce, from the proud, sonorous
neighings of full-spirited horse, down
to the whinnyings and snortings and
other little sounds with which ali keep
ers OF horses are familiar. Once, in a
long stable containing twenty stalls in
a row, horse at one end was diving.
Near the other end was a horse of d
tlmld disposition, which showed marked
signs of dread and extreme nervous
ness, as, though conscious of what was
going on; trembling from head to foot,
and streaming with perspiration. feel
convinced that Intelligence of what
was passing had reached this horse, and
that. being OF nervous temperament.
the poor animal had been troubled to
the extent we had witnessed. ia
Another example of a different kind.
1t often happened that was away from
the company for weeks and months at
a stretch, and ON some of these occa-
slons had to return along the same
road by which the circus was COMING.
thus meeting the vans, one after the
other all down the line. When vet
there was some distance between N.Y.
self and the nearest van, nv horse |
would scent or see the nearest van
horse, and salute him with loud neigh.
This would be at once answered by the |
which seemed to pass the |
signal to the rear down the line, where |
it was taken up from horse to horse to
the very end, perhaps three-quarters of
q mile away. Then as L rapidly drove
BY and met the vans, each horse would
turn toward mine as he passed, greet
ng him with friendly and JOYOUS
neigh; apparently holding a short con-
7ersation in passing, as though welcom-
ng each other after separation. For
t must be noted that it was only after
ong absence that such demonstrations
ook place.