DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-02-13
HORSES BRAIN.
hal Views of @ HorseWoman
Concerning It's Activity.
bns Why the Brain of the Horse Is
Capaple of as High Develop
ment as That of
the Dog.

horse is generally believed tc
but little activity of the brain. 1t
Bted that four hours sleep out of
Eenty-four are all that he requires.
faCt that he seems to need but little
is brought forward to prove that
as little mental activity. He is
Fally, in point of intelligence, COM
unfavorably with the dog. We
not forget, however, that the dog
companion of man, received into
house, and accustomed from his
fst years to the society of intclli-
people, His mind has been by this
) developed, his mental activity in
led, And the cumulative effect of
Pity must not be overlooked. 1t is
pdoubted fact that a certain amount
powledge is transmitted from gem
Pn to generation among what we
eaSed to call brute animals. For
Pee, even the calves of the present
Pre- less afraid of a railroad train
[the cows were when railroads were
introduced.
1 dog has been in an atmosphere of
Rtion for thousands of years, but
RcrSe has been left to the care of ig-
It and brutal men, whose only idea
Forcing obedience is by means of a
harsh word, a blow, or a kick.
he is left in peace, he is fastened
Fally with his head to a blank
|where he can see nothing to inter
Pm, Sometimes he must stand for
spaces of time in this way, the in
ppna5le, colorless day being broken
|by the process of cleaning and his
leeds. When his nervous nature
this strain invents some way of
|lng himself, and making time go
more rapidly, he is roughly bid
p stand still, or is forced to stop
ttle play by the lash, and earns
ltle OF a vicious brute. If dog
SUBJECTED to the same treatment,
long would it be before he would re-
also only four hours sleep by rea-
a low mental activity?" The
make companions of their horses,
hey get in return the services of
lg and intelligent friends.
81 horses have their viciousness
upon them, and even a vicious
may be changed in nature by per-
u and intelligent kindness. The
mas always done more reasoning
ne has had credit for, and it is
y because he refuses to be a mere
me that he is punished. If we do
'naerstand his continual protest
81 this degradation, it is only be-
we ourselves are lacking in intel
perception. When he does not
10 COW or whole drove of cows
country, but SHES and almost re-
70 pass one in the city, it certainly
VllaI ne has the faculties of mem
.ohception, comparison, Judgment
'"Sohlng. When he passes a hun
Or wagons drawn by
Without notice, but shows unmis-
IL Signs OF fear on approaching a
'"r OF wagon moving without
means OF motion, does he not
70 MS grasp of the casual rela-
.iiu SHOW that he is as ready as
~, mas been to suspect the pres
'le Prince of Darkness wherever
VI intellect was unequal to the
IN OF explanation?
ie not clear idea of the fight of
men he calls you out to the stable
w. nim his dinner just at noon?
'oes ne lind his mistress house
aTnole streetof houses precisely
s auu never miss stopping at the
Uoor AS to intelligence and
VI acquiring knowledge, there
no doubt, and that implies atten-
anu ~ also an appreciation of the
VI association. The horse GER
Iah distinguish some colors, for
'iraia OF a red lantern when he
" mind a white one. think
% no doubt that he also distin-
. green from red. In color
"uge he is not, then, so far behind
eehs X, OF Homer's time as judged
: oiaostone. He has certainly
power of invention, and of adap-
y, means to nonresident ends.
! "oes not fail in cunning, nor, !
- a sense of humor. The same
"onVs which move us to honorable
var ms nature; the same dis