Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-02-07
FRIENDLY ANIMALS
ODD FRIENDSHIPS rAA,
CREATURES coNrRAc, ivy

The particular friendships H.,
ally formed by animals am !. vcc =
selves are characterized bv NY .hsa'
and failings incident ID bn,n ~ ylttus
nents We are frequently re ,nS s,!,si .
mans selfishness and inconstancsS , L !, 7
ways of the brute creat;or y Y
peculiar to animals that tbav ~ " = \
enter into alliances Of cu |, y.s, y I
Naturally enough, horses Off, na' y 1la
friends and comrades a,nonc H.. nail "
race, as dogs do still oftener ~ sa'l N
friendship and UNDERESTIMATE, ~ h..' ~
horses and dogs is apparently nv 1870.
quent than any similar rs,s atvls y
between the individuals 81 ~
species. Perhaps the most rs, n.y. ~ !.
attachments are those shown ~ MN M; saa !,
thrown together by enforcsS asna'
stances and separated from ~ os s,,ean !.
their kind. y'ues q
horses have a positive dread !, y
tude, and when this happens 4 !. ~ Y
avoidable will make friends n ~ 4 -
unlikely creatures. The houn NM /
carefully tended favorite psssss ~ 4 n
box are often relieved by the co,r r :
ship OF the stable cat, which IL r sas,'
quadruped speedily adopts a 1. ~ -
and to which 1t often becomes ,s u ~ I,
attached. The absence Of tha s =. ! K
once remarked by the horse, wh NJ ~ :,
tests Impotence and plainly ashs u 4. ~, =
restoration of its favorite.
One of the runners in tba n,
colt named Galeopsis, had n, -. !.
time before the race shown svmn n.
OF distress and uneasiness, amouut;rs !.
positive melancholy, and not att,;As..
BILE to any physical cause. A coat =;
KID were procured and judiciouslyi,
troduced to the stable, the result III.
thus described by an eyewitness. a.
leopsis seemed to take much inta,as, !.
them until the goat died; but thu iii !
mains, and the horse now vastly dvs,s|
himself by lifting the little creatnn N
BY the back of its neck with IA tasf
putting it down in the manager. careful'|
ly placing it on the ground again Al,
awhile. and then repeating the oDer,
tion."
There is an interesting record q All
strange dislike entertained BY nn,
for particular horse with which Il M
brought into daily contact, and The j.
traordinary friendship formed byitts|
calf in tho same meadow. The DOM,
and calf became inseparable, SHOW.
ing their mutual regard in many divert
ing ways, greatly to the annoyancsd
the calf's mother, who not unnaturaI,l
evinced the utmost jealousy and resent
ment. Gilbert White relates how n
horse and hen, spending much Of ther
time together in lonely orchard, alu|
became the fastest Of friends: 'sTb,l
fowl would approach the horse viii
notes of complacsncy, rubbing herself
gently against his legs, while the hons|
would look down with satisfaction, and
move with the greatest caution and cir
cumspection lest he should trampls OIL
his diminutive companion"
Dogs have so much larger o share d
personal liberty than horses or cattle
that their friendships obviously lie mon
at their own disposal. But notwitt
standing this fact they constantly maks
friends of the most unlikely birds
and for the most inexplicable reason
No doubt some temporary alliances an|
formed for the attainment Of partc
lar object, not always of creditsbk|
kind. Attachments between membsn|
of the same race are of course comma.
but attract the less notice on accountd
their obvious reasonableness Deal
however, are greatly addicted to quss |
company, and constantly go out Of thsr
way in quest of it. The numeru
friendships formed between dogs aM
geese, and even poultry in general a.
quite remarkable. 1t is not generaV
recognized that the goose is birddG
traordinary sagacity-it has even Da
described as of great intellectual cspsa
ty-and this mutual regard Of fur ~
feather may proceed on an unders'anf
ing that overrides the distinctionsof raa
The species of goose known n y
gray lag" is especially remarkable
its strong and frequent attachments
the dog. One that was rescued y
mastiff from the insidious attack q
fox showed a consciousness OF Its oDlgs
lions and a desire to return them "
were touching in their obvious leells
The goose entirely abandoned tho ~
iety of it's kind, roasted in the dossn
mel and followed it in its daily wsnan
ings over a large farm and through
neighboring village. The dog aaprs
ing to fall ill the goose would not n ,a
| him night or day, and would to mI
| pearance have been starved bad NV
pan of corn been placed for ite'ei' =
near the kennel. ~
The French naturalist Houaesu =
| relates how a Chinese goose made lli'.s
with dog at first sight, utterlns '. !,
of vengeance against any person = ,sr,,
imal offering to interfere win ~ ;s ~
| lite, in whose occasional absence ~" IT.,
| inconsolable. Dogs and fowls al,' ,,rs
into amicable relations for reasons ~ . NJ
less apparent to onlookers tnan bean bse,u.
| selves. A hen and a retriever v s'-ns
SO strongly attached thar ". sn' .hieIss
laid her eggs and Matched nsi s sAssrrd
in his kennel, an interesting o s.ins
remarking how, on the hen .O lsS moi
entering her nest, the dog w ,''ay gsil
from the threshold to make w |. n &
| any attempt to touch the es y. n, iups
| sence of the hen was met oy
date dispprobation. ...,a.hio ~
Another remarkable frienua. sa I'd
up between a spaniel and y0u sas,r v
which was for some reason pel =, sllsas
TRACKED by his fellows ana ~, d D
to feed with the other poui sa,,.t,sa
farmyard. The spaniel was ' sS i 4
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