Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-11-24
SAGACIOl 5 HORSES.
sxANPLES OF THG ANNALS MEMORY
AND INTELLIGENCE.

Instances where ihe, Have RecoI-
iectea injuri.s and sIaN. Revcnged
TheIis-. Case of 1, HORSE - no Turn-
ed Life >n.~r.
Authenticated instances Of the horses
memory under circumstances the most
trying fact, where man himself
for the time being has relied solely
on the intelligence and memory of his
steed in preference To his own-arc
many and place the horse in a highly
creditabIe liSAt.
An instance is on record of man
riding young horse in most ditficult
part Of the country, perfectly unknown
10 him. After great deal of perse
verance and many Inquiries he at last
reached his destination. Two years
later he had occasion to travel the
same roads again. Night closed in ana
left him ia a most trying section OF his
journey. -tiA ulauS miles from his DIES
tination In the darkness There was
NO light or other guide To lead him
through his labyriuthian way. Ter
Ceiyiug his utter impoteucy to guide his
horse IL his destination. In sheer de
spJir lie abandoned The reins and al
lowed his horse to choose its own
course aud. WONDERFUL to relate. this
animal That had only Travelled the
road but once before. two years pre-
yious with lis master. unerringly
picked his way through the darkness
and may way mile after mile and
at last brought his master in safety
60 his destination.
In Broad street. Newark. y. J.. n
horse with n light buggy was stand
ing at the door of his masters store
The horse was n great pet with the
children and was continually eating
out of the hands of some member OF
the family On this particular morn
ing one Of The younger children. a little
girl about ; years of age. had been
playing around his legs At last
growing tired. she made for the street
CIR tracks and. unnoticed. fell just as
a car came bounding along. Another
instant and the Mortified spectators ex
peetkd to see the child crushed benea tn
ths tapr-aa-ti'ss- car rhe@ horse give
a stNange little "ninny" and suddenly
veep1d toward the track. picked the
switched ii sideways from the track
just in time TO save it from horrible
death,
Occasionally the horse displays IN
paraIeled obstlnacy. suffering himself
to be dashed and bruised in the severest
manner rather than yield to the wishes
of his master, In most instances there
is some discoverable cause for such
perverSity, though in some there APP
pears to be no other impulse save
that of a stubborn and willful DISPOSE
ton. Many have witnessed a draft
horse working Justify and cheerfuIly
all at once stand still on coming to n
certain spot, aud no coaxing that could
be offered or punishment that could be
inflicted would cause him to move one
step until lie was blindfolded. and
then he would push forward as il
nothing had happened
ON one occasion an expressma an
horse took one Of these obstinate fits
The most shameful fortunes We're had
recourse To by the expressman, but
all to no purpose. II seemed as though
the animal would allow himself to be
cut TO pieces Their than stir one foot
As Q last recourse the sxpre~-mnn
threw a chain around the animals
neck and yoked it to another horse.
but no sooner did the obstinate AMI
nal perceive the purpose in view than
he rushed forward, and afterward the
mere jingling of chain was sufficient
to put him out of the sulks.
Though Providence seems to have
implanted in the horse a benevolent
disposition. with at the same time 8
certain awe of the human race yet
there are instances on record of his
recoliecting Injuries aud fearfully re
veuging them. A person near Boston
was In the habit. whenever he wished
to catch his horse in the field, of tax
ing 4 quantity Of corn in measure
by way Of bait. On calling 10 him
the horse would come up and eat the
corn while the bride was put over his
head But the owner. having deceived
the animal several times by calling
him when he had no corn in the meas
ure, the horse at length began 10 sus
pect the design and coming up one
day as usual on being called looked
into the measure and. seeing it empty
turned round reared on his hind legs
and killed his master on the spot
II is told Of horse belonging to an
Irish noltleu5an that he always became
FESTIVE and furious whenever a Ger
tain individual came into his presence
One day this poor fellow happened to
pass within reach. when the animal
seized him with its teeth aud broke his
arm. II then threw him down and lay
upon bim. every effort to get It of
proving unavailing till the bystanderS
were compelled to shoot Il The rea-
son assigned for this feroeity was that
the man had performed a cruel opera
ton on the animal some time before
and which it seeas to have revengeful-
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