New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-28
4 LITERARY DOG.
THE, INTELLIGENCE DISPLAYED By LORD A'4
BURY's PET-AsSOCIATISG SIGNS
WITH ACTIONS.

From The London News u.s..
The experiments recorded in The lon1on " I'd
zine of Lord Avebury in teachins ms d 5ssrve 70
be studied We use the word studied nj 81,
ly and specially; \ mere h2s'E expert
ments and their results will not unlikely 1n y sense
leading. These results are certd!HIy - some
spects the intelligence OF the lower Usually
sembes that OIL man more cIosey lax AXE out that
the Intelligence of animals is Of the sans BetWeen
the mind Of Lord Avebury and his little Gos
there is still great gulf fixed. ana me- ,,t ~ fact
the dog was not taught TO read at all II Dirb II
sense of the word. OF in the sense ~ IN read
VIA me dog ACQUIRED was simply associate nrtsin
tain signs not with certain IDEAS, ou ~ gained no
definite action likely to follow Inc uoe 5rerng
general idea applicable circumstance ,th which
from the single occasion or some univ one In,
stance the dog learned that if it. 9r9 pe taken out
having particular mark II w. bsan say. rec
oiored disk the dog after sufficient n ~ with
tI n5Ild associate the red disk cara IA, moi
have been learning 10 read, whatever - when the
have been Ha fba card instead Of being red word
or ANYTHING else happens 70 oe living hut a sign
Cont" This word is TO the dog nothins learned 10
which through repeated trials. II mas
connect with a certain actloh- idea OF goins
from an enclosure TO more opel, .SSIp,tsbe proc,
not learned. and until we htE ,a hat it canno.
iern tbis The proof would have 10 pc In the
dog had by associating out w Win this sign
G975en acquired the power OF applsII"S, a stabis
with saw being let out OF keInJ i,seIf or WITH
only to walk about within the starr T5 9roof wogle
takiny a biscuit out of a box IhS Nd 20 be
not be complete If separate sT" far Lord ave.
given I'm each separate case Sc ld k a faculty IL
Sury While obtaining illustrations OF IRONS more
f5ogs Of associating siSrs Win 80 q Lefore has
cUTious than any generally observed Vet that thu
not broken fresh ground. nor SnT piEher quality
mental Dower of animals is OF any 11-bat Is IN
that N was previously believed 20 pc a. that from
derstood bv the association Of ideas y ss1Ience .
two things occurring together or ~ ,-on1 the oc.
sufficient number of times we e ON occIrrence o.
currence OF the one expect the ~ ~ srfulals
the other But neither in men nor 1tbo1eh IL must
the doing so an act of reason - 77rteIIigence
of course be an act of some SORT xo.,n+ates NEE
1t is reasoning however, whlch ui,sI intelligence
from animals All instances OF aniii% hsarfng power
even that Of the elephant testing the Weight uqon
of :, bridge before trusting It's whoie fhan ths
it. can De resolved into nothing higher IS VEL
association of two separate e,,rbt in for miiA-
known that cows after being prey ss.Iad for soon
ing by a dog that has to oe ,nSsaiting for tns
learn to obey the whistle without "tnyeI with the
dog Such instances are fully on a hmI,rv,s deg y
intelligence displayed by L0ra ,t marks cafos
learning to connect certain dennite i INC Nsws
with corresponding actions -sLonuo