The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-22
norse senne.

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 Horse Srnsv.
 Columbia tS. U,l state
 aaia,sn anu attSisusss @ '1 to that aa 'sSgn anln,a superiority over atL other anImats tsven uewsi9 i9pcrs have titslr preIerehcts. in tnts renpeet ana stoutiy nlatntasn ths Inc Montgasnery Adveralser ana isfs Chariotte observer love to talk Aholl whales ana discuss whether 1t JiR aH ahlnal or nsn; the latter paper is Washington Post Is quite aaify on tAt subject or tho rabbit, contenuing thal it Is the superior in Inteli. gence
 strength and rer,city uf all other ani- mals whatsoever. For our own part eur affections have afways firmly fast. enpa upnn the male.--knoWtng ns we ae thnt It Is the king of beasts.
 Now comes writer ta Rhe New York Times and tries to establish for tAs poor silly dolt of 4 horse the claim tu wisdom unsnrp&sxed. In the cIfact to sustain his ridiculous position ne teiit and the aets of inteiiieenee they havs performed The famous horse of Alex ander the Greats Bucaphaius Is alleged te have been in the habit of runninH enemy was approaching and ssixing him by the seat or the pajRsnas, awak- .i,ing him. in time tu iaegt tiie secret astask The wrlter twe shalt not cal
 
 curate nanaet tells us, too. that the Calfph HarouA al- kaseilld had a re- Iilefkable bunch of Arabian hcrscs that ne smpfs sl yed as scouts seiaaiiiE tnsss they would return with intelligence of the eneHAy's approach. Give q fellow Of this sort rem enough, however, aifd he wiA likely hang himself. Mark sus last ana triumphal story Of csIGiise tf- telligepce. A tgerKshtFe elerk YE1stn was driSlng his herse afonk the fDaa when the animal dropped 4 shec. Befefe tine mlniater could get out Uf his buggy the intelItent faorse turned. seisei tl4e ease shoe In hfs teeth and. naekinn up to aH ad1aesnt rock, cfapned ths slIoR t0 his h5ef and wttn lew sharg kfcks 1asteneq it securely in ifs place ghis incidsnt we snoaid think. would be eii2ugn to dispose of thus -rnan1rion ot hofss sense.
 or oitendsttg tne many ioYefs pG ta@ horse, We lhiflk it may ne sand with truth that in point Gf intelligence tnis animal has been $reatiy hattareu. 1'ns the habit--we sffssIi not call it Il fatl- inG~-Ur man to natter beautiful alii . mAls. Eeautlful but stupid girls cpala f they would, testify to tAis fact II the truth be known of the horse. he IS a mixture 0f the coward and the fool 1, He Is coward enough to run from d bit vi living paper on street or rUaus way. and In his panic cr flight he is febi enough to run Into tree anu break hts neck CT to jump over a vila. scarcely any other RniHlal is 80 stupid as shis. The dog, even the cat of tile rcow. regard with calnness the thinRs that will drive a horse Into all manfiel CT silly and dangerous eapers.
 The horse, Of cutrse. is hot absonfte- ly without intelligence. He may learn now to lift IatchSand escape into d neighboring field. or he may iearn also to draw staple that holds shut the door of the, feed haase. Once in the soon at hand, he will stand and eat himself to death. The horse, too, may be taught % 0o tricks In q circus. But go may tile pig, the goose and even the
 An even worse indictment of a lack of affection, or at least of discrinina- ton, may alse be brought against the horse. The Philadelphia Lelger re- lateB how a New Jeresy minister was lateIy Kicked to death by q horse from the foot of which he was extracting that his horse knows him and responds to his every word or touch Hut how, lnuch of this is due to the fact, not that the horse knows and understands him, as that he knows mad understands the horse? The born" horseman car, handle strange horse lust about as | well as he can the horse that lie has 1 driven or ridden for years.
 1 No, the horse is not entitled to the distinction of superior intelligence, As compared with the dog CT the mule, he is positively stupid In the claims of superior intelligence set forth for him. he has been bat the victim of mans habit of flattering those that he loVes.s