The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-27

knows your touch and the special pet words you employ, but neither Of them will do anything for you they will not also as willingly do foranother provided he has your tone of voice ana your as- serttve powers. It is very rarely that | the voice is recognized, and even then 1t receives little attention unless useo in command provided always that the equine stomach has been recently and thoroughly replenished A horse that . has always been made to obey quickly . will respond to commands rom any one, whereas the creature who has been petted and talked to accoords, unless hungry, scant attention to any | one. We talk to horses altogether LOO much, and 1t is a a silly ana dahger- ous custom. "Whoa! should mean but one thing, and slip slide or fall, should meet it's instant obedience. Not | another word should ever De used' be- yond possibly the order to stand over in the stall (although even that is best unsaid) except the "click" of the ton- que for increased speed. The animals attention is kept if you are sllent-he does not know what you will do next | and as he distrusts and merely toler- | ates you. his anxiety Is always to find | out what you wish done or what move you will next make. Given the nerve needful a perfect stranger can ap- proach even the most vicious stallion in safety, provided he does not speak and moves with assurance from the time he opens the door, There are numerous instances, of this, A per son for whom horse has an apparent antipathy may stand in safety direct ly before him If he will not speak, and neither by sight, smell or any other sense will the animal recognize him, although sometimes it has seemed as if the sound of the footstep gave slight clue. Words mean nothing to any horse, and you may say Go away or Good morning when you mean Come here with the same effect, provided you use the tones and ges- lures you employ in the latter com mand. Bugle calls, as of cavalry, are some of them recognized, but always those which are associated in the equine brain with mental excitement or physical activity, as the charge or the post call at the racetracks, Sc. It is very oodd that sound has 50 little to do with mutual recognition among horses while scent Is everything The mare will answer any foal that neighs, yet will not pick out her own offspring by any test but that of scent, whereas she knowns her long time attendant by neither sight nor smell, but may, if he is very familiar to her accept him by sound of voice Especially at meal times) Let him, however, summon her soon after the consumption of bountiful meal, and at an unusual time or as one of several in different parts of her field, stranger at the gate and he in the far corner; and notice to whom her attention Is given. The affection of one horse for another is often very marked; yet dissociate even the oldest of harness mates for short period and no recognition follows their meeting. We often encounter inti- macies of long duration between cats. dogs, sheep, goats and horses, and comment admiringly upon the tenacity of the equine affection. giving scant consideration to the tendencies of the other animal concerned, As a matter of fact the horse, as a gregarious anil nal loves company, but has slight re- gard for any particular comrade and will cheerfully accept any other of his species. If the two are at pasture, and accident or deat overtakes the satellite, the horse will walk away and. wholly uncorned, leave him to his fate if there be other animals in the same enclosure. Sympathy, affection or regret are al- most unknown factors off, his intelli gence so far as comrades are concerned if any other companionship is forth with provided.
 The homing instinct is dominant in the horse, and except the dog, no ani- nal is more unerring than he and none more certainly remembers and seeks the familiar roottree, let any period of | years intervene. No animal suffers more keenly the bangs of nostalgia, and upon none are the physical effects so wearing and severe. Much of the ilness and failure to "do well" noticed among green young country horses is nothing more or less than nervous fret ting and longing for the familiar stall and the scenes of clothhoods days, and especially is this evidenced in the case of those animals which go direct from the palce of their nativity to other stables Horses have died of this long ing and its accompanying physical wastage, and others are doing the same every day, even though tenderly nurtured and carefully provided with medical attendants This is one of the most touching attributes of the horse especially as it is so keenly and poig- nant and so generally unrecognized.
 Sense of smell in the horse does not seem to warn him against his human enemies, although it does against all other foes. You may beat your horse nearly to death to-day and tomorrow, and In twenty minutes he will be as
 fearless of you as of any other biped
 just as you may care for him for twen-
 ty years and he will not know you
 from a stranger. It is probable that
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