The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-19
NO QUESTION TOO
 HARDFOR HORSE.
Beautiful Charm" Gives Ex- hibition of Intelligence.
 Well Educated
By ". c. BoRwICk


 Beautiful Charm" reputed to be the most intelligent horse in the world, appears at Loew's Bijou this week. Many horse acts have preceded Charm, but it is safe to say none have yet appeared which offered a more varied program testing the intelli- gence of horse.
 Beautiful Charm" gave a special performance at the theatre for news papermen and a few visitors after which it was agreed that the brown 1 beauty is without doubt the most intelligent horse ever offered for the entertainment of a Birmingham audi | enee.
 And Manager Ralph DeBruler is willing to stake his managerial repu- tation that tomorrow when the chestnut sorrel gives her first ap- pearance in Birmingham those who witness her act will agree that l Charm is the most intelligent horse i in the world-a horse with brains. i During the private performance of Charm, a study was made of each question asked the horse and close attention made for the purpose of 1 detecting any "cue" which might be given, prompting answers propound- ed by her director. The result was that Charms mind does not react through prompting as most trick horses, but the result of thinking.
 Coming upon the stage, I observed an old man. whip in hand and to his | left, a beautiful sorrel; on the right was a line of spectators near the ] urh l A,. I r~fn is Charms master, T. A. Barrett, a north Georgia farmer. who spent the past eight years of his life training his beautiful mare.
 Horse With Brains
 This horse,' ,''-the old man began in his mellow accent-''has got brains. She is more than trained, she's edu- cated. l figu'e this hoss has got more regular sense and higher education than the average human, especially if he aint no older than she is.
 Here, Charm, this man is another one of them newspaper fellers-you say he's from Alabama: Spell the name, Charm, and the equine beauty walked quickly over to rack where a lot of letters were arranged and picked out each of the seven letters in order.
 But that is the least thing that this super-horse does; she adds figures, subtracts and multiplies as fast al most as a bookkeeping machine ana with the same accuracy. She can dis- tinguish colors-something great many people cannot do. As a dem onstration Manager DeBruler, placed various colored hanoNerchiefs in each spectators top coat pockets
 'rNow. Charm" the old man said the lady with the green sweater on wants you to pick color for her, go over to her and she will tell you which one she wants.' And the horse went directly to the young lady who stood in the line and after her re- quest returned with the right color, which demonstrated that the horse s power to contrast in instructions IS keen. Two handkerchiefs were next placed together, red and an orange and the super-horse picked out the color requested which again demon strated her ability to distinguish pe- tween colors.
 The "old man." which term is an appelation of his own origin, placed his horse through almost every con ceivable test, such as reading news papers, spelling some of the most difficult names, distinguishing coins solving problems and answering numerous historical questions when the old man has taught her.
 The old horseman has deVotion for his steed which is akin to reai love. If was long before Manager De- Bruler succeeded in separating the master from his horse at bedtime ana it is said that up until week ago ne would not consent to sleeping at hotel. preferring to repose on a co, with his horse, and now every nisn' before retiring, the old man goes to lbis livery to make sure that Charm does not want for food or water ana lis comfortably prepared for proper nights rest.
 This is Charms" second week be- fore the public and it is said with out qualification that the entertain ment offered by this wonderful horse is one of the most instructive per formances of its kind Birmingham m natrons have had the privilege ol