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impressions received through the eyes and ears. Facts, 

 as they enter into consciousness through the ears and 

 eyes, are stowed away in the memory, and are thrown 

 forward into the reasoning faculties as association draws 

 them out, e.g., as a letter, word, or fact is vibrating 

 in the mind, the associated letters, words or facts rush 

 forward, and accuracy depends upon the care with which 

 records are made and associations registered in the 

 memory, which may be likened to a magic lantern, 

 throwing forward on to the screen of life in front, the 

 experience of the past to guide one's conduct in the 

 present. 



Every animal trainer should, therefore, have a 

 carefully thought out list of desirable associations, and 

 he will give his pupil plenty of time to make accurate 

 observations and records. Prof. Bain says : " To think 

 is to refrain from speaking or acting," i.e., to " visualise," 

 and a horse should be allowed to stand still and think 

 at times ; he won't want to talk unless he is a descendant 

 of Balaam's moke. 



The conscious mind, which works through the 

 senses, takes in new impressions and reasons on them, 

 whilst the subconscious mind, which is concerned 

 principally in governing the more mechanical and 

 physical actions of the body, connects them with old 

 impressions if told to do so, and forms the instincts upon 

 which one acts in emergencies. When reading, the 

 conscious mind reads and comprehends a sentence, and 

 goes quickly on to the next, leaving it to the sub- 

 conscious mind to form the connection, so that when in 

 future one reads, say the first line of a known poem, the 

 next line comes vividly before the mind. Horses may 

 not ha\'e the same powers of analogical reasoning as we 

 have, but they act immediately on the suggestions of 



