THE-:- HORSE 



be too intelligent, because if he were, it would 

 be difficult to make him obey the whim of his 

 rider. The horse has desires. If his desires 

 conflict with the wants of man he is useless 

 for the purposes of man. How to make his 

 desires coincide with those of his rider is the 

 real problem in the training of a horse. 



Animals, according to some authorities, 

 have the power of reasoning. I think, how- 

 ever, and believe it is the consensus of opinion, 

 that, in the specific sense of the term, they 

 have no such power. 



In the animal, keenness of sense takes the 

 place of strength of intellect. The horse's 

 mind is susceptible of a process, which in a 

 very broad sense might be called reasoning. 

 It is, in fact, an induction by analogy. His 

 mental force is guided by a kind of channel 

 pertaining to idea association, and in this 

 attribute his mind and that of a human being 

 coincide. 



A horse often has a marvelous memory and 

 extraordinary power of observation. He has 

 perception without apperception, perception 

 being a state which has no power of thought 

 review, and consequently cannot create a new 

 psychological force. What follows is an 

 example of how the horse thinks. A horse 

 has been taken for a very long ride. Perhaps 

 he has been quiet and displayed little enthusi- 

 asm to increase his pace or to change his 



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