THE-:- HORSE 



like a gramophone needle will, when started 

 off, continue in the same groove. His trainer 

 then will often take occasion to talk at the 

 proper intervals between the horse's perform- 

 ances, purporting to instruct the horse what 

 to do, but in reality merely anticipating his 

 movements by words. 



Of course, the horse has an eye for color 

 and an ear for sound, and he can be made to 

 obey commands. For instance, a command 

 is given. The horse disobeys and punishment 

 ensues. In time he finds that if such a com- 

 mand is given and he acts a certain way 

 punishment will not follow, then associating 

 these two things in his mind, the command 

 having been given, he will act in that certain 

 way so that punishment will not ensue. 



To distinguish colors, the problem is to 

 make the horse by some physical manifesta- 

 tion indicate his understanding of the differ- 

 ence of color. Since this cannot be done, the 

 next best thing, which is in fact what most 

 trainers do, is to make the horse give the 

 appearance of indicating color by an appeal 

 (usually imperceptible to the audience) to his 

 sensorium in contradistinction to his mind. 



Instinct in itself is a large subject. It is 

 an important factor in the mind of an animal, 

 while intuition which involves cognizance of 

 a previously registered conclusion belongs to 

 man alone. 



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