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of the owner, it would perhaps have been more won- 

 derful, but would hardly have stood the test of so 

 many performances. Somebody was invariably on 

 the stage with the avowed intention of detecting Mr. 

 Barnes's methods, and no one appears to have done 

 so. 



No ordinary man would wish to teach his horse 

 multipHcation even if he felt able to do so, but for 

 obvious reasons a horse is more useful and a safer 

 conveyance if he is obedient to the voice. Trixie's 

 w^onderful brain development must in great measure 

 be attributed to her early life and surroundings. 



There are many other examples of cleverness in 

 horses, and General Tweedie, in his book *' The 

 Arab and his Horse," tells us that the traveler be- 

 tween Bagdad and the Caspian used to strap his 

 portmanteau across the back of a galloping post- 

 horse, which immediately started off alone for the 

 next station, and delivered the baggage safely. Ac- 

 cording to Hayes, Rockefeller and Sample used to 

 drive horses without reins, and had them under per- 

 fect control. 



Thormanby and many other writers quote cases 

 of which they had personal knowledge ; in fact, there 



