HOW THE HORSE LEARNS 77 



getting loose he found the place where the hay or 

 oats were kept, he seeks to get loose every now 

 and again in order to go back there and eat. If 

 passing along the road which he knows leads to 

 his stable, he has succeeded in going there against 

 the will of the man, Avhen he reaches the point 

 where he has been able to do so once he always 

 wishes to go there. 



If in a giyen place or from a given object the 

 idea of fear was suggested to him and he was able 

 to swerve or turn back, he always wishes to turn 

 back on that spot or on seeing that object again. 

 He wishes to swerve again and turn back because 

 he liad been able to do so, because the idea and 

 remembrance of his liaving been able to do so re- 

 mained with him. For this reason it is of the ut- 

 most importance to prevent the horse from doing 

 as he would like and to give him no opportunity 

 for doing so. 



The memory of tlie associations already expe- 

 rienced is in some liorses extraordinary. Horses 

 have been seen to recognise the road along which 

 they have j)assed once only, and that a long time 



