16t> HOW THE HORSE LEARNS 



the circle formed Ijy the letters and he accom- 

 panies the horse walking some steps away from 

 him in a smaller circle. Whilst the horse, wal- 

 king in the circle formed* by the letters, arrives 

 at the first letter of the name which he is to write 

 the circus master gives him the signal to stop, and, 

 immediately after, the signal to seize the letter, 

 and immediately after, the signal to come to him. 

 When the horse brings him the letter the circus 

 master draws back to the centre of the circle, 

 takes the letter from his mouth and places it on 

 the ground. This being done the circus master 

 makes the horse walk round in the circle anew 

 and bring successively the other letters in the order 

 required to form the name. Thus the name is 

 formed, but it is not the horse which has formed 

 it. The horse has seized and brought the several 

 letters on the signals to seize them and bring them. 

 The signs with which it is usual to make the 

 horse stop whilst he is walking in the circle are: 

 to make a step towards him and stop opposite the 

 shoulder or the head, as thus no motive for advan- 

 cing or receding is given, and to point the tip of 



