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the horse thought tlie offer a fair one and agreed to do so. When the 

 horse was unhitched and left to go his own way he went straight to the 

 stable door, pulled out the pin, pushed open the door and took his place 

 in the third stall, as predicted by his former owner. The man said, that 

 is a very clever feat, and shows that the horse must have been here be- 

 fore, but it is not sufficient proof that you are the present lawful owner. 

 When the neighbors all testified that the horse had been stolen from the 

 owner of the place, and that they felt sure that the horse was the same, 

 the man very reluctantly gave up the ownership, even though he said 

 he would rather part with $250. 



A HORSE THAT KNEW BUSINESS FROM PLEASURE. 



James P. Barton, Scranton, Pa., owns Kittie D., a great grand- 

 daughter of Hambletonian 10. He says: "I use the mare for light driv- 

 ing, also for delivery purposes, and she will not miss one of my two 

 hundred or more customers without a word from me. I can take her 

 from the delivery wagon and hitch her to my road rig, and if she ofYers 

 to stop at a single one of my customers, I will make any one a present 

 of her." 



A HORSE THAT FULLY APPRECL\TED HIS PRESERVER. 



"An incident which showed intelligence in a most emphatic manner 

 occurred at the recent big lire at Waukegan, 111. It has been related how 

 George Sells rescued his horse at great peril to himsejf, but it was not 

 stated how the animal appreciated its master's services. After entering 

 the burning barn, Mr. Sells merely untied the horse. Exhibiting little 

 or no excitement, the animal stuck its head over its master's shoulder, 

 gently rubbing its head against his face. Mr. Sells walked out hurriedly 

 and the horse followed meekly after him, retaining the position men- 

 tioned. Mr. Sells tied the horse to a fence and was standing watching 

 the progress of the fire, when suddenly he felt something rub against his 

 face, and, looking up, there stood his horse again gently and affection- 

 ately rubbing its head against his cheek, as if to express its appreciation 

 of its master's rescuing it from the flames. The dumb brute had broken 

 the halter with which it had been tied in order to walk to its master's 

 side to further express its feelings. Mr. Sells led the animal away and 

 tied it again, but with a whinney, it endeavored to persuade him not to 

 >eave it alone." 



A LAME HORSE THAT KNEW WHERE TO GO FOR RELIEF. 

 A horse, after having been shod at a certain shop, went lame, and 

 the next day, as soon as his owner turned him lose, the horse imme- 

 diately went to the shop where he had been shod and took his place on 

 the floor where the shoe had been nailed on. While the smith tliought 

 strange of the horse doing so, he drove him out of the shop with a slap. 

 and as the horse limped ofT he thought no more of the incident. The 

 next day the horse was still worse, and the owner turned him out of the 

 stable as before, and he went straight to the shop again, took his posi- 

 tion on the floor, and held his lame foot up, when the smith took ofif the 



