Memory. The Special Senses 7 



worked alone. If worked with another horse, the 

 colt has a natural tendency to imitate rather than to 

 learn, and thus relies on the other horse and not on 

 his own memory. Further, it is not possible to 

 train a horse while angry, sick or otherwise out of 

 condition, as he does not memorize under such cir- 

 cumstances. 



It is interesting to note that the mule possesses 

 greater intelligence, in some things at least, than the 

 horse. A very good example of this is the case of 

 kicking animals. If a kicking horse, when in har- 

 ness, gets his leg over the trace, he continues to kick 

 until free, even though the legs are injured in the 

 process. On the other hand, if the mule becomes 

 thus entangled, he will remain perfectly quiet and 

 allow himself to be released. The mule seems to be 

 sufficiently intelligent to recognize the folly of need- 

 lessly hurting himself, which is not true of the horse 

 when he becomes confused or excited. 



TRAINING BY MEANS OF THE SPECIAL SENSES 



Like man, the horse receives his training and edu- 

 cation through the special organs of feeling, seeing, 

 hearing, smelling and tasting. It is by these special 

 senses that the horse acquires a knowledge of what 

 is expected of him, and no system of training can be 

 successful that fails to take into account the impres- 

 sions that the animal receives by these means. 



