THE MIND OF THE HORSE 



rience disagreeable sensations or fear on his seeing 

 again these persons, objects, occurrences, places, or 

 even on the occurrence of the slightest circumstance 

 recalling to his mind these persons, objects, events 

 and places. 



If he has experienced fear, or has been hurt 

 by any object, he remembers it, he is afraid on 

 seeing that object again and seeks to escape from 

 it. If at some place he was frightened or hurt by 

 a given object he is frightened again on being 

 brought to that place. He gladly sees and desires 

 to approach an object or person that has caused 

 him pleasure. He avoids or tries to avoid the person 

 who threatened or ill-treated him and the object 

 from which he derived pain. So he is alarmed if 

 someone shows him the whip with which he was 

 previously struck. 



His memory makes his training possible, as it 

 allows of the animal remembering the movements 

 taught. The horse well remembers the various 

 signals or aids by which he was compelled to 

 assume certain given positions with his body and 

 go through the various paces and evolutions, and 



