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things tU^t a-t Aries a JsTeapolitau ancl his hor^e 

 were burat for practising magic, and the same fate 

 befell Bankes' horse Maroceo which is mentioned 

 by Shakespeare. 



Things are marvellous to those who do not see, 

 do not understand how they are done, and circus 

 masters have kept up this idea of their marvel- 

 lousness by keeping them secret, The circus master 

 tells the horse in a loud voice to perform a given 

 action. He gives this order in order to let the 

 public hear it. Of course the horse does uot under- 

 stand it. But the circus master together with the 

 words of oominand uttered in order to be heard 

 by the public, gives the horse the signal at which 

 he has taught him to perform the movement with- 

 out th« public i^»erceiving or noticing it, Thus in 

 the eyes of the public ■ the horse has carried out 

 the order uttered, but in reality he has carried out 

 ifch.e order given by the signal. 



The circus master speaks to the horse in order 

 to deceive the public and gives him the signal 

 on which he has ipreviously taught him to perform 

 the movement commanded aloud. In order to teach 



