Studies in horse breeding; an illustrated treatise on the science and practice of the breeding of horses . he organ of form, to aid him in see-ing, in the night, as well as to be able to see and dis-tinguish between forms seen at any time. The organof locality is,just as necessary to him, that he mayknow and remember locations and directions. A horsenever forgets a place he has once been to, and mosthorses if taken away from home for a long distanceand by circuitous windings, will return by the short-est route, if given their liberty. I knoAv of a Pawneepony mare that was ridden from eastern N
Studies in horse breeding; an illustrated treatise on the science and practice of the breeding of horses . he organ of form, to aid him in see-ing, in the night, as well as to be able to see and dis-tinguish between forms seen at any time. The organof locality is,just as necessary to him, that he mayknow and remember locations and directions. A horsenever forgets a place he has once been to, and mosthorses if taken away from home for a long distanceand by circuitous windings, will return by the short-est route, if given their liberty. I knoAv of a Pawneepony mare that was ridden from eastern Nebraska,southeasterly into anj through INIissouri, then in anortherly direction to near Davenport, Iowa, from thelatter place she broke away from her keeper and madeback directly to Nebraska, and her numerous family,reaching her old home three months after she was 216 IN HORSK BREEDING stolen. She Avas traced over this route, l)iit alwaysenough behind the i-ider to prevent his capture. Itwas known that the pony had secured her freedom andwas on th(^ way back, two weeks before she Figure 56. The human brain. The Brain of the Horse is of better quality than thatof any other animal. While the l)rain of the horse is relatively smaller,than the brain of some other animals, yet in no other THE PHBEiVOLOGY OF THE HORSE 217 animal can so fine a texture of brain be fonnd. It isthe texture or quality of the brain, quite as much asits size that denotes mental quality. Some horsemenhave held that a horse must be very unintelligent, be-cause of his small brain, while as a matter of fact fewanimals, if any, are capable of manifesting such rareintelligence as the horse. All other things being equal,size would be indicative of power, but throughout allNature, quality counts for as much as size. A largetimber of pine would be stronger than a small one, yeta small piece of good hickory may be stronger thaneither. An organic structure of high quality, indicatesa like mental
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