AN INTELLIGENT HORSE.
That horses are capable of great affection of course wo know, but that they should carry it to a love not only of individuals but of race, is strange indeed. There is or was a short time ago, an English horso that had been bought and sent out to Spain. He was very well treated, and appeared happy enough; but should—a common occurrence— an English visitor turn up, all the animal's affectionate memory of the race he had lived amongst and loved was aroused. Ho would become fearfully excited, rub his nose on this stranger that he had never seen before, and evince tho greatest delight, and when the- visitor turned to go he would invariably take his coat between his teeth; and strive by gentle tugs to detain him. This was not a taught trick, but a perfectly natural demonstration of his patriotic feelings, which an English face or an English voice would always call forth Pry's Magazine. '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14142, 18 August 1909, Page 9
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162AN INTELLIGENT HORSE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14142, 18 August 1909, Page 9
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