Show I Ponies Ave Average rage Higher Than L L Human Beings Mix Declares If anyone In the tho world knows a horse it Is Tom Mix II noted Fox star since most of his life has been spent on the hurricane deck of ot a Western Vestern cow pony Mr Mix also Is the owner of the best known horse In the world Tony always seen with his master In t the te e Mix pictures and who usually shares the hazards that make malte the Fox star famous throughout the tho world S There has been a lot written and anda a lot said about horse sense said Mr Mi- Mix as he sat on a corral fence at Mixville j California wh where re reside Tony and the Mix band of rid hard ing ling cowboys But Mr Mix l went wenton wenton on few tew people really know what horse sense means unless they are familiar with horses Any man dally daily life Is spent spen t around horses has a great respect for fOI their reasoning faculties In man many I Instances a cowboy will trust hI his I horses horse's ability to figure things out more than hIs own w wI I II I could never could never determine Just how much a horse really reasoned or how much he reached conclusions through an intuitive sense I do know if Ina in ina ina a moment of crisis you trust your horse you cannot go far wrong Of course courseS there are dumb horses and smart horses Just like human be be- be ings There are horses that think slowly and act slowly while others have minds that operate with the rapidity of or a machine gunYou gunYou gun You usually find cow ponies ire are mighty smart Take Tony for tor In In- In stance Tony Is not as many seem to think a trick horse Tony Is Just naturally smart I dont don't teach Tony I show him quietly what weve we've got gotto gotto gotto to do to make male a scene and Tony does the rest He understands I A smart horse is very receptive and quickly reflects the mood of his rider When you get on a horse Inthe in inthe the morning and you ou feel out of sorts and a bit cranky you are going to ride Ilde a a. cranky horse all day If It on the contrary you ou start the day feelIng feelIng teelIn feel feel- In Ing at peace with yourself and all the I world you will find your horse in the same JoyouS frame of mind You lose your temper and your horse loses hi his This may seem hard to believe and andI I have seen It verified day by day and any ranch hand will tell you Itis Itis it itis is BOA soA BO so A horse has an Intuitive sense of or danger and a rider who knows the horse under him quickly gets it I Nine Nino out of ten times left to himself himself him him- self the horse will wUl find ind the safe way out Much ruch has hal been said about the keen sense of smell possessed by the bloodhound but It is nothing compared compared com corn pared to that of a a. horse who scents scent danger as readily as he C can n smell fresh water a mile away Taken all In all we can learn a alot alot alot lot from Thom a horse The animal may have peculiar ways was about reaching a conclusion and occasionally be he a I trifle stubborn but he is blessed with horse sense If It It were possible to rate a horses horse's mentality as these civil service ser ser- vice Exam examiners er rate e a I human Ian Ill Id be he willing to bet the tho aver average ge horse hors would get a higher percentage than I the average human b being |