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Show Till! UICAI'L IMiimT. its rxiRTr j ce miiko rVES is vo .MrjTICATLI) ANIJUI3. In ft rtviow pf anlnterosllns work by 1'rof. Weltmaun, on "Heredity iu Man and Ileasl,"ln tbecTunrfo 7)m of July HI, It I" mi.rlid that tho author lellnvis the tcaiu llnlllat hss liren lost 111 domcetloatid animals by thelr-lons domtstluitloii, the kUenoo of ertomles dullog many fenerations having Imd the rllfct of ot tlnguihlug this natural fear of thu human rr.ee, and conscijuently they evlncu no desire lu i-iapo from tbo cli lint arnualutance Willi wr jni. My loiiK experience at n breeder of all kinds of farm stock, Including dons and oiti and other pintll aulmili, rouvlnces me that tills Inllef Is not founded on fact, says a currarpjudeut uf thu New Vont 7met, but that this natural fear la as aulro Ihjoudk domrslla animals s It Is in wild nnl mali, with thu exception that In lull tallon of the parenls the fear dlr. upi mis. This is true of tho uorte.mula calf, limb, turkey, chicken, tlox, ctt ami rabbit, In nil ol which this natural desire to escape from a person Is as strong for ft few das, nnl until acquaintance has eliminated tho natural fear, ae lu the W1IJ animals of thotsme races. ThobUlngof the young animal by tbo dun Is an example of this Instinct tlvu finr, oven on tho part of Ibo -ront who is vvluoDlly loath to ixptso nirproueny to risk. This is ciesrly InslluLtlvo, for I liaae known uuu of the gontlut hiilers, when sho bud ft calf, to tuika a su iden attack upon thu fvrson whobad reared her anl fo I her, and oxblblt the most violent lemlty wbtn piieons previously tiitlrtly tc cer tibia annruached bur. Altklnusot dorucstlo animal will conual their youug at birth, and thu young anluiHla will lien with ovldtnt liar when tho owner comisupon tlnlr titling plict'. And although this natural rcpugnitncu will toon die. apar, It only through the Introduction, at It wuie, of the fa rent, whs at thu name lima anx louaty retards tbo owner a tba potil-llo potil-llo tmmy to tho foal or calf. I have known a twoduysold calf, when lis hldlivK placo was dlscsvirel, to run fourinlles In Its eiTort to ucipr,ind re list (aturu Willi ail theimrgy of n wild titer, anil when ltalterward e. cs til plunged Into a iond and swam luvtrul bundled loot and got away on the albtr tide. l'lgs born In the woo Is I noma as wild ril ferocious the II tit generation st tbo true wild boar, and tbura ure thoumnds of kuoh plus at large In Iho rioutneru woo it lliat resemble iu their dl-iosltlon lu every iect tlio wild bo to of tba lllurk forest of (iur many. The uslural habit of thu mute to luck is an Mlrlbuloot this lnsim?!. A jo inn mule will klok Us owner i,utle llercely when It It flit I able to mud upon Its legs, and will bide behind be-hind thu mare an 1 even bile when It Is approached ton clostl). The lambs of a Hock at Itrge on a range are equally averse to thu sbcj bard, and will fHCO'io from close aoiualntancu until use his he)) id to wear oil the lu.tlncll.efear, Tlio-.alodltllouHy In rearing young turkeyt it lull samu Instinctive disposition dis-position tu escape aul bide. 1,-tn In thu yard thu young brood will squat na closely as n wild brood or a covey of young partridges or quail. And If the obietMir remains still they will creep away oa sttalthlly through thugratt or leaves and in a moment will dls appear as though tho ground bad swsllowed llietn. 1 have some youuif cats, the kittens of n rat left at my home tlx yi art ago, but which, 6u my return a fewwviks ntro. canieunvoluutarlly. an I utter n cloiu ivconuulsvancu recogulzod tno autcsmuup and rubtied ualnst my legs and purred loudly. Him was si friendly that thuuext morning, on my way tithe train lor the city, the trl-J tj follow until ordered ti return. 8h remembtred ber old habit, whltli wis to accompany ino to tho turn of thu rettd, and thero wait uiflll i wai out ef sight. If domestication bnl the eilett of rcmovltiit the natural ellort to ut lapisuue would think that this (..U'a l.ltlmi. v. ould be the tamiatand least desirous de-sirous to uvcild a ) ers in with whom Iho mother cat waa friendly. Hut qultu othorwlti-. These hltteno uro the w lid est I have ever known, and now, a months old, they aru as ronu lo iscupe In tho thickest of lliu shrubbery as tbu wild rntblts wholi thiy aru apj rosched too closely. i:vuu thu young chickens ovlucu this ssmu luatlct, tspeolalla thoeu of thu more nctlvu anil least soolable breeds, as Leghorns und other Highly kinds. Tbo beus coucesl their nests Willi nil thu Instinctive adroitness uf tbu will birds, thai young chlokt.ni run a ayor hide, an tbom from the bidden nests srnbv tar ibe wildest. Why Is all this If It Is not thu lu itllicl ol fear that still ovircotues all tho centuries of ihirucsllcntioa nnl proves the fact that the tscipo Instinct pievatta over thu lullueuce of domes llcitlou, which Is nn tduculton slowly gnlned nud which lina not yi t had tlmu lo lHcomunulnhi.rltel Instinct? And thlsorins the question, do domestlca Hon and ujucation uer ovcrcon.0 In ttlnct, but It not natural instlnit nlwajs prevalent In an uiiliml, n ) rearing nt hlrtli nud only slowly oru ( Loino ly training, In some animals more slowly or msre easily Ibsn lu others? |
