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Show Bjjes Can Count. y A Russian has been experi menting to fhf 7 far some donVestio anima lrcan c I KZh2 ;rinigeit co of the horse, as j--SS2itics, seems to surp 1 &ail.e the dog. - The doctor found a horse which' was able to conn the mile posts alongl the way. It had been trained by its master to stop for feed whenever they had (covered (cov-ered 25 versts. One day they tried the horse over a road where three false i aile posts had been put in between the real ones, and, sure enough, the horse, deceived de-ceived by this trick, stopped for his oatx at the end of 22 versts, instead of going the usual 25. I The same horse was accustomed! to being fed every day at the stroke of noon. The doctor observed that whenever when-ever the clock struck the horse woiild stop and prick up his ears as if counting. count-ing. If he heard 12 strokes, he woujld trot off contentedly to be fed, but if t were fewer than 12 he would resignedly go on working. The experiment wijia made of striking 12 strokes at the wrong time, whereupon the horse started for his oats in spite of the fact that he had been fed only an hour before. St. Louis Globe-Democrat |