Show would seem th this 13 horse used hia think tank on the farm we once had a horse that developed the habit of 0 getting out of the stable unassisted after having been tied securely to the manger with a halter strap and with the stable door latched he would free himself and later we would find him prowling about the yard with the halter strap dangling dad ieng loose from the halter this occurred several times one day I 1 decided to find out how he accomplished this feat concealing myself in the stable I 1 watched long and patiently but to no avail he ele was a sly old rogue and never attempted to free himself while I 1 was there probably having sensed my presence in the stable I 1 tried again tills this time I 1 stealthily approached the stable from the outside and peered through a crack we usually tied the halter strap in a halt half bowknot bow knot leaving the end of the strap hanging banging loose before long I 1 saw the horse seize the end of the strap with his bis teeth and pull out the loop thus free he walked around to the stable door where he fumbled with the latch until unfit he slid it back then walked out unknown to us he had probably watched us as tie and untie the strap many times as well as latch and unlatch the door and while such buch things as knots and latches present no problem to the human mind they are so decidedly outside the province of a horses mind that it seemed a bit of clever equestrian thinking on his part to be able to extricate himself tin unassisted assisted it G sebring la in our dumb animals |