Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

We cannot just now call to mind where we met, long ago, with a very amusing example of memory in a horse-the charger of the commanding officer of an Indian regiment. He was an exceedingly large and heavy man, and the horse having a dislike to carrying such a burden, acquired the habit of lying down on the ground whenever the Colonel prepared to mount. This, as may be supposed, annoyed him, and to avoid the ridicule of the soldiers, he parted with the animal, and procured another not so fastidious as to a few pounds more or less. We believe it was a year or two-certainly some considerable time-after that the Colonel, visiting another station, was invited to view the troops there, and a horse was placed at his service, which, on his attempting to mount, immediately lay down in full view of the assembled regiment. It turned out to be the identical charger, who had at once recognized his former objectionable owner.