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Here is an illustration of the force of habit in a blind horse . He ran on one of the stages of the great north road for many years , and so perfectly was he acquainted with all the stables , halting places , and other matters , that he was never known to commit a blunder . He could never be driven past his own stable ; and at the sound of the coming coach , he would turn out , of his own accord , into the stable yard . What was very remarkable , so accurate was his knowledge of time , that , though half a dozen coaches halted at the same inn , yet he was never known to stir till the sound of the ten o'clock coach was heard in the distance . `` I think , after all , '' said Mrs. Lee , `` that the docility of the horse is one of the most remarkable of its natural gifts . Here are some anecdotes that are very entertaining , in regard to their docility , or readiness to learn . `` Mr. Astley , of the Royal Amphitheatre , at Westminster Bridge , once had in his possession a remarkably fine Barbary horse , forty-three years of age , which was presented him by the Duke of Leeds .