{"id":5382190,"date":"2024-12-30T19:55:11","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T19:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.life.com\/?p=5382190"},"modified":"2024-12-30T19:56:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T19:56:12","slug":"meet-lady-wonder-the-psychic-horse-who-appeared-twice-in-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.life.com\/animals\/meet-lady-wonder-the-psychic-horse-who-appeared-twice-in-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Lady Wonder, the Psychic Horse Who Appeared Twice in LIFE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The story of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lady_Wonder\">Lady Wonder<\/a> began in 1925, when her owner, Mrs. Claudia Fonda of Richmond, Va., noticed that the horse she had purchased when it was two weeks old\u2014then just called Lady\u2014 would come when Fonda was merely <em>thinking<\/em> of calling her. Fonda wondered if the horse could read her mind, she told LIFE. By the time Lady was two years old the horse had been taught to spell out words by using blocks with letters on them. When Lady correctly predicted the winner of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Long_Count_Fight\">Dempsey-Tunney boxing match<\/a>, the fame of what Fonda billed as &#8220;The Mind-Reading Horse&#8221; began to spread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lady Wonder&#8217;s first appearance in LIFE came in 1940, when the magazine, <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=uz8EAAAAMBAJ&amp;pg=PA86&amp;source=gbs_toc_r&amp;cad=2#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\">as part of a larger story on ESP<\/a>, related the history of the horse but also reported that it had lost its extra-sensory special powers. The horse could still perform simple mathematics, though, and was at that point merely being billed as &#8220;The Educated Horse,&#8221; with claims of clairvoyance left by the wayside. Still, the story noted that its ESP expert believed the horse once posessed special powers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then in 1952 Lady Wonder returned to the spotlight when she seemingly offered insight to a tragic case involving a missing boy. Here&#8217;s how LIFE described her contribution <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=Z1IEAAAAMBAJ&amp;pg=PA20&amp;dq=lady+wonder&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiU-pj1lsiKAxXnkYkEHSK1N_wQ6AF6BAgIEAI#v=onepage&amp;q=lady%20wonder&amp;f=false\">in its issue of Dec. 22, 1952<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>A friend of the district attorney of Norfolk County, Mass., went to see her, on a hunch, to ask her for news of a little boy who had been missing for months. She answered, &#8220;Pittsford Water Wheel.&#8221; A police captain figured out that this was a psychic misprint for &#8220;Field and Wilde Water Pit,&#8221; an abandoned quarry. Sure enough, that is where the boy&#8217;s body was found.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident brought national attention to Lady Wonder, and among those who made the pilgrimage to her Virginia farm was LIFE photographer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.life.com\/photographer\/hank-walker\/\">Hank Walker<\/a>. He captured the mare, then 27 years old, in action, dispensing advice and sports predictions. (For the specific college football picks from Lady Wonder mentioned in the article, the horse was right on only one out of three picks). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not everyone was buying the act. In 1956 the magician <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Milbourne_Christopher\">Milbourne Christopher<\/a>, who was a noted debunker of frauds, visited Lady Wonder&#8217;s stable and concluded that the horse was spelling out words under the subtle guidance of Fonda, who was directing Lady Wonder on which blocks to select. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lady Wonder died the next year.  <\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_676eba3508c6a\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5382199 desc=\"\" caption=\"Hank Walker\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"The 27-year-old Lady Wonder, a horse with purported clairvoyant abilities who communicated answers by flipping letters on a rack, was a popular tourist attraction in Richmond, Va,. 1952.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/27142605\/00800105-857x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">The 27-year-old Lady Wonder, a horse with purported clairvoyant abilities who communicated answers by flipping letters on a rack, was a popular tourist attraction in Richmond, Va,. 1952.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Hank Walker\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_676eba4808c6b\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5382207 desc=\"\" caption=\"Hank Walker\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"The 27-year-old Lady Wonder,  a horse with purported clairvoyant abilities who communicated answers by flipping letters on a rack, was a popular tourist attraction in Richmond, Va,. 1952.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/27142659\/1202754-714x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">The 27-year-old Lady Wonder,  a horse with purported clairvoyant abilities who communicated answers by flipping letters on a rack, was a popular tourist attraction in Richmond, Va,. 1952.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Hank Walker\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_676ebb3008c73\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5382192 desc=\"\" caption=\"Hank Walker\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"The 27-year-old Lady Wonder, a horse with purported clairvoyant abilities who communicated answers by flipping letters on a rack, was a popular tourist attraction in Richmond, Va,. 1952.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/27142549\/00800098-803x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">The 27-year-old Lady Wonder, a horse with purported clairvoyant abilities who communicated answers by flipping letters on a rack, was a popular tourist attraction in Richmond, Va,. 1952.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Hank Walker\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_676ebae608c71\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5382195 desc=\"\" caption=\"Hank Walker\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"&quot;Lady Wonder,&quot; a horse with the purported ability to see the future, came in from the pasture to answer questions for her customers, Richmond, Va., 1952.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/27142555\/00800101-712x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">&#8220;Lady Wonder,&#8221; a horse with the purported ability to see the future, came in from the pasture to answer questions for her customers, Richmond, Va., 1952.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Hank Walker\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_676eba6108c6c\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5382191 desc=\"\" caption=\"Hank Walker\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"The 27-year-old Lady Wonder, a horse with purported clairvoyant abilities who communicated answers by flipping letters on a rack, was a popular tourist attraction in Richmond, Va,. 1952.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/27142546\/00800097-1024x826.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">The 27-year-old Lady Wonder, a horse with purported clairvoyant abilities who communicated answers by flipping letters on a rack, was a popular tourist attraction in Richmond, Va,. 1952.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Hank Walker\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_676eba7d08c6d\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5382194 desc=\"\" caption=\"Hank Walker\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Mrs. Julius Bokkon regularly visited Lady Wonder to solicit the opinion of the clairvoyant horse on matters in her life, Richmond, Va., 1952.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/27142553\/00800100-788x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Mrs. Julius Bokkon regularly visited Lady Wonder to solicit the opinion of the clairvoyant horse on matters in her life, Richmond, Va., 1952.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Hank Walker\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_676eba9008c6e\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5382198 desc=\"\" caption=\"Hank Walker\/LIfe PIcture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Lady Wonder, the purported clairvoyant horse, gave a Massachusetts businessman direction on where to get a loan, spelling out &quot;Heancock,&quot; which was interpreted to mean the insurance company John Hancock, 1952.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/27142602\/00800104-773x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Lady Wonder, the purported clairvoyant horse, gave a Massachusetts businessman direction on where to get a loan, spelling out &#8220;Heancock,&#8221; which was interpreted to mean the insurance company John Hancock, 1952.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Hank Walker\/LIfe PIcture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_676ebaa508c6f\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5382200 desc=\"\" caption=\"Hank Walker\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"The tricks of Lady Wonder included performing addition; here she had been asked what 7+6 equalled (she had already pulled up a &quot;1&quot; that is out of view to the left), Richmond, Va., 1952.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/27142607\/00800106-830x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">The tricks of Lady Wonder included performing addition; here she had been asked what 7+6 equalled (she had already pulled up a &#8220;1&#8221; that is out of view to the left), Richmond, Va., 1952.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Hank Walker\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_676ebde808c74\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5382197 desc=\"\" caption=\"Hank Walker\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Owner Claudia Fonda stood by as her clairvoyant talking horse tourist attraction, Lady Wonder, gave a Massachusetts businessman direction on where to get a loan, spelling out &quot;Heancock,&quot; which was interpreted to mean the insurance company John Hancock, 1952.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/27142600\/00800103-738x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Owner Claudia Fonda stood by as her clairvoyant talking horse tourist attraction, Lady Wonder, gave a Massachusetts businessman direction on where to get a loan, spelling out &#8220;Heancock,&#8221; which was interpreted to mean the insurance company John Hancock, 1952.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Hank Walker\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_676ebb0f08c72\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5382204 desc=\"\" caption=\"Hank Walker\/LIfe PIcture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"The 27-year-old Lady Wonder, a horse with purported clairvoyant abilities who communicated answers by flipping letters on a rack, was a popular tourist attraction in Richmond, Va,. 1952.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/27142628\/1181906-975x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">The 27-year-old Lady Wonder, a horse with purported clairvoyant abilities who communicated answers by flipping letters on a rack, was a popular tourist attraction in Richmond, Va,. 1952.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Hank Walker\/LIfe PIcture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_676eb8ca08c69\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5382209 desc=\"\" caption=\"Hank Walker\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Lady Wonder, a horse with supposed clairvoyant powers, attracted visits from tourists and well as regulars such as Mrs. Julius Bokkon, Richmond, Va., 1952. The levers around the horse were like keys in a giant typewriter that it used to communicate its messages.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/27142709\/112473149-1024x1005.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Lady Wonder, a horse with supposed clairvoyant powers, attracted visits from tourists and well as regulars such as Mrs. Julius Bokkon, Richmond, Va., 1952. 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