, 1865-12-18
HORSES.
Their TreAtment-Number In Chicago
How they Depreclatr.

Among the objects Of interest to all societies 10.
me prevention Of cne1ty 10 anirasiI, - The horse
has always stcc- iiie-crnlnent, ns tho beast which
OF I'LL o'hers in civilized fociety fares worst 1t The
hands OF man. Seeing and hearing Of daily the
c71selets and shameful cruelty practised upon
s.this noble animal" u sportspen love To term
nim one gets to the point Of viewing with decided
and rcsa1ds!uilh porltIve respect forahe ho.sefSo
conscious that for5eAranoe IL no LONGER yirine
plants hta heels in the bread basket Of his tor
mentor. or demollhhes his o. froutis,- Probably
In The semi i-barbarous ntatc of eocirtF. War. thu
mule is the Incet vietimized animal, as hjs com.
oat1ve dtspos,to1 is hsought In contact with cisss
make merit Of returning his malice With !ntersst.
But the mule seems, somehow, to deserve ali be
Eefs-not merely because he IL the .nis.ehspen,
eHbD'd md condned Ill ' he v,ces o9 s1n ho,h T.
his & p.rsnts wllhont = einele one of tneiI %
al bis dabolical pu,poses mnle. ION nis ;n'
ianey. u q sort Of qaadsupedal IshrnaelIte. Some
1ne, WITH teanenen1 Of hatred has sud that he il
-and the poseeeeion ot this snpernly oF cxfstrnrn
see1ns TO beget 40 antsgontetlc feehne amour men
tat of a. o. tn1ss r. "a sn,.osty 3d he
particular victim may have got I'D Of before ter
experiments on him. It ID sad that even an 1dsb.
y nan, on dumping bis horse and cs.t orcr the edge
o. ,mpr, Dan1 r. remarked That II vas n aisy wy
paste" On The other hand, WFeiched mule tun,-
osee over The edge Of pretiptce, rolls down tho
torrent Psases orer two or tdree fas In The stfean
and finally escapes With one at least Of his liyet
Hne incident nay occur California but ve1J soon
and- nine chauces to one, the driver Of that muie
neEef aer pasees propice That he doosn't 1t Ieast
isei q Il bed IKE to push mule over, on he
be kicked ind cursed and be4te1l-uok mailcSnua
bsGte whose legt are forever itching with desr to
nek. and his teeth aching for nip At the seat of
and The taalts Of vaousness be sometimes possesse
srs s the t,nlt, not Of nature, but Of education.
hm then in h!s rsal character does
30 20 bsuiaily treated BY men Al he espefstly l..
Let It not be UNDERWOOD that ne tcp.eeate crucity
10 ne horse and advocate it to the mile We
who probably think that, as tho catechisnn 1ays.
Some etns are more hciuous in Themselves md by
reason Of cestain ag2avadons thnu Others, so one
al Il that Of being mule. Our own Feslinr h. Nal
Of tho warm hearted poet who said:
"ae pnYeth best, uho lovcth best,
Az thtngs, both great and email,
For the dear God who loyelh us,
lie made, and loycth Ill -
.but 70 Ion: "a mules will make lshmacltcs OF
hemeelse*, o. somehow ase so by ustuse. they
nnst IN sipest to b the speci.l object. Of aledic
parteniar affection TOR n mule. Esen Sternefs
,ympa1by only extended 10 donkey-un1y half
n TX ss;n dead donkey at !h1 1neap.bie
Influences. do love their horses, entertain for them
feeling Of afsctiou second only to that they have
or their children Or what will be stil more readily
hessSss fbe Aabs i6Ts toT % his 6orse nVSi + Trii
Ino"n 70 eyeIJ one, and the Asab, even II he IL
'. 'ot Gnsisstan, Or M he perhaps thinks |
te Is generous. brave, hoep,table and loves his |
epitou,e of y1rtues-shat IT, IN bis tnost
aseatons slats nd the more he Is avilltzed the
&c no noet nearly approximates to Cooper's ideal
ndian, also dearly 1o5es his horse In fact every
nn2n beng, except whcne . taste for cruelty Il
ion. t1eats the horse with that kindness md re-
pect to which hfe nature entities him. Unfortunate
1or me hotse be i usenl md the more generally
le more it ts doomed 10 ENTER. The horse falls
ato tho hands Of the ignorant and merci!ess who
ny ss,cs a,@ for .hs workto e sot out Of him
hat nnimaied the bosom Of ptlegmatic Te1ton
: be viewed The body Of bis desd Nlle-.. I'd soon-
zoe Ty ees1 COVE she ~ zach sF
ea1iues.. hunger Or cod. Does be stagrer under
,s enormons burden. they Eoad him to desperate
1on ss,ay ~ crnel kicks 1na hloNt. Does he come to
[eep nccusity, The ZANE treatment Is rtneHed- or
erehsnce fre lighted under himf or q chain,
Jagged by another renm, fastened round his neck. 1
m 10 stand IN diving sleet and rain Without coz.
ing, and, when the day 8 hard work Ia ended, he
honsed IL eomfortless thed, anti perhaps sean-
oueh Is the too common lot Of the draft horses
wed and worked by the lower clteecs Of society.
} whom belong The great majority oil hofsea oi
spectators will aud rcady excuse IN ho.xe's
aagtnarJ stnhbosnnees vice, and there is Rtill
Ner dep1h Of neanness. from which the horse Ii
acc TO ,endef, that Of The malicious brute, bis
aver, who Tente upon the unoHendtn9 znimal all
o.5d Il isiss. Wines the nshsppy ss1 dia!ea
lief intercourse with eoctety Is conducted nnder
e represelng attendant circumstance Of IN un-
essant ,ss snIsatnre ~ Of he fptne-she:e Glanses
e ROOT 81 bis den On Wheels VIE eontemp;aoas a ]
s.ssn e. aa
11cted With q morbid horror Of np1ilted fingers.
hit wre1ched par Of horses is made to feel the lash
celycs, for every mistake of destination made by
passenger, for cycEy error IN making ehange
hlsh 1he drivers henumbea fingers commit for
s1a e. and %nin inolhas big IN e
ay be noticed TINT the particular eplte of thess |
ueeless attacks falls up0n one eelecsed BY the veu-
nous elasber ashis peculiar victim, or sin offering,
We 10 select one Of their domestcs On whom TO
ut their spleen, OR in the absence Of Convenient
rEaDt, use their husbands for the saue purpose
al better than omnlbas.hnrses. 20 far as hard
,rk IL concerned, but their dsisers are little
ore humanfzed by flm1ltar association With their
than the omnibus men are, and
nat is etill betier-11c not generally allowed to
~ Nhipe. Lack and express hoEses fare as
diy any Others, forced As they arc to stand day
d night ID the upeu alr. in ali weathers, and sab
ted 10 MI the wicked capriees OF their masters.
w people have any iasa OF the great number Of
Ifses now In the public usee Of wbleh we have
oxen, In this city. A little Inquiry has given us
e following fguIts:-Of express horses there arc
l, dr1y horses 1o8, horses in double teams $40,
ck horses 1e5, peddler's horses 15o-in all e.7si
veFal street railway lines, Of those belonging to
djtidual- as car1iage horses, and Of those Kept
r public hire In the livery stables. The work Of
,rsea On street. railway lines Is 20 severe that
my break doNn in It; in e.cn the drrs thIeo