New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-27
HUMANITY TO ANIMALS

UPON HORsEs-A SERIES OF EQUINE COMPLAINS
-OaUELTY TO NEAT cATTLE-THE DIABoLlsM OF
THB DOG LAWS.
IL passing through Broadway, few DAYS sinos on
attention was attracted by sign bearing the Huns
10y 10 Animals" There Is probably no place in the wls
where such symbol could have been apuy placs0
In Broadway particularly suffer- aud having then
in charge deprived quality of being humane so6
for the most part IL Tire disposition to treat all creatures
with tenderness a gether unknown Beside this Tiers
is somewhat pess the very and al It's concomitsn
There cruelty in the Russ pavement. barbarsn very re
quenty in It's condition. aud humanity always in the msar
uer 10 which vehicles OVERLOADED
PAYMENTS.
Unfortunately the things Of which complain are nse
confined to Broadway The Belgian pavement as fx -
horses are concerned very little than WINS
tIe grades Of manv OF our streets yet earas
10 make payement and have always sacrificed the comfort
animals to smOothness OF surface and Durability Ihesesvo
qualities which 20 certain extent indspensaOe nsve
been achieved but they have suprndnced an e when ns
remedy save IN the owners q horses Ihey oege1
uce Of loading heavily and driving raa ana tnus ia
way we lose hat under otaef arc ., conrse raos
competed TO pay Tor repairs Inc ielIoe, VI
easily over smooth hard sgce but inc horse mas less pa
chase-nsing the term In It's mecAanice signiheance n
always in danger and knows IT. he is AFRAID to exert hmsa
Ia where the footing good and thus we issn
annoyance by watering the streets but thereby inAo
unkindness upon our horses Even IN the matter
protecting hOof achieved very little and the shoe
which is al sufficient dir, or macadanlzed roI
aimos Wholly useless upon INC pAse ii ,, -
our own personal comfort ard economy which at last b.
BRUTALITY OF DRIVERS.
Compared with their utility there are perhaps no donese
manner all are more or less abused They oyerhead u
| Summer; oyerdriyen in Winter aud oyerworked agSA
they are frequently compelled drag up steep grades loata
TOO heavy even for dead level; forced into trot whore
walking difficult and merclessly beaten If they fan to 1ess
and the dadvantg e under which they labor has mpose
| upon them. We do not now complain OF the eesiay
striking horse upon the head with stick Of WOOD OF knoS
ing him down with butt end Of whipthese things nce
y inrequen-but OF tae more coanoh Praeee Oh
ating his tanks with WHIP ior ialt tnat ea ; "a
driver in the pavement II under the combined nneence
OF faulty shoeng heavy load smooth street and csres:
driver the horse sps his mouth acerated with the b
aud his flank with the whip His knees may nave psss
wounded by the partial fall his shoulders PACK ana -
strained I'M the effort 70 recover his footing bis hook bseS
by the vehicle but these things rot considered ms spee
nothing wien weighed in the balance with the stupidity ane
brutality Of his master The whip Is spped ana DIS pssu -
nen and strengthening Noone who has ridden taros
Third in street railroad car or through
stage has failed notice these things OF wnlch We
Verify that benevolent who 10 the midst Oh al ~
abuse. erected the motto o,,p nsIs 70 p
DAYS ago when the mercury the thermometer soc9
at lO in the shade, We saw coster monger dryng taee
one up streets horse that looked as u had Des
cared for tendery one Of his own Ihere seesS
to :. y@pa s real fa ~ ~. am sSa was covered with
hinge cabbage leaf which thoroughly protected II rom tne a
gea with Croton water when the treatment ended
the horse nesel hs in bis masters neck with graud&
and his dumb way thanked hinai the more beautifully -
cause muteor the kindness aud attention that sad bes4
shown him. On the next block horse lad fallen
with fatigue and heat and was being beaten aus 10 4
Tie latter IS no uncommon sight, TIE io'nSfA
strangely and remarkably inifeQuent
! EQC NE COMPLAINTS
fit possible for horses 70 MAKE Their grievance.
them TO whatever Immediately in their front By mead
peculiar bride made for the purpose me hso has 49,
somewhat abandoned bat should be reformed alogetaeA
TIE 10 which riders 81 throwing taeir weight @
the OF the horse rather than into the srrups a1 upss
the shoulders is also another serious evil The whihenst
rapping their shank and fet0cks at every step
case in nearly all Of street railway lines an outrage ta
yston NJ Cruelty 10 Animals be used in Of these
directions win great benefit Horses have many other ecu.
earn how To- make maj ssS S paa Sads care 10
the Loof load vehicles. aud withhold our hands ana dnvs
CRUELTY TO NEAT CATTLE
u methods saugherng animals FOR food are behind -
i,z,on of the Nineteenth Century Indeed we Ne
most brutal The fact that nearly all the killing .
view Of the open sree-ln evil which the Board Of Hes
would remedy the Court Of Common Pleas would 81
animals before they reach the saughterpen Crov6
cd ported hundreds Of miles without food
water driven through the blazing streets ana hudeld nv
yards where they compelled 70 suffer both ron lungs
and thirst oysreated made fyersh and more than hall mae
ened before they brought 10 the place Of doom froo
which tbeT insnctivey shnkthey become utterly unfit -
oo and @9 be- s S5 r sgsr @ SSpy S on a
slaughtered in Ezabeiht which lost both eyes by blow
from an az in hands OF the butcher and otherwise
bruay maneed before the final stroke delivered Tvsn
y wonen and chdle witnessed this disgusting exhoito.
and some men who would have been glad 10 pat stop 70
but hands tied b Judge Corozos order eonoefc
ing interference with the bushes, Of butchers Instances
NAV be charged 10 the courts They protect the butchers
and il that the reform In this direction VIII have
The practce OF eopfning COWS IN stables deprivng them
their natural food and giving them neither M nor
this restraint upon the animals SO treated the haot ner
recty affects the owners and their want OF humanity
animals upon themselves i is not possible that -
milk OF these cows wholesome Overcrowdng among -
mails the effect them that the same svsss
upon persons Pure fresh cir and cleanliness are NE
ssliss u Ire Is common in New York and the Health OrdB
nance competing persons 70 Keep Mer Stables IA Co.,
more cows than Of IS acre" in the buts0
portions Of the city is only one step IN The right dirscc
together thrown promsouOusy into the vehicle With tAs1
heads exposed to the friction Of the wheels is now happily
MED food water and air; but they stand while being driyse
through the Reform has besun and we hope shas
fore long it will be complete 431s ooo.por-xn "a
We caution al human persons unless they go ior hs ~
Visiting the doSpound All our law, against dogs b.ssl
upon superstition aud utterly devoid OF common sssse
or 30 long as tOey st pes,bs In ~
in which they executed NJ Toussene says ~
civilization impossible without dogs Do We not therefa9
OF refinement and culture in the war
upon the most faithful friends and the most cheerful
ing 'it s a compliment call them dogs 80
her fondness them has frequently prompted her to VISIT
These, however are but a few OF the evidences =
the senseessness Of laws upon the subject rsS,
po ovs dogs and those whom dogs love b
avoided Thi, has passed into proyero We are NOT f
nared 10 that there TOO much animal lie on th
planet in the present state OF our knowledge we prefer
The g Of I .Sa y. osa -
canine species what be said Of tue ny ha nag
enough in the world for both Of Whether among
brute there should be an immediate and urgent necessary
or end tSe dsy wholesale slaughter thai takes place
foot of Twenty 9th a relic Of nsU
h s az prophyfacc against hydrophobs bsess
the very evil wish to avoid proof that there more me-
and the practice of using the muze In the heated moa