The Portland daily press., 1869-06-25
DAILY PRESS.
Friday Morning, Ju,s 25, 1869.
Mercy for Horse. once More.

Mercy for Horses Once More.
Our correspondent below has removed from
his place of writing under the tegments of
shadow, and sits down to his work of beneyo-
,ens. under the more classical covering of
'ee'n ',>e. We are glad he still feels sym
pa'hy 'of Mt noble animal, the horse, and
heartny WelcoiAA his communication to our
columns. we re)o~e to know that ONE man
in our city takes livel, interest in behalf of
the horse, and no doubt thelSsrs ma NV ,,oro
From our earliest boyhood ON pitv was al.
ways excited when we saw this no>,e crea-
ture abused. How often have we pitieo Che
poor drunkard's horse when we have seen
him hitched to post in front Of some coun-
try groggery during cold winter evenings,
while the owner was within guzzling down
poor liquor at three cents a glass! Thank
heaven! although liquor is no better now
tnan it was then, yet it costs more, which has
a tendency to diminish its use. Many time
and often have we seen the horses of tipplers
standing before these three-cent groggeries
and shiyering with the cold as the winter
winds swept over their unblanketed bodies,
while their masters, with bloated faces and
parched tongues, were drowning out, with bad
liquor, the last spark of manhood that might
have glowed in their bosoms. And what is
| still worse-if that were possible-wiie and
children were not thought Of, who, perhaps,
were shivering over few embers at home,
and anxiously waiting for the return of the
poor inebriate. But alas! patience was ex-
hausted, and they were compelled to go sup
PEERLESS to bed. In these cases truth is really
stranger than fiction. And now our readers
may listen to the voice that comes from un-
| der the shadow OF the beech tree. It win be
the more welcome because it pleads for that
mercy, which is twice blest, blessing those
| who bestow it and those who receive it.
| 4...s,., Ia, f...--s--,~-.f.. ,AGRIcoLA.
| THE CHECK REIN. Hosi4Ils1l
| 9 Dear Mr.. r.Agicola,-Thanks for your good
| and true words about the cruelty and folly of
using the check-rein, especially on draft
horses. i was this moment reading letter
of an American gentleman travelling in Eu-
rope, and he says very few gentlemen employ
the ceeck-rein on their horses, and that It Is
neUer used on horses drawing heavy loads
One teamster to whom he spoke said, sof
course no man of sense would confine his
horses head in such way that be could not
use his strength to advantage This cores
ponds with my observations in Europe. My
attention was constantly attracted to the mo-
Bile draft horses there, especially IN Engianu,
| and never saw a check-rein on one OF them,
though the harness is of the best quality and
style. sieA sN ~ p a-A 'iv4t97 Hss n.'Aa'
In Portland I am often panied at seeing
fine work horses with heavy loads put up
smartly to the collar by their drivers, with
their heads painfully curled in, so that they
cannot work with ease and comfort and can
not lay out all their strength. All this indi-
Gates degree OF ignorance and stupidity on
the part OF the drivers and owners that we do
not see in other trades. .i48 4ol .1otferl.AI
Some years ago small party of us made q
long journey into the interior in our chaises.
The best horse in the company was on the
lead. At the bottom Of q long hill that
chaise stopped, and as we all drew up, the
owner asked us to look at his horse; he
thought him sick. He was wet as il he had
just swan river, except that he was cover
ed with foam. The gentleman was greatly
troubled. for he was very fine horse. The
last oil our party to come up was learned in
horse.iiesh and was at once appealed to-
well, said he, "your horse is in bad plight
enough, but throw the check-rein out of the
water hook, and guess hen come out all
right" And he did. In half an hour the
horse was dry and sound, doing his work
cheerfully and well.
1 have often thorght would like to see a
driver of a checked-up hosre put to hard work
In pulling and hauling at rope, or pulling at
a. boats oar, with his chin checker down
tight on his breast bone, to see how he would
like it. s SUB TKGAMNE FAGI.