Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-18

TOO HUGH TENDERNEss.
Henry Bergh is emphatical!y a null
n Some years ago, when the So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals was irst organized, it's OBJ
jects were most praiseworthy, and
Bergh, who had distinguished himself
by his activity in the good canse, was
most properly chosen for lis first Pres
ident. In its early existence the ef-
forts Of the society and Of its President
were directed principally to the relief
Of the cruelty beaten and o~ver-driven
car and omnibus horses of the large
cities. Extending the scope of their
operations they attacked the number.
less abuses connected with the ship
ping Of cattle to market, the inhuman
of the poor brutes in the
cattle pens Of che great markets, and
the unnecessary cruelty prevalent in
the suburban slaughter houses. They
had always been active in the suppress.
sion of dog and cock fighting, the rat
Dit and other kindred miscalled muse
nents, which prevail among the most
degraded classes Of the metropolis.
So far the society was engaged in .
work OF mercy, and its work COM
mended itself to all right thinking peo-
pie; but when it proceeded to at
tempt the suppression Of steple-chas-
ing and ~fox-hunting and pigeon-shoot-
ing and other kindred sports, people
commenced to shake their heads. They
asked very properly, as there any
greater cruelty to the horse in steeple-
chasing or fox-hunting than in any
other contest where his speed and en-
durance are testedf Or is it for the
prosecuted fox that Mr.. Bergh's SYM
psthies are enlisted ? Does q pigeon
suffer more pain when it meets its
death at the trap than it does when its
neck is wrung in the barnyard ."
These questions are hard for the en-
thusiasts to answer The fact
is, Mr.. Bergh had grown some
what enamored Of his power, and by
much bordering over the sufferings
Of the lower animals, he had become
q: monomaniac on the subject. He
struck right and left without judgment
and therefore without effect. He en-
deavored to put a stop to the prevalent
practice Of clipping horses. He sought
to enjoin the sale Of a patent mouse
trap because It did not inf1ict q painless
death upon the vermin. He made a
strenuous effort to prevent scientific
vivisection, whereby anatomical knowl-
edge is advanced and consequently
human life extended and the whole
rae benefited. Only last week he adj
dressed q letter to the press sorrowful-
~ disclaiming, on behalf of the Amer
lean people, all title to civilization, be-
cause, forsooth, there are some States
that have not organized . society for
the prevention OF cruelty to animals,
and In those that have the society can
not do all 1t wishes. These remarks
are called forth by a dispatch which
will be found in another column, and
from which it appears that Mr.. Bergh
contemplates interfering with the great
mustang rae that was postponed yes
terday, upon the ground that lii cruel
to the animals! If Mr.. Berg is to be
successful in this effort, we may as
we'll do away with all racing in the fu-
ture, and permit our breed of horses
to degenerate until they will be only
fit to carry eggs to market OIL q mem
Der Of the society to his grave. The
conditions of the race make it an ex-
ceptionally easy n for the horses.
Why, Trustee trotted twenty miles an
hour and came under the string on the
last mile as fresh as = daisy. And
these horses are only to run some ten
miles in half an hour. There Is not
one OF them which on his native plains
would not do twice the work as q gen.
tie stimulant tor his barley. The pro-
posed az is simply a lest Of human,
not equine, endurance; and we do not
believe that the relief of the jockey
comes within the scope Of the society's
authority. Mr.. Bergh 10 q nuisance,
and ought to be absted.
THE OTHER SIDE.-And now comes
the other side Of the story of the disor-
ders In East Felicians Parish, Louis