, 1879-08-03
WHIPPING TROTTERS.

Stectai Correspondence Of The TRIBUNE
CLEVELAND, O., Aug. ia case has arisen
during the present trotting meeting here which
NAV result in decision OF Court as to just
what extent the driver of trotting horse may
whip the animal during the progress OF race,
and not subject himself tos prosecution BY any
Humane Society TINT may have an officer in the
vicinity. The matter was brought up rather Gu
rIously, and the owner who is charged with al
lowing bis horse to be cruelty whipped is gen
tlemau who Is humanitarian in the widest
sense Of the word, while his driver is certainly
far from being brute. The horse in the case
is Voltaire, and the race in which the alleged
cruelty is said to have been perpetrated was the
2:23 trotted last Tuesday. and won by Driver,
Voltairc being his principal opponent The read
ers OF TIE R1BuNE will remember that in its
account Of the race this paper mentioned the fact
that In the last heat Voltafre was whipped at
the finish, failing, however, to respond TO the
punishment. To the eyes Of the spectators
there was no cruelty in the matter, aud the whip
was not used half 60 freely as on the other
horses during the same day. After the race was
over, and Voltaire had been taken to bis stable,
Mr.. D. l.. Wightman. an agent OF the Cleveland
Humane Society Scame around and demanded
to see the horse saying that lie had been abused.
He SAYS that while watching the race he saw
Driver and Vota!re being whipped q. BY dhi; their
connected with the Humsnc Society came up
and asked If the Society permitted horse to
be whipped until the blood came. What fol-
lowed is best explained BY the following state
msp made sza1 b. M W'go@an o 9St nghsi said the
speaker, sVolsalre's sides have been whipped
until they are one clot Of b1ood.' l proceeded
to the place where the horses had been stopped,
uut looking at Voitafre saw that he appeared to
bloo5. Said l to the driver, Are you the
driver Of this horse2' I spoke pleasantly and
disnass1onatcly, as T. always do. i am so,'
was the reply. He had not taken the blanket
off heretofore, but now did so. revealing spots
as big as nv two hands where some terrible
Wclts we're visible, surrounded and partially
covered With sweat and perfectly bloody I'm
sorry to see that horse looking so,' said !, in
friendly manner, and then asked If be would
not put the horse In the stable and come out
gcntlenanIy. 4 stranger broke IN with,
mister, the owner Of that horse Is gentleman
that would not like to see his animal whipped
go severely. any more than you Charhe
Braytou and George a. e.;d baXer sM1 v;@Sf %Sfe
man, there's no need OF anything, no trouble
here, I DON'T think young Brayton intended
ANYTHING out OF the war, bus he spoke before
Tue drivers and others, and, being 50 puollc, u
had bad effect. The horse 'oitane e was ,nt5 NJ
length brought out OF tne oal4 "ltn .ae ",. olo2
aud sweat carefully wiped of aud the marks
a1fa Is IT, "a asked he driver IT'S been whipped
worse than it should have BEEN said L Al this
one Of The bystanders said, DO you call that
horse badly whipped1 don't, not By d q
sight! You'll disgrace the humane soGleLy l u
YOU Interfere with it, Ireplted calmly, think,
but but my W voice trembled. wanted to say, to the
driver simply, Don't do it again. Gentlemen,
must do my duty Another person inter,
tered, WHY, man, II yon call that skln ,'n yout
tie rround.' 1 responded that hoped not.
and Should not allow it as long as [ was
| an agent Of the Humane Society. 4
man whom, I recognized as having
| been arrested and fined BY me broke IN With