, 1880-12-18
CLIPPING HORSES.
A Modern Invention, Which Il the
Personincation of Refined
Cruelty.
Why tho Practice Must Dc Condemned
from Rational md Scien.
tlQc Standpoint.
Up fienrvs +. Fooft, N. D.

It"rScs. This, to tito cyo OF naturalist, Ia
tho l'ersnnltleation Of refined cruelty.
Should nl,y lsttlnnn being IN n civilized
country, us winter approached, strip oft the
clothes he Ind worn during tho 1nil.lcr sea-
so,t and 60 naked, attempting TO argue TINT
1t wns III accordance Will. hyaienic lnwa. and
conclusive 10 comfort onit health, WI shnnltl
write him down II lnoliolnatinc with nsininu
Tendencies. Again. should man cjothG Ills
tnmlly willie lnt!uora protected from tic rig
ors Of tic season, md tllcM when g0ing out
for exercise col.1ucl them 10 rcinoyu a,l their
garments, and t1lnl, tuU, wflcn tho thertNoIt1-
eter runecs III ttle ncgtbortootl Of zero. hu
would 1e arrested and punished for cruelty,
or Ingarccrntctl rs IN person. dangerous to
himself anil others II permitted to 70 Mt
lnrge." This inllulnnnfty to ,nulI would not
bu tolerated for n .lAy. AMI yet III orr midst
THIS OUTRAGE UPON THE DuMn I,,,uTI:,
tho horse, tic .nust noble and useful uf nil
animals, il of common occurrence, not only
Alnong tho 1gnorant, but cuuntcnnnccL
among tho Intelligent md rntllictl of society.
Pass ulong our streets u, tho coolest tlny Of
winter, anti you will sco thu representatives
Of different grades tn society out with their
naked liorses, before butchers cart,
tloclnr's phneton, 1ady's cnrriage, or
ge'itteman's turnout for speed. Tho occ,i-
rants of these nre all comfortably clnd In
their wraps. tiuir blankets mi. furs; while
tho poor horses, deprived even OF the cover
itg with which tlioy nre born Into this world,
nro posed iii state OF 1lndity to tho III
cleNctlcy Of tllo colt! tltring MI t'e ttmu they
nru oni 0f. tlluir stables. They suffer as a
l!ulnntl being would suffer II exposed Iii tllo
Sallio way.
The aitfes make their calls md do their
:sl!opnins tliese col.l days, leaving their horses
iHcantt,nc these latlles aru comfortable within
tloors, t.1ld l1,u cnacllnan tlucs not complain
us lie sits upon thu b0x surrounded with his
rDl1es and lnutlleiY. EyrM tie doctor, who,
to his tltscrctsit anu shame clips lis horse, mil
lenyes lin 1lAketl, or with only Ii blanket
oIe-fottrtt tho tl,ickncss Ut his ilntural cot:
crlnE willie te administers to tho sick. AMI
yet these hre I'LL tGntlnr-ileArtetl people whose
synlfathies nre nllye tn suffering.
N1W while nnl willing to credit these peo-
tie VIII nli honesty ol purpose anil with Il
ueslrc iD 10 right, ss'!l 1must ra!su my volco
lnatter. Let lis look 1T tho llllIg from
\ RATIONAL AM, SCIENTIFIC BTi.Snro1ST.
,rhe reasons offered in favoy Of tho prnctlce
Of clipping nro:
The horse is more spirited md goes faster
llo tlrics on quicker aftor fist drlving tint
induces excessive perspirntion, ind he !toes
not s~cnt rs lNCctl rs with tho hair Oil, which
gels WGt nfMl 41lu.
~ wet, slusl,y, and freezing weather tho
limbs, where II frcczGs, II .,nctlppcd,. at the
ends of tlle hair, and by Its presence induces
Tic horse is healthier.
lla looks better.
linve ready answers to NIL these REASONS
Wi.Gli yiG! think arc bascd Upon physiological
". st 4sas thS @ 95'S ea III Sr s, .t ts fG fstsr 4
ry tIy few 0u,'rcs Df hnfr. lie Is more snn-
sitlye 70 the cut vi tho lusl OH lila bare skin
a1.! ny us fenrs Empcl him. Then, agatr, hn IS
hi, must run to keep froni Trucking.
ilr Is easier groo1ned, or Mt leasf 1t Is to be
ackno9wirtlgctl that llp gets less grooming
And tla sn'nc argument holds guod TINT
4 MAN SHOULD co NAKED
to save tle labor Of. washing his clothes. In
to Its comfort, by rolling; Wills III bo,ttla9e
thy comb uni brush aro used us n substitute.
Of course, II tlcru Is no llnlr there Is less ul-
struclion to friction, aiul tlie dust Is ensler
rough ono. We grant all this, mid 1t might
v'd inGs9 9Gtod,, were there no other penalty at-
'Fhat l,o don't sweat rs much nfter l,ard
rcnrancc Tho moisture escapes from tile
stlrface insensEbly by evaporation without
contact With the llnfr. II no does not sWcat,
heo,tEht to. anl he would dlo Il 10 did ilot, ns
Ing Of tho excessive hcat md Whistles OF tito
system, greatly multiplied by the violent OK
erclse. rlGhsu bgnr IN mind that of tlie four
excFetnry fllnctiona, ylz.: the lower intes-
thu Inst two arc THO most netfyp ut the tl,nG
Ut and utter Violent exercise. as NIL exercise
is ut THO oxpnnss at tlg 1laterinl substance of
tlle ,systen,, tiis waste as to by cnrried VI
pf this IN consumed Iii tliu lnEs EeltErnttilr