New-York tribune., 1881-09-12
LETTERS FROM THE PE0pI ?
"HINDoo BEATEN ATTAsrn
HINDUU bFAILN AT LAST"
LETTER on RACING FROM THE ASSISTANT =, s-
OF PLYMOUTH CHURcH

II.
TO ne EdftOr OF The Trt0mne
SIR: Poor fellow, beatenl thongh oc.a.,
by the devilish spur and stinging lash o. Mel
speed ternfc!" Bnt whipping could do po,,os.
OVerweighed. neither steel nor whaobone couls g.
Hindoo forward faster" mile in l minute 4, -
onds under a sun whose force drove the inercurv ~ .
1882 and then compelled 10 repeat the dreadful fas
the best time he could make. II wei for the pu,s =
the owners Of both Hindoo and Crickmore that I b,
not the power Of sending both those noble animals
their graves the only heaven the poor creatures c
ever attain.
do not wish 20 inhict you or your readers an q.
tempt at morazing horse-racing TO utter an s,
Ion upon IT, IL matters very httle what my yieus a.,
respecting IL, but ask the privilege Of utteriur ~
indignation feel through and through az the aiu
which was inflicted upon these dumb yet magnificent an
lnals They cannot speak for themselves but bv vo,.
indulgence / will speak for them. and m the nams :,
humanity ask where the societies institnt.i q,
protect abused horses, and the paid TO carry an,
their designs. poor Irishman overlooking his horse ia
the streets OF NewYorl Brooklyn. and beating h,,
for not complying with his demand wonld d.
quickly arrested and escorted before a maras
trae II not against horse-raciig am writing nov
Dut against such abuse of IT, An overloaded tina,
neNei ought 70 nave been nnnaturally urged under
mercury o! llo0. goadcd with steel aud whalebonei
M ni3ugh an me summer have been tortured by reading
e OF races IN The hottest oi the weather and
under the most blistering Why them IN
ever, races had during the hot season
FOR mercys sake let them be before at early SUNRISE
a
suppose "a very few ony are occupied
IN contest that there s always plenty light aud
I. tinie alter the sun has gone down.
ineIe are men Of wealth and character Il will call
nanesD who participate in these sports; whose stables are
oileh Represented IN Dem appeal TO their mercy, 10
ther humanity. could call half names OF tose
who could, should they combine, reform some IL uof IN
OF the horrible crueles that apparent VIII they
not 90 IL lney sec and do not protest against
am sure they know cruees racer allow thrrr
to pass because regarded OF the thing itself m
shoule enter their stables and infct half as much
cruelty one of their they would me horse
whipped Yours for the horse, 5. B. HALLIDAY
brooklyn. Sept 5, 1881.
If Mr.. HALLIDAY would watch DAYS racing a.
Gravesend or Jerome Park, he would find that the
" horrible crueties" which he denounces exist onlv
In his imagination. The thoroughbred horse az
tualy enjoys racing If Mr. Halliday could see the
antics of a lot of colts ies just before race IN
their eagemess to begin the contest. he wouid
lavish less pity on them. And if he could see tboSe
same animals when they came back TO " weigh nv
after hard finish in which the whip and spnr have
been used freely and could note the life and spirit
they show, he would be convinced that the pain IN
ticted is after all, comparatively slight ana Ger.
talny very short. In a of mile beats the first
heat may be very fast and the horses lie urged
TO the utmost In twenty minutes they will appearon
the track for the second heat, and Mr.. Halliday
would be astonished TO how little effect then
efforts in the first heat have had upon them. ana
how impatient the animals themselves are 10 r7ln
again. a. to the burning sun. a temperature tba,
causes great discomfort 10 men who not in per-
feet ply seal condition brings little OF no suffering
To race-horses in training. They are in inst the
state best lifted 10 endure extreme heat and exceed
mgly fast time is made on the hottest days " md.
summer without injury 10 the horses.-Edl