The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-17
MANS INHUM ANITY.
AN EARLY MORNING TOUR BY Mn
BERGH'S OFFICERS.
Looking After the Physical Welfare q
the Animals OF the Great CITY
Incidents of Interest-A
Word In Season.
New York Herald


m, the stable gate Of the societys building
is thrown open. and SOld Gray harnessed
to the red four-wheeled business wagon.
with the official seal on the side, darts into
the street Superintendent Charles Hankin-
son hold the reins, and accompanying him
are three of his officers They ara on their
early morning tour of the great city TO fer
ret out and stop the cruelties OF man TO AMI
mails of every kind "Old Gray" knows the
route, and, striking one of the great East
side avenues, turns hi, sad northward and
speeds along in the direction OF the Harlem
bridge. As the wagon usars the car-stables
it is stopped. car com IS rumbling on with
a half-awake driver and a limping team Of
old plugs"
Stop" cries the superintendent to the
driver
"What forr is the sleepy reply.
"Those horses are lame. You'll have to
TORN them out and take them back to tho
car stables"
"Well, boss" says the driver, who, from
being often lame AMI sick himself and YET
compelled TO work, has a sympathetie
feeling for the poor horses, "rve been look
in out for you and, to tell the truth, I'm
glad I've met you. / didn't want to 60 out
with them Ill take them back"
A little further on an ill-natured fellow Il
caught whacking his Misunderstanding horss
over the head with savage earnestnesS
Scarcely before he knows OF their presence
the society's officers have wrested the whiy
from his uplifted hand, and before they
part from him they give him emphatic
warning not TO repeat his act of cruelty.
The saloons are by this time opening, and
the bartenders are out on the sidewalks
sweeping broken glass into the streeta
"Old Gray" is refined in in front OF the fore.
most of the offenders. The man has just
completed his sweeping
@Do you know that there is a lot of broken
glass in that rubbish asked the superiu-
tendent
Il guess so" indifferently.
you'll have to pick the glass out Of the
street and throw it elsewhereI"
The bartender would much rather fight
than undertake the task, but he looks first
at the official seal and then at the four off,
GERS, and finally, with many mutterings,
does as he is hidden. All the other Offend
ers are treated in the same determined man.
ner. Some of them understand the mean
ing OF the law; the majority do not know
what to make of it at all The superinten-
dent has driven away from the last Of these
indignant dispensers of liquor when his at
tention is attracted to "pluy ugly" who is
strolling along the street with dog with
almost as little claims to good looks as him.
self An unfortunate cat crosses their path
"Sick EN-" cries the plug ugly. The dog
dashes after tabby His master is in the
hight of his enjoy ment over the imminent
risk that the cat runs of being overtaken
and nl-treated, when some one grabs him by
the coat-collar. He turns around in aston
ishment and is face to face with the Off.
Gall back that dog" says the superintend-
emit
Plug ugly takes in the situation at q
glance and whistled for the brute, who re-.
turns to his side.
"Now, take that dog under your charge"
says the officer, "and don't let me find you
cat-hunting again"
In the distance a string Of dirt and con.
tractors carts is seem There are about q
dozen men on them. Suddenly all Of the
carts become driverless.
"Theve caught sight OF the gray cries
tbs superin endent
When the red wagon arrives alongside Of
the carts the horses are found to be suffer.
ing from sore backs They are taken to the
nearest stable and left there, subject to the
society's order.
AT Harlem bridge a number of express
men are encountered They have got out
their working stock of lame and diseased
horses, and are hurrying them across the
river at this early hour To avoid coming in
contact with MIR. Bergh's officers. Surprised
at their tricks, they reluctantly return, at
the superintendent's command, to their
stables
Across the bridge a caravan of farmers
carrying vegetables to market is met
Three out of every four have broken winded
horses. They are all turned back.
"But my team has come from t'other end
of Westchester," urges one Of the more OBJ
stinate of the number
you cannot 60 to market with them,s IL
the reply. Next time set out with good
team and you will fare better"
The red wagon rattles over the west side
of town, and once more is making its way
through the the thickly populated streets.
Truckman after truckman is caught either
beating his horse or driving disabled ami
NAL The whip is snatched from him, or
the poor brute is taken away. At Franklin
street, where the stock comes in, longer
stop than usual is made. Calves and sheep
are, by order Of the officers fed and watered
In Washington market the calves that are
on their way to the slaughter-houses are, IL
crowded, taken out and the load lessened
The licensed vendors in this and Gansevoort
markets are overhauled, and every one Of
their horses l. examined to find out if it is in
good condition. If any sores are discovered
the vendors are made to shift the saddles so
that they will not come in contact with the
sores.
The red wagon, when it arrives at the
postofice building, remains there long
enough for the officers to alight and look at
all the horses in the service. II any animal
is unfit for work it is sent to the nearest
stable, and before the mail can be carried
to its destination fresh horses have to be
procured
By this time the superintendent has quite
a collection of whips, and has met with
many piteOus appeals from New Jersey and
Lond Island farmers who have been half
frightened to eeath at their encounter with
him, not knowing whether their offense was
punishab bic hx simple arraSt zhather thayE