St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-11
Cruelty to Animals Forcibly
Denounced by Rev. Thorn
as McClary.
Instances of the AtPocious
Treatment Melted to Dumb
Animals.
The Abolition OF the Tight
Check Fearlessly Called
For.
Great Need for Vigorous Work
by the Hum aue So
ciety.

ciety.
I '.Cruelty 10 Animals" was the subject
discussed by Rev. Thomas McClary IN
the preIHde to his sermon last evening
at the Bates Avenue NJ. +. church. The
| reverend gentleman first quoted the
state law bearing on the point, showing
! that
| "a person who oyerdrives, oyerloads, tor
/ lures or cruelty beats or negieets. or UNJUST
| hably injuries. mains. initiates or Kills any
animal whether belonging 10 himself or all
| ether, or depriyes Of necessary food water
or shelter any animal of which he hiss
charge or control. or which he has impOund-
ed or confined, or keeps or carries in or upon
! a vehicle or otherwise any animal in cruel
| or inhuman manner, Is punishable by I'm
( prIsonment not exceeding three months or
I fine of not more than 500. Any private per
son may arrest another for any public Of
/ fense committed or attempted ia his pres
ence.
Mr. McClary continued: These laws
| are founded upon the best Interests or
/ society, for persons who are unkind to
| animals grow bard in their own hearts,
! and become undesirable members or
! communities. The lnerciful man Is
1 mereifu TO his beast. Laws are educa-
! tiOnal and the instruction OF children IN
! these humane laws can tut be bench
| eial.
1t is wrong to unnecessarily harm n
! fly, and the way many OF our domestic
4 animals are treated is outrageously
| cruel. Take the morse. the nObiest and
| perhaps most abused creature among us.
| In many Instances he is starved a gen
tIeman OF this congregation went with
friend to look al horse he thought Of
| buying When they entered the stable,
/ instead of tiEding slick. weil-fed ant
| NAL, as they expected, they found him
starved 10 skeleton. not spear OF
| hav in The barn, the wind was whist
| ling through the open chamber, snow
| had fallen upon the poor horse. the
| blizzard was raging outside and inside
OF the stable, and the poor creature
stood there shlyering and hungry. The
owner was likely TO lose him under
mortgage and would not spend money
in FEEDING him.
A gentlemen pointed out a barn to
! me near ST. Cloud, III which two horses
were found this winter nearly starved
TO death. The owner had left them,
there without care or food; the
Authorities Shot One,
and, as | remember, managed to save
the other. | know that III Minneapolis
one winter several of these cruel cases
were brought 10 light. A man who will
treat horse in such Lanner should
have the full penalty of the law, three
months Imprisonment and 500 fine.
Another form of cruelty is in beating
the poor animals. | saw a man driving
up the Third street hill with load OF
coal; it was lust after light snow; the
road was slippery, the snow melting a
little. so that the horses shoes Ballet.
and they had no purchase. They did
their best, pulled every time
tie Roadway. 1t was cruel to
make those noble animals strain every
muscle, pant and sweat under the heavy
load, but as il that was not enough, the
driver swore at them and beat Them and
seemed angry that they could not lift
the-IOad. | spoke to him about it, but
his reply WAS, Il can't help it," l
looked fer a policeman, but as usual that
necessary article when wanted could
not be found. Our hills are hard Oh
horses, and drivers should be as careful
as possible OF them.
| saw at the Humane society in the
exposition last fall clubs, goad sticks.
with huge brads i'll them, that inhuman
monsters were using on poor horses
when arrested. Don't beat your horse;
don't strike him on the head; don't
whip him hard; don't kick him or jerk
him; if he won't do your work without
that, get rid of him. Place him where
he can have ali easier job. and you Il
less irritating task.
Another method of cruelty is using
the short check rein What strange
fancy some men and women have for
beauty. | have often noticed tie
horses heads drawn up TO an unnatural
position and held there by various con-
trivances, while the OwnerS rode at
ease or were shopping or calling, and
the driver was OF hand 10 strike the
poor dumb animals If they turned their
Heads TO Get Rest.
If nature has not given the horse a
well-set neck and head, the check rein
won't do it, and forced curve of tine
neck and heighth of head won't be
pretty. | have seen horses checked so
that their heads stuck ouU like gander
when III pursuit of small boy. The
unnatural position Is very painful. 1t
affects the horse from head 10 tail, from
shoulder To hoOf: his Whole body Suf
fers. One can see this any day upon
our streets as he watches the uneasiuesS
OF these victims OF fashion, chaiuping
their bits, tossing their heads from side
to side, paving the ground, throwing
their htads up and down to get rrlitI
from the fortunes caused by the position
into which they are drawn Ivy the cruel
rein.
Think of this fair lady. in your car
riage, and relieve, | pray you, your
horse from such unnecessary suffering.
The check-rain Injuries the horses
power, he becomes wearied sooner.
siumbleS ofteDer, cannot travel as far
in day. nor draw as large load, nor
20 as rapidly. Let man when be is
trying to pull load throw his OWN
head back, or what would be more 10
the purpose. tie it back. and see how he
likes it.
In Belfast, Glasgow, London, Naples.
Venice, Paris, el1eck-rainS are seldom
used OH tie horses attached to drays,
omnlbuses, hacks or public c0nveyaDces
of any kind. and. said writer, When
used, they are never tight, 1t is better
not to use check at all. ana if it must
be used, let it be loose. Your horse Will
look better and be happier.
A horse can be greatly abused by ir-
regular feeding and watering, by in
proper food, unwholesome stables, un-
groomed ilalr, standing il the cold OH
the streets for hours, as l have seen
them, or standing unblanketed in cold
stables, watered when hot, worked
when sick, kept afraid by Il yelling
voice. What wretched life some
horses have! The following report
from the Heniepin County Humane
society, made some time ago. shows
what work was done
In Four Months
They found abandoned horses unfit