Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-07-07
REFINED TORTURE.
Hit the Horse when He IL Down, For n.
Has No Friends.

nit the Horse When He IL Down, For He
Has No Friends.
Slip, slap
tug at the reins--yank, haul. pull and
jerk. f'''' '-'''-
NO use-down be goes, broadside. with a
snort Of fear and grent OF pain.
The Icy asphalt, when it starts ia to be
slippery, knows where it is at.
A crowd at once gathers. A sympathetic
lady IN spectacles solicitously inquiries:
What's the matters"
Only horse down, num- volunteers 4
bystander.
Yes, that is all. Only horse down. Poor
sreaturel Have you ever critically observed
this simple and familiar metropolitan sightf
MOI There's lesson In it.
There are always dozen men ready to
assist in getting the fallen animal to his
feet.
The man with the faded ginger hat and
Anticipated coat grasps the horse by the
ears. Hold his head down, and be can't
struggle to his feet. Keep him down at all
hazards. The ginger hat generally places
one knee on the animals sometimes
It's both knees. This makes the ginger hat
feel big in the eyes of the spectators. The
harder the ginger hat can press the poor
brute's head into the unyielding pavement,
the happier he feels. It's the horse under
meath, and not the ginger hat. Grind his
eye nearest the pavement into the sharp,
icy particles-put it out If possible. II you
succeed in binding the beast, the more
credit to you
The man with the leeward eye seizea the
horses by the nose. Shut of his wind with
out fail This makes him struggle violent
~ and affords the ginger hat q golden OPP
portunity to get IN an extra grind on the
horses eye and pull at the ears. The lee:
ward eye also places his knee on the nose
and yanks the bit 80 that the ring will FAY
the corrugated roof of the horses mouth
down to smoothness. The horse doesn't
/ like this The owner doesn't care. A horse
| with sore mouth eats less.
! Strange as it may appear the horse is un
easy. Horses are not inconsiderate Of DO
| lite attention. So the man with the calic6
shirt jumps on the animals hip, and Of
course this grinds the hair and skin OFF the
| under hip. But no matter, keep him down
| If it takes an army.
Horses under these circumstances seen
| to be unreasonable. The man with tn,
game leg gets in his work now. He's beer
waiting anxiously in the crowd for tn,
| chance. The horse has a raw sore unde
| the saddle.
The man with the game leg grasps tn
saddle with both hands, braces his fee
against the animals back, pulls and presse
and peels off the raw, sensitive flesh by tn
square inch The end of the saddle ring /
pushed through the hair padding and bore
another hole on the other side of the vert
ebra- And still the horse continues t
struggle.
All, now it is the drivers turn. He ha
been christening the harness and traces
and all is free
stand clear!'' he shouts
I The ginger hat puts out the horses ey
for good, the calico shirt makes the bar
hipbone and pavement meet, the game lie
pulls off an extra chunk of raw flesh, Will
the leeward eye causes the blood to ru
from the lacerated mouth.
I Whack! Whack.
4 1t wouldn't do, you know, to let the hors
get up by his own unaided efforts. So, q
the torturers release their holds, the drive
brings that cruel lash once, twice, thric
down upon the ribs, that raise welts on th
quivering flesh as big as mans finger.
Now he is up, nervous, trembling, excited
sore and lame. No matter; he is only
horse.
Who Washington Star.