The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-05-25
MACHINE MAos rRorreRs.
They May DO For the Track, but Not Eos
breeding.


breeding.
The board If appeals has established,
"A last winters dc ,ision, the law to
be that u horse distanccd through acci-
dent resulting from impcrfection of his
own gear cannot be reinstated. The case |
at issue was the breaking of u checkrein
without any collision or outside inter.
ference. This would seem to establish /
the doctrine that driver must abide by
the outcome of his own arrangements,
but that he need not suffer from outside
interference. by parity of reasoning,
then, driver may use any device to ac-
CELEBRATE the speed of his horse or control
him that does not in any way interfere
with other horses or endanger their
drivers Without further legislation tn,
electric motor would seem to be permits
siblc, along with toe weights, bike sui
kies, head governors, eating wheels,
poles, pully lines and every variety of
boot and shoe True, horses and fam
lilies Of horses requiring much rigging
have little value for practical purposes,
and their procreation in an injury to
breeding interests, but that docs not con-
stitute legitimate reason for legisla'
ton against them. The broad principle
of constitutional freedom iusures to ev-
cry one the right of liberty of action so
| long as the rights of others are not en-
cruached upon.
I This brings US to hopples, the current
bone Of contention and the most impor-
. Lei -
phernalia of devices for the manufacture
of artificial speed Breeders should and
must be lawfully left to decide for
themselves the value Of hopple records.
Like the electric motor and push under
bike the elastic properties of the
hupple accelerate speed adding to the
force and rapidity of action. BY theil
use horse may be compelled to pace
or trot, regardless of his inclination,
at the drivers will. Thus a horse Of
muscular vigor and good wind may
be educated to trot or pace fast without
much natural inclination to do either
"A mechanical triumph, if you please
and small credit to his breeder or his
: sire and dam.
\ case in point is u 2-year. old owned
by u neighbor. With limbs unfetterec
he can with difficulty be driven littl'
better than 4 minutes. Controlled by
hopples and driven by hustler armed
with Il chain fastened to the end of ;
stick. the poor brute shuffies along
= racing clip. Except upon the score O
cruelty to animals, | see no reason t,
l. legislate against this. Breeders VIII,
want that kind should he allowed t.
raise them. SO long as the hopples in
terfcre with no one else, do not interior
b with them. They are just as Legitimate
ms toe weights and much more efficient
1t is not my purpose to decry or abuS
: them or deprive my good friends VIII
- find them so valuable of the privileg
of using them and breaking their cola
bones or necks, but have seen fearfu
: tumbles taken in races by horses wear
70 ing them; have seen the horses, sulkie
and men piled in such heaps AS to caus
shudder of fear to thrill all beholders
thereby sickening and disgusting ther
; with the sport. With the frequency G
such accidents as reported by the pa
pers, and familiar to those attendin
the races, in view, it would seem need
full to begin seriously calling in questio
= a drivers right to use them in a race
Train with them all you like, but scor
for the word without them. M. T. u
t in Breeders Gazette.