The evening times., 1896-08-14
CARING TOR THE HORSES
They Need Particular Atten-
tion During Hot Weather.
WORK OF HUMANE SOCIETY
Watering Trouehs Have Been Placed
ON Street Corners, Rnd Special Off
GERS See That Animals Are Not
Water. Shade and
Rest Perform w onders.


Rest Perform w onders.
During the hot spellthe Humane Society,
through its agents. has been devoting
its time to alternating the sufferings u
dumb beasts.
Driven along the hot streets by care
stable by an unfeeling master, the horse
and dog undergo agonies which. unnoticetl
because uncomplained Of, cause the loss Of
valuable animals. &c. ! =.
To soften the lot OF these creatures just
now il the endeavor Of the Humane Society.
To this end drinking troughs. which were
already quite numerous, have been in
creased and the driving public given notice
thereof The policemen and special officers
OF the society were ordered To put into wig
orous execution the laws Of the District
against overlooking wagons. driving horses
when sick or incapacitated, and against
fast driving.
Horses left standing in the. sun ara
led into the shade by these officials To
further mitigate the sufferings of mans
most useful friend. signs ,cautioning driv-
ers against overlooking and fast driving
have been placed at the bottom OF ALI
hills leading into the suburbs.
LOOKING AFTER THE HORSES.
The special Officers of the society have
been detailed 10 patrol the priDcipai roads.
TO make sure that the suffering equine Is
not imposed upon. n horse too heavily.
laden comes by, be is halted By theofficer,
and the driver given the choice Of reduc-
ing the load or doubling up-that Is. hitch
ing another horse 10 the wagon II he
refuses to do either one of these he is
placed under arrest. This latter Is also
the lot OF any one caught driving an animal
unfit by reason of sores OF Illness to
be bitcbed to vehicle.
While the driver s-at the, station the
horse is held by the agent Of the society
until he is given reasunaDrp assurance rtat
1t will have proper attention. When v is
turned over to the owner: but watcbful
eyeiskept by tire society on allhorses which
have once been in their hands, and further
offense is promptly punished
..what can be done TO minimize the eff
feet CT hot weather on apiInals.' was asked
Joseph R. Rabbit, special officer Of the
Humane Society.
Water, shade and rest Is the recipe in
a nutshen,'' he replied. Let the dogs
have all the water the y want. allow them
to lie down in shady spots. 30 that they
can escape from the flies, and rest to
their hearts content Then the cry OF mad
dog, which is SO prone TO be raised when
ever dog acts the least strangely. will
not be heard SO frequently.
..The best place for a dog Is In a moist,
cool cellar. This is the plan pursued by
one dog fancier in the city with gool re-
suits The dogs will stay there for hours
during the heated part Of the day.
NEED REST AND WATER
"water, shade and rest are what we
prescribe for horses 1t is for this reason
that we have placed so many watering
trn1ghs throughout the city, and as our
financial condition improves we Intend
to increase the number until there is one
on nearly every block
"There has been of late complaint t
against increasing the number of these
fountains, the compiainants claiming that
they spread disease, but ! am sure that
il the matter was considered it would be
decided that a diseased and exhausted
horse is more of menace TO health than
dozen fountains. Ny advice to drivers
is that they should drive the horse up to
every trough they pass.
LET the animal drink as much as it
pleases No amount OF water can hurt
horse while it is being exercised 1t ID
only when it is at rest that there is danger
of founders. Then, whenever possible,
horse should be thoroughly doused with
water to cool its blood But the crowDinG
precaution is to put we tsponge, or the
protection known as a bonnet, over the
horses head Thus protected it is i'm
possible for an animal 10 become pros
trated by the heat.
1.-THE horse perspfres freely, as rule
| and for every ounce Of perspiration he need,
abont two ounces of water to drink.
KILLED BY CARELEssNEss.
st have seen drivers pushing horses
along SO overcome that they were bleeding
| at the nose. A horse in this condition car
never be saved, yet If a'short while before
it had been given drink of water, a douche
and five minutes rest, it would have beer
| all right. A driver should always remem
| Der that the horse never gives in 1t vii
| go On till 1t drops and then there is no us
| trying to resuscitate it.
| ..whep a driver notices that his horse il
pnfflns and struggling, he ought AT vne'
give it a rest In the shadfest place he car
find: otherwise. he may be sure that th'
/ animal will fall and die.
! .'In case of dogs also most of the warn
weather trouble is caused by carelessncs'
| and neglect More than nine-tentbs-of the
| dogs that are shot as mad are me rely suf
| fering from. fits. brought on by intense heat