The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-14
CRUELTY IN The
HORSE SHOW RING
The "Bucking Bronco Was
a Gentle California
Horse.
Goaded Into' Rearing Over the
Fence by Spurs Through
His Flanks.
RI flsctions of an Imported Groom
on the Brilliant Society
Event.

An English groom reclined in the
oldest though SWEETEST rig OF young Mr.
Hobart at the Mechanics Pavilion yester-
day, and looked the picture of disgust
He had the queer hood put up to add
little to his comfort. His ieet were
stretched out over the costly dashboard
in front.
cav Che was half asleep; saw, I'm
glad the bloody show is over"
He twisted about again in his masters
soft seat and groaned in spirit at the I'M
yielding back. Twelve hours before his
master was in the same box, full of the
victor's pride as he dashed around the
ring.
What do I think OF the show?' he
said in his own peculiar dialect.
"Pm beastly tired" and he yawned
again. "You can't have horse show
with American horses. Mister Hobart,
he's the only gentleman what knows his
business. I'm GLAD the bloody show is
over"
Whereupon he settled himself down
comfortably for sleep.
But there were many amore sleepy
grooms, watchmen and attendants in the
Pavilion, as none of them had slept dur
ing the night. They must have put in
busy night, for at noon yesterday not a
show horse remained in the stalls, harness
and rigs were nearly all removed and the
work of demolition of stables and horse
show fixlngs had begun. Only the ring it.
self was left intact.
Its usefulness was not at an end, either,
as it served as O shcw-ground for Cal
ifornia-bred hacKneys to be sold at auc-
ton soon. a prominent gentleman who
became possessed of q strong desire to own
a coach and four exam ined some of these
horses, and all but decided on four hack
neys for his prospective break. The show
gave him the inspiration, and soon an
other four-in- hand will be added to the
small but growing collection of these rigs
in California.
The "untamed bucking bronco" that
scrambled over the ring fence Saturday
night was led away yesterday by his
owner, S. Guittard, a downtown mer-
chant. Mr.. Guittard was the only dis
gruntled and angry man in the building,
and he complained very bitterly at the
treatment his handsome black horse re-
ceiyed at the hands of the inhumane rider,
who received just retribution in the form
of a broken collarbOne when thrown over
the fence.
Little did the refined people who viewed
the vnquero exhibition dream that this
Dlack beauty was KIM morse Win excel
lent manners, and that he was goaded to
madness by vicious jibbing of terrible
spurs in the HANKS, the tendereSt spot in
the horse. The spurs cut underneath and
inside the fank-a spot the true horse
man will never touch. Some of the most
sklllful men about horses inspected Quit
tard's horse yesterday and declared that
he had been treated worse than half the
bulls in Mexican bullring. Those who
passed such or a like judgment are Mr..
Hobart's and Mrs. Lester head men, Mr..
Mitchell, an expert in horses. and others.
This horse would grace any road rig, or
make 4 fine showing under sad tie. He
was raised on the Murphy rancn, near San
Jose, and was well trained.
at was disgraceful, the treatment he
got in the ring" said Mr.. Guittard. '.This
fellow who rode him came to me yester-
day. He ssked for loan of the horse.
Let me have him for the night, he said.
i won't do HIM any harm and will make
few dollars out of it, He broke the
horse for me some time ago and / thought
he was all right so let him have a loan
of my horse. The next thing l knew they
had him in the ring for bucking bronco.
You can see where the spurs were put
into his TANKS that would make any horse
buck and it drove him crazy against the
fence. He reared when jabbed through
the TANKS and fell upon the fence then
rolled over"
The horse was badly cut on the fetlocks,
the ARMS" and in several places over the
trunk and hooks. Though still nervous
Yesterday he was gentle and did not once
betray bad trait.