The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-25

VIII De attracted a sigh WHICH Viii
read something as follows:
FOR HORSES.
Turkish baths. ..................... sc 90
Russian baths. .................... 800
Napor baths. ................... o.oV
Skilled Massage Attendants.
Rejuvenescence of Equines Speciality.
NJ Il. Boyle of No. 1905 Wabash ave-
nue., Chicago, is the man who purposes
to Introduce this innovation in the
methods of restoring vigor to the aged
race horse, bringing back the hashing
eye and proud bearing, and arouslng its
dormant ambitions.
The gentle influence of heated air and
steam, skillfully applied, is TO take the
place of the dope ball. and the scien-
tific manipulation of tender joints will
relegate to the past the assertive cleo
trio battery.
Mr.. Boyle is in earnest. He knows OF
the refreshing effects of the bath upon
mankind. The athlete, he claims, re-
sorts to water and massage TO restore
his SupplenesS and vigor after violent
exercise, and why should not the race
horse? If the soreness can be removed
from the oyertaxed muscles of man
through the medium of Turkish bath,
the same results will obtain from like
methods with horse. at least this is
the theory of the inventor of a cabinet
in which thoroughbreds can experience
the Injuries of the Oriental bath.
For Is years Mr. Boyle has been a
breeder. trainer and racing man, and
he is perfectly familiar with the man
ner in which horses in training are
handled. He knows that they become
muscle-bound and sore, and while i'll
this condition will not and cannot exert
themselves, even under punishment
The trainer knows when his horse is in
such shape from his movements and
he SWeats the animal under heavy
blankets and steams the affected part
with hot cloths in a stall when the cold
air comes in through the chinks in the
siding, and from the unevenneSS of the
temperature more harm than good is
likely to result from the treatment.
All this is to be remedied by the inven-
ton. Moreover. horses that have not
been in training and have grown fat,
their muscles soft and tissues weak,
Will no longer have to be reduced and
hardened through the tedious and en-
ervating methods so long in vogue.
Instead of a four-mile gallop envel-
oped in heavy blankets with a stable
boy on it's back, the horse will be
ushered into the hot room of the Turk
iSh bath.
Mr.. Boyle was some time ago inn
pressed with the idea that the usual
cooling process after hot air or vapor
bath was attended with too much dam
ger from the change in temperature
before the body was prepared for it,
and to obviate this he patented a cylin-
der cabinet made of aluminium, SO ar
ranged that the showers could be
turned on when the heat was stopped
without necessitating the removal of
the person to another room. While
working out this idea the plan of a
Turkish bath for horses occurred to
him and he prepared a model sent it
to Washington, and the patent papers
are now on their way to Chicago His
plan included cabinet large enough
for a horse to stand comfortably. with
the sides and ends padded with pneu-
matte cushions to protect the animal
should it become obstreperous.
The head is left out so that the ami
NAL will not breathe the air of the
cabinet, tainted with the poisons that
eXhale from the prespiring body. The
heat will come from perforated pipes
running along the floor. Along the top
of the cabinet will run series of per-
forated rubber tubes from which the
water will be thrown in sprays upon
the body when the cooling-off process
begins. From warm to tepid water and
thence to cold. the changes will be
gradual. and when the cold shower has
been given and the pores are again
closed. the sides of the. cabinet will be
swung out. giving the attendants room
to rub down and dry the animal. This
will all be accomplished without expos
ing the body to any but the slightest
changes of temperature.
1t is claimed by the inventor that
this treatment will not enervate the
animal in the slightest; on the con-
trary, he claims that water is a tonic
and the animal will be refreshed
Moreover, the superfiuous inner fat
that interferes with the action of the
I heart and lungs will be removed. maxi
;,1ar +I,at, ind h.,tf II 1as.
often suffer from impure blood, due to
overlooking. and the sweating process
is far more efficient for this than the
usual treatment. which cools the blood
but does not remove the impurities.
But Mr.. Boyle does not claim to be
able to rejuvenate horses with bad feet.
ringboneS or bowed tendonS He wants
sound animals to work on, those that
have no bone ailments. and these he
b guarantees to restore to their pristine
form. To the old sull<er. whose only
excuse for not running is feeling OF
/ lassitude or sore shoulder. he will
give back its 2-year-old yigor A sin
gle bath will be enough to take out
the soreness in an ordinary case, he
thinks, and to take off superfiuous
flesh from a horse fresh from the pas
ture and put him in shape for hard
training will only require about three
baths
He expects To make arrangements
with the Harlem people to get his heat
and steam from their power house. and
while the plans of operating his bath
I house are not fully matured he be-
lieves that he can afford to give baths
at the rate of So each. This figure. he
feels. would reimburse him and at
the same time be an inducement to
trainers.
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