The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-05-01

| much pulling strength thrown away.
{ v, ..<.l remains is eXerted at great eX-
penditure of the horses powers and
neann, to say nothing of nls comfort.
| rhe consequence is, that his limos and
muscles become strained and distorted.
| His knees are bowed forward, and his
nockS backward. If a man pulls load
| Dy a strap across his shoulders, he
bends has mead and chest forward, and
reneveS MS legs; a morse does tne
same when he can, and ought always.
Second. In Injuries the horse not
only in the way described, but the
confinement of the head in a con-
strained position, whilst the heart and
lungs are excited by work, binders the
breathing, and the circulation of the
blood in the head. These effects make
une horse uncomfortable, and he be-
comes restless and irritable; in fact,
mis- head aches and pains him, and he
gets many a violent jag and blow, just
because his driver cannot understand
0he cause of his restlessness. / have
seen many horses standing at public
mouse doors and other places, in this
uneasy state, and by-and-by set Off in
their desire to get home and be UNI
harneSsed, when the driver has rushed
out and punished the horse for his own
error.
"Ihlrd. The check-rein inf1icts I'M
ceaSing torture upon the animal in an
ouner way. By holding the head up
wards, it puts the muscles of the neck
on constant strain. They become
painfully uneasy and tired. If the
horse cannot bear it, he rests the
weight of his head upon the rein, and
mis- mouth is violently stretched. Thus
he only exchanges one torment for an
other. | am not making fancy
sketches; every word of my descrip-
Jion is true. l have seen many splen-
ara and valuable horses, worthy of
better fate, tossing their heads inces-
sanity, and champing their mouths in
to a foam, from the intolerable uneas-
mess Of this cruel check-rein. To sum
up in a word: the check-rein lessons
the horses strength, brings on disease,
keeps him in pain, fretS and Injuries
his mouth, and spoils his temper"
Mr. Fleming, Veterinary Surgeon of
the Royal Engineers Oondon), says:
4 thing nothing can be more absurd
than check-rens. They are against
reason altogether. They place the an
imal in a false position. The horse
stands with a check-reln exactly as a
man would stand with stick under
his arms, behind his back, when told
to write 1t is extremely cruel, too. l
have no doubt if the public could only
realize the fact that it throws away
large portion of the horses power al
together, and is very cruel besides,
this rein would be discontinued. 1t is
not only the head that suffers; but
from his head to his tail, from his
shoulder to his hoof, and over ms
whole body. he suffers more or less.
Another eminent English authority,
John Adam Mcbride, Professor or
Veterinary Medicine and Surgery IN
the Royal Agricultural College, says:
II most heartily concur in what has
been written by Professor Pr1tchard
and Dr. Kitching as to the bad effects
of the foolish custom of using the
check-rein.
Professor Pritchard has stated that
the check-rein is very common cause
of roaring in the horse, which state !
ment is endorsed by all veterinarians. |
'I will briefly consider the effects |
lation of the blood; CD upon the
veins; CD upon the arteries.
81. Its effect upon the circulation |
OF the blood-It will appear very evil
dent that this contrivance must ser
iously interfere with the return OF |
blood from the brain, and thus lead |
to an accumulation OF venous blood, |
producing eventually a state OF coma, |
the severity of which will depend up |
on the duration and intensity of the |
and, further, it must i'm |
pede the flow of arterial blood to the |
brain. This deficiency OF arterial |
blood is characterized by want of |
nervous sensation, and a diSarranSe- |
ment of the nervous parts.
''2. It's effect upon the veins.-The
sudden, intermittent, and violent mus |
Of fha iayU yvn1Id in |