The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-09
LONDON CAB HORSES
And Their Humane Treatmsnt-op
no.ita "a the Case IN Paris.

And Their Humane TTeets1p-g
posite Is the Case In Paris
Detroit Free Press: The treatment
meted out to domestic animals in Lon
don Is one of the most agreeable OF the
English drivers traits.
You never see horse beaten with the
tongue Of a wagon. nor yet struck 9
stinging blow with a whip. The ami
mails hItched to the fore Of the buses
are sleek, fat, happy-lOOking horses In
striking contrast to the poor decrepl'
old saw-bones attached % the cars In
the streets Of some American cities;
on not days OF summer, these n9s
horaes work 1ust two hourB and a nRll
ont Of the tWenty-four. Ten tlInss
more confederation Is paid them than ia
raid the drivers, sitting up on tneir
nerehes. beneath the rays OF burning
siin. It 10 amusing to see a man run
mi Of 4. building at either enc OF 2 pue
line and wash the horses faces Wltn q
bIg sponre. This summer hats for tne
horses were introduced for the nFst
time. london having learned Of this pro-
lection from New York. which clty was
The first 10 inaugurate II.
And the cab horses Of LONDON are =
sleek as those whose lives are spent
dragging the buses. a lot OF thenl
are old racers, and In thetr Gait t9Soey
there II a suggestion OF the paooocsS
and the track. When let out tley ceLi
20 like the wind, but their usual speed
does NOT pass a little Jog trot. that,
while II strikes q foreigner as Slow ID
amazingly sure.
I have never seen horse struck with
a. whip In London, and the following tn-
cldent illustrates the consideration IN
which the animals are held better tnan
any statement OF generalities.
While driving down Northumberland
avenue IN hanson one day, on his way
10 me National Liberal Club, where he
had an appointment for which he was
already two minutes late, q man IN
cab felt himself thrown suddenly tor-
ward, and before he could lay hold OF
anything to steady himself, he tumoled
out into the mud Of the street. The
cause OF the accident was the slipping
to his knees Of the horse attached TO the
cab, "Cabby" was down from his seat
behind in no time. He ran around 70 see
about his horse. Look here" yelled the
man, "see the shape I'm In. Ana you
nave mace me ILllsA my aRRSaA6AAt.AS
And he tried to brush on the sticky
mud. -
The cabby gave him one look. wat
dye s'pose cares about your" he said.
Look at tn skinned knees o me
'orse"
1t is very different, the treatment Of
domestic animals In Paris. There, II
you live In a hotel on one OF the narrow
streets Of the Latin Quarter you VIII
be- kept awake all night long by the
neyer-endlng cracking Of the whips and
the whitening cuts, as they are laid
hard and singing over the backs OF the
lImpIng, half-starved horses that draw
the voitures and lacres.
II q cab horse stumbles and falls to
his knees in Paris, the driver does mot
run to the nearest apothecary's for %
centimes worth Of linlment to battle The
scratched knees, as the London cabby
does for tuppence worth. He simply
gets down from his seat, and, taking the
butt end Of his whip, beats the horse
over the head until ne chambers to his
feet, and after administering couple
Of kicks from q number thirteen hob
nailed boot he mounts his box and
drives along.
The tram horses are constantly be-
labored with q whip, and sworn at in
the argot Of Paris, and the result,
strange as Il may seem, 10 that II takes
you longer to go mile In a haore in
Paris, with the horses that are being
whipped all the time. than It does the
same distance In London, when mot once
during the drive will the animal feel the
touch of the lash.