Evening star., 1901-07-29
ANIMALS IN HOT WEATHER.
The Treatment That Should BE Give
to Horses and Dogs.

The Treatment That Should BE Given
to Horses and Dogs.
From the Baltimore American.
There Is no subject during these hot. sui
try days, when both man and beast are
succumbing to the intensity of the heat.
which should command more attention and
consideration, from the, general public.
than that Of the care of domestic animals.
The dumb beasts, not always being able
to make known their suffefings, are oft
times goaded to death.
In the category of animals which should
receive our consideration the horse is nat
turalIy the first on the list His great USE
fulness to mankind brings him nearer. per-
haps, to the affection of the human race
than any other dumb animal Humane
treatment Is economy in horseflesh: the
careless, the ignorant and cruel driver is just
throwing 50 much good money away for
his employer. A horse Is not a machine;
nature has only endowed him with so much
endurance. and when this Ii spent the end
is death.
The first duty of every owner of horse
at this time Of the year is to see that his
drivers are Intelligent and are not pos
sessed of vicious temDeraments- The next
IS to see that the horses are not overloaded,
as it Is better to make two loads than to
horse shows signs OF exhaustion stop and
Let him cool OF. It will pay you better to
lose q little time in this manner than to
lose the animal by driving him until he
drops from heat prOstratton-
The horse, being mostly used as a beast
Of burden, fs more exposed to the extremes
of weather. and most frequently suffers
from the effects of the solar rays falling
directly down upon the Uranium, causing
the animal to become a victim to sunstroke,
or to the similar affection known as heat
stroke, which is occasfoned by overheat-
ing Of the whole body or by excessive exer-
tion. The symptoms Of both resemble each
other very much The horse becomes weak
and shows signs of fatigue on the least ex-
ertion: hts gait Is staggering. and his whole
force Of energy seems to have left him.
These conditions, II not attended to at once,
will result In the death of the horse.
II the driver would heed the warnings
given out by the horse before he falls, In a
majority Of cases the greater danger would
be readily overcome. In other words. II
the driver noticed the tagging back of the
horse, rapid breathing. great indispositton.
profuse perspiratfon, stumbling, etc, he
would Immediately stop. unharness the AMI
NAL lead him to q cool, shady spot. and
bathe tho head and extSemities with cold
water, and, II 1t can be readily gotten. adj
minister pint Of ale or beer, which may
bs repeated every fifteen to thirty minutes.
If this be- folaowed. the horse win, in q
short while. be In . condition to 60 on.
Preventive measures, however. are always
the best. See that your horse - carefully
ted. and that tho stable r. well ventilated.
See that q SUN shade-fs worn over the head
4 wet sponge alse - q good thing to placs
On the head: sponge out the nostrils when
watering and Wet The head frequently, and.
above ali. load the wagon Hghtly and drive
uaods1axely. s'5
tks 60kef xnd the pet naturally makes the
fornex aax1pN e 4o ~ n ~ power 70
keeR tAe animal In 6ood 0edsf hnd also In
good health. Carefm dtettng for dogs N