The sun., 1901-11-23
SIX MORE BURR BITS SEIZED.
s. p. e. A. MAKES ANOTHER RAID
OUTSIDE THE HORSE SHOW.
President Haines Declares That the Cruel.
ties OF Fashion Must Cease-Eibridse
T. Gerry Says He Didn't Know That
Ills Horyes We're Being Tortured.


The agents OF the Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals seized yes
terday six more burr bits. As in the pre-
vious seizures the burrs were removed
from the mouths of horses attached 10
private carriages waiting outside the Horse
Show According to the various coach
men in charge the horses from which the
burrs were taken belong TO Walter +. Mar
uuand, 8s6 Lexington avenue; John +.
Alexandra, 20 West Thirty eighth street;
Mrs. Edward l.. Norton. $50 West Seventy
fourth street; Mrs Walter Watson, So West
Fifty-second street; David johnson, las
West Forty-third street, and j. B. Simon,
$50 Fifth avenue.
President John p. Haines Of the society
said yesterday
sThe crueties OF fashion will have TO
cease. We intend to stop the use of the
burr bits. II what we are doing at present
proves ineffective we will adopt surer and
harsher methods"
BY "surer and harsher" methods Mr.,
Haines probably refers to section 055 Of
the Penal Code, which makes it a mis-
demeanor 20 torture or I'M
msti6ably iniure any animal
or to permit any animal TO lie
tortured or to in any way furthe
any act of cruelty A misdemeanor is
punishable by imprisonment for not more
than one year. or a fine Of not more than
500 or by both.
Most of the eighteen sets Of burrs now
in the sociey's rooms are studded with
bristles. One, however, has short nails
with rough ends and another brass screw
points The bristle burrs seized on Tuesday
from the horses of the Hon. Elbridge T.
Gerry are matted on the inside with par
TALLY masticated oats. showing that they
were clapped on before the animals had
entirely finished eating. The coachman
told the society agent that Mr.. Gerry was
not aware that burr bits were used on his
horses Mr.. Gerry confirmed this yes
terdav
ANY burns that were taken on my horses, =
Ne said, were placed there without my
knowledge or approval. l forbade their
US, in my stable long ago.
II was several years ago that the use OF
Lurrs on bits first became fashionable.
Through the efforts of the ; 7. A the Gus
tom was suppressed and II was not until
recently tha' II cropped Up again. Some
horSemen approx" OF bristle-Studdeu purrs
when used properly
MANY horses a weli-known harness
maker said Yesterday, get IN the hablt OF
boring into the pole out of sheer iaziness
A hristle-studded burr makes him brace up
and do his work It's the only wav know
of 10 break a horse 81 boring As for burr
hits that are studded with nails-thats a
different matter they ar. cruel
THAT j. nonsense President Haines
said when told - this, 1T IL true. some
horses have u habit ~ heading 30 the side
hu' only h,.rau-., they have been improperly
broken We do not intend that horses
nhAll lie made suffer Tor the ignorance
of those that break them. Any burr lit,
whether studded with nails or bristler
pr.cks th. tender skin about hor-e's
mouth The people who uss them do II
fpr rtyle You have never sss,n "a burr on a
cab hor-. Not only j. the cabman more
humane. 49, rule, but he knoSs that u u
90 hi- Ad,autagr not 60 inJurr hi- hur-c'