The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-10-04

natural way would promptly drive him to
destruction Then let him try to see
where he is placing his feet He cannot
horse struggling up a steep hill and draw
ing a$heaVy weight behind him? I Won
der he does not try to climb church
ssteepie or some other perpendicular OBJ
ject, for it would surely seem more natu-
raj to take an entirely perpendicular
Journey when his head is strained up
ward and his eyes are held at an angle
not above him. So ;3Sf5##5Ss
1t IS to me incomprehensible that any
one should be so shortsighted as to place
upon a. horseEa harness which causes the
smallest discomfort, to say MOI thing of e1-
fqulslte torture, which, in many instances,
is precisely what it amounts to. I am
NOT no, speaking Of absurd fashions-as curb
chains, @senseless bits, high checks and a
%%dozen unnecessary appliances have
often seen horses wearing the most costly
sh g but miserable because it was ili-
$@ Often the blinders are held SO clos.
upon the eyes as to make it utterly I'M
'posslble Tor the animal to see where it is
g eo' ar ana many sharp lash does it re-
Scelye ior an awkward step caused entire
ny by its half-blinded condition = 80 e
But the horses which suffer most are
those belonging to the working class
whose drivers, either from carelessness
or ignorance, often regard the animal as
aSmere machine, which must perform all
the work possible for as little care as can
~ Sia VI. y. ne harness worn by these
5horses IS often placed upon them in q
rough hardened condition, caused by a
thorough soaking upon the previous day
ana Very often painful sore is the re-
SUI, nor IS the cause discovered until the
II oftenest of all it is the binders which
are are bent out Of shape by a WettilIe.
While still soaked, the headstall is care
are bent against the wall. A corner is
slightly bent, but not enough to be no
1leed by 1 the driver in the hurry Of har-
the poor horse finds it out, and as the
day advances his misery: becomes COM
nlete. / wish to cite one instance happily
the most exaggerated 4 have ever wit
nessed-of this miserable condition.
/. II has become an unconscious habit
with me Ito take in alta glance the de-
tails Ia OF a horses harness. and it is quite
capes me. Many times when passing
along the streets of the crowded city
have begged some driver to readjust a
Snia 90 OF DncKie IN which ", the change Of
occasion j referred to I was passing
through Chambers street. and at the dis.
<tance%ofs half block I noticed horse
tossing his head about and acting in a
disturbed manner. When I reached him
the cause was only too; apparent: the
corner of the binder, bent and hard as a
Sof. his eye. And such an eye. Water was
pouring from it, the lid was swollen to
twice it's natural size and the eyeball it
self was sight to turn one ill. l wish I
could convey some idea Of the gratitude
shown by that dumb creature when 1
lifted that torturing binder from his eye.
No driver was anywhere to be seen, and
no one seemed to have any idea how long
the animal had been standing there; So
lacking a higher authority I took the
matter; in hand myself and as not hing
In a convenient pail of water, soon had
the poor eye bathed and more comfort