The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-15

1 without doubt due to the hestial and l brutalizing tendencies of the neroilass i bullfight. When on the Sunday follovtns Easter and on subsequent Sundavs the l ll,O0 spectators gather about tba arena of Saville or the 12,5O0 watch the arena or Madrid and the 17OO0 encircle the ] arena or Valencia, they are Rloryine In 1 the wee which has been the moral and i spiritual death of their country Tbesa Spanish bulfights always fake nlace on Sunday because they are held to ha tbe sacred national game A famous Amert can traveller tells us that at each bull ilSht between six and eight of the fiercest fahd or bulls and from twenty to forty horses are killed. The waving of inc red mantles. the shooting of the darts. the arena soaked with blood the screams oi the uylhg horses dragging themselves | around, some times with their entrails In run view of the excited populace; the mad charges of the enraged bulls. com elne to make a scene of horror indes- erlDao pie and one which it is impossible Tor the civilized American to fully grasp when the famous Francisco Romero de huhua taught the Spanish people how to scientifically abuse and madden and tor .ure 10 death four legged brute he mace II possible for the people them selves, by looking upon such scenes of
 
 human being can be unmercifu to a beast without himself after awhile grow lng merciless in his dealings with his fellow men,
 Trained by Kindness.
 The Humane Society of America, in teaching man to be kind to the dumb brute has second practical mission. IL teaches that harshness and bitterness ana cruelty do absolutely no good in he eralhlng and the true subjugation of an animal. cruel master never was able to get the best results out of horse. BLOWS and kicks and cuffs only make a s.upporn horse the more stubborn and the balky animal the more set in his ! traces. never learned this lesson in a more impressive way than when passed TWO summers almost in a stones throw or one of the best stock farms in this country. What magnificent animals those were. Racing horses were not raised there' but the best blood for earria ge horses and roadsters of all sorts. Their clean limbs. their flashing eyes, their nisn n' strung nervous organization, made nose animals the pride of almost every i stable they entered Yet the whIp was 1 never used upon them. They were trained ! almost entirely by kindness After the 1 colts had been allowed to run in the l nelds for about three years. always, l however, being petted by their owners they were ready for harness. The first 1 day on which the bride was put upon then strap was fastened on the fore hoof to teach them that they must mind 1 mat was all After the first two or 1 three days the horse learned that if he l plunged the strap would be applied to raise his forefoot and keep him on three legs. Having learned the lesson he i ceased to plunge. and the use of the I were quietly hitched by the sides of the l older horses and driven out to plow The 1 drivers never jerked them, but always ;, talked kindly to them and coaxed them And though those horses seemed to have 1 Within them all the pentup ambition of Jop war charger smelling the battle ] from afar," yet in the hands of their l kind masters they became gentle. Iowa 1 ble and doclle
 Power of GentIeness.
 ] An old, grumpy. dyspeptic philoso- 1 pher once said, "rhe more I see of men the better l like dogs" That is not my idea. But the more I see of l dogs and horses and cattle the more I think they are like men. Supposing you l were horse hitched to a carriage. Sun | posing every time you made a misstep l there was a whip like a knife ready to cut into your skin. would not your nerves
 
 l always be ready to jump. to shy and to rear? Supposing you were in stall with your head tied to a halter and the hostler wanted you to move over to the other side Of the stall, and instead of placinc his hand gently upon you and saving quietly Now move over" he gives you savage kick in the stomach or a cuff upon the side of the head that made your ear ring and your brain dizzy with pain What would you do? Would you bite and 1 kick him if you got the chance? I doubt whether human nature would be as long suffering as equine nature under such provocation. But If every time that hostler came around you got a caress. or piece of apple every time he applied word every time shrieking engine came past, l think that hoster or driver would be loved and trusted and obeyed just as my little child has. through my kindness learned to love and trust and obey me The more l see of men the more 1 love dogs" Oh no; the philosopher was wrong. But the more you see of horses and dogs the more you ought to learn to treat them with the same gentleness with which you should treat your fellow man. Curses and blows and yells and growls never made nervous horse trustful or an obstinate horse docle. Kindness will win submission in an animal, where ter
 
 Justice for the Brute.
 The Humane Society of America de- mands justice for the dumb brute because the equine laborer is always worthy of his hire. The horse has just as much right to his oats as the farm hand has to his monday lunch, the OK to his mouthful of grain as the owner of the thrashing floor has to his loaf of bread after 1t is baked. The robin that sings in our cherry tree has right to his liv- ing as well as the little child that eats at our dining table. In the great economy of nature every creature was created for good purpose then you and I should try to make It's life happy. as that creature Is trying to make ours.
 Did you ever stop to think how much you and I are indebted to all those four footed beasts of the earth and wild beasts and creeping things and fowls of the air which Peter saw in vision let down from the heavens In a great sheet when he lodged with Simon the tanner? The horse How many of our burdens he has car ried How many happy times we have had when being drawn by him over the country road, In how many scenes of merrymakng has he been an essential part! And often In times of sadness he has come to our help. The birds! Yes. they, too. are worthy of their hire. They are our woodland prima donnas, our songsters and songstresses, that make the day. as well as the night. vocal with music. The fowls of the barnyard and the cattle of the fieldsJ-they, too. are