The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-20
SUFFERERS IN HOT WEATHER.
The Horse Needs Special Attention
 When Days Grow Warm.

| "AtM DMEb ~EVW W AEAAAe Kansas City Journal.
 ''No animal" said W. H. Gibbons. 1 field agent for the Humane Society, | suffers so much during the hot weather
 as the horse. He has no shade protec- tion from the hot rays of the sun and | Is usually rushed through the days 1 work and ofttimes he is neglected by | his careless driver at the close of 1t. | Hot weather and sore necks go togeth- CT, but the trouble can be avoided by
 observing the following rules: A work
 horse should never be refined up while at work. He should be so that he can l lower his head and work the collar ] front slightly while standing. It is the horse that carries his head high that | collar should fit the neck of the horse and when taken off at the close of the days work 1t should be scraped well. A ' short collar Is more sure to make a sore neck in warm weather.
 The names should fit the collar. A hame that has to be let out Is also lia- ble to make a sore neck. AS the horse pulls the harness will spread on such | fit, pulling the collar together endwise and spreading 1t at the same time so 1t
 will work back and forth and Is sure to cause trouble For this reason, high names are preferable. With the short | hame any alteration has to be made by lengthening or shortening the strap,
 while 1t is the hame that should be
 shortened or heightened. Sole leather | or zinc pads should be used on top of
 the neck. Either Is cooling and heal ing, while the abominable cloth collar pad is heating and irritating.
 "A sore neck is usually preceded by a
 buneh coming on top ot the neck where the tcollar rests. If 1t Is left and the | horse continues to be worked, it soon | aA l end of trouble. both to the humane of | hcer and the owner. Aside from the humane point of view. 1t pays to look after the welfare of the horse, as he
 Is our main dependence during the rushing work of summer. It never pays to rush the horse through these
 hot days. nor should he be loaded to
 the usual limit. During this hot weather they should be loaded lightly
 and driven moderately and watered be-
 tween feeds. It may cause a little more
 work and time. and In all probability save a horse or two at the end of the week.
 Lame horses are q source of much annoyance with us and in nearly all cases the lameness is caused by neglect on the part of the driver When driven into the barn at the close of the days l work the hoof should be we'll examine ed
 for gravel and nails, as both are easily | picked up in the foot and become im- bedded before a lameness is shown. much of the lameness among horses is caused by poor shoeing and am sorry to say three out of five of our black smiths do not know how to shoe a horse properly. Perhaps the proprietor of the shop does not know how to shoe
 horse on scientific principles. but when
 a horse Is brought to the shop for shoes
 he is busy managing the shop and the
 horse Is turned over to a helper who
 can analyze a hoof and tell its distinct
 parts no better than he could articulate
 the human frame
 'I hope the day will soon arrive when
 horseshoers will have to pass an exam-
 nation on their work to reliable
 board of State journeynen examiners.
 just like the barbers have to undergo
 in their profession. for there are about
 as many 'blacksmith' horseshoers fin
 town as there would be blacksmith
 barbers were 1t not for our State Board
 of Examiners among our tonsorial art
 ists. During the past week have re-
 lieved eighteen animals of their har-
 ness on account of bad necks and or-
 dered eleven horses off the street until
 cured of their lameness-and yet did not catch all of them"