Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-21
HORSES TAILS
WILL STAY ON
BY STATE LAW
All DoCked Horses
Registered
New Statute Makes II a Criminal
offense to Cut of Flowing
Appendases Of Equine
Beauties

Every dog has his day and so does
every horse, and at present the horse s
sun is dawning on the horizon and his
day has returned.
Every owner of fine horses in Los
Angeles county in the cities, the towns,
the farms and the villages is taking
a wonderful pride in his hOrsetiesh this
weather; there is nothing too good for
an animal, and, best of all, there will
be no more horses in the future sub
mitted to the docking process to make
them pretty and unnatural.
BY a law of the state legislature in
behalf of the horses, the docking of
horses tails has been made a criminal
offense. 1t is a crime for a horse sur
geon to perform such an operation; 1t
Is q crime for the owner of horse
to sanction an operation, and 1t is a
crime hereafter for any man in the
state to have in his possession horse
whose tail has been docked since the
law went into effect. AS result the
owners Of fine horses are beginning to
sit up and take note of their property.
An automobile is all right In its way,
but it will never be as classy as the
horse. The great bubbling, buzzing
humming monsters, beautiful in brass
and paint, and varnish and smelling
of the gasoline that gurgles in vitals,
can flash and buzz and bubble as they
will, but they will never equal the
sight of pair Of fine horses prancing
down the street, their coats slick and
beautiful, every muscle and limb timed
to nicety and heads and names toss
ing in the sunlight.
Horses Will Have Tails
That is a sight to which Los Angeles
is to be treated again, just as 1t was
in the days when horse was king. But
also, besides heads and names flying
and tossing in the wind, the horses of
the day that is now will have tails,
good long silky tails, that can sweep
clear over their backs to brush off the
flies and the gnats.
During the past three weeks every
docked horse in the county has been
registered with Andrew Francisco,
chief deputy county clerk. The last
animals from the Douglass stables Of
Los Angeles have been registered.
Most of the Douglass animals are
not docked. Mabel Rex, the finest ami
NAL of the stable, for Mabel was reg
istered under the name for many years,
has one of the finest appendages of
any of the California mares. Sweet
Marie, California's famous trotter of
world wide renown, is another of the
beautiful animals which the legisla-
tors had in mind when they framed UP
crime.
The Blossom stables of Pasadena
have many fine animals of the docked
variety. Mesmores horses Of Los An
geles also have a few of the docked
ones in their midst, but most of the
Messmore animals are full tailed.
Polo Ponies Docked
The owners of fine polo ponies were
among the hardest hit, for polo pony
is not considered very great ami
NAL unless he has his tail docked prop
erly. Ben Smith, jr., son OF Judge
Smith, entered several of his ponies
with the county clerk last week. His
animals have taken most of the prizes
In the Southern California shows, and
San Dimas and Arizona, two of his
best, have been hard to beat. Both Of
these animals have docked tails and
both have been properly registered.
Hogan, another we'll known horse
man, registered his ponies during the
week to escape being left out in the