The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-05-29
'nAKING POLICEMEN OF HORSES
By Edwin Emerson

. nth for five minutes at some
4 the congested points OF New
y. thoroughfares, where severa
,rtersect and mounted police
-..t.d amid whirlpools OF traffic
~ me tangled snarl OF crowd
i, s.s,pa automobiles, pedestrians, all
~ nurposes. brings home to the
800 With forcible effect the real
~ thst It is the horse which Is
4. 4. rpain responsible for the safe
3 1lng d the city streets, and tnat
2 s.,aS a. ill-trained animal would
4 ~ about disaster.
: = ~ fully the greater part of the
3 & ara on the horse; the man up
D Il back only thinks and points and
2 nile the horse carries him to
I = I,stspc point. or, swinging about.
! d1llns. or backing, throws its
N, into the breach without ever a
- II the ever-imminent danger
= iheK.
usfsh 4 police force handling a
! "a md you cannot but admire the
1lirent discrimination with which
=. Aorye. while apparently threaten
"A 10 trample everybody underfoo:,
= really hurts any one.
~ New Years Eve in New York, ac-
LII to newspaper estimates, near
Y ntllion people thronged up and
"a Broadway and Wall Street to
~ the midnight chimes ring out
- trinity steeple-or, rather, to
IN the music of those chimes with
blataut blare of innumerable tin
-
~ veeks before that, on Election
11fk when Mr.. Taft came into his
81 Il vas reported that over a
I'M people crowded about the bull
f.boerds and canvas sheets exhibit
= dlag Newspaper Row and up and
p Broadway.
bring both Of these outpourings Of
~ eiant dty's multitude there were
= neualties or accidents of moment.
~ efsdit for this. very properly. was
nof ~ the police of New York, and
itsIuly BY the thousand-odd men
~ Metropolitan Traffic squad. No
~ "a good word to say for the
- on the contrary, many OF
- Who had to give way before their
- cursed them roundly; yet, II
= mogs siyen where 1t rightly be-
~ tx the work Of those two
~ TIE horses should at least re-
N q honorable mention.
~ = In New York horse be-
r. y = mounted policeman sta
To wan street, whose business 1t
- the narrow roadway of that
~ street as clear as possible
slodetrians At the lunch hour
n TIE messenger boys employed
y brokers' Of the so-called "curb
who transact their business in
rake 1t their habit to squat
- TIE curb as they eat their
Ordinarily this is a prac-
RI % BE- tolerated by any intelli-
1liee horse. But during the noon
~ horse is willing to make ex-
therefore, when by chance
IL Fiyes 1t along the curb at
o1rs the horse, with a know
Nlnk to the boys, carefully steps
esery one Of their outstretched
~ boys know just what to ex-
~ never stir. Incidentally, this
anee On the part Of the horse is
to1ult In banana peels or apple
lnded up from the sidewalk.
y a unusual trick, of course.
N one of the eight hundred
nUw doing duty in the Mount
Dquad Of New York could be
= DO the same thing.
eoson for this is that all the
= tho Traflc Squad have been
with special eye to intelli-
- good horse sense, and, fur
they have all been put
= special course Of horseman-
- who Is responsible for all
]. H. Stanton, who bears
~ title OF foreman of Horse
= Equipments" in the New
l1ee Department. but is best
among horsemen as Buffalo
1amie Kid"
! No. with the aid Of a Dep
lstcner and a veterinary
lcaases every horse that |
ne Mounted Police Force OF |
~ York. and who is respon-
y proper training and gen.
y both before and after its |
INTO the police service. In |
= this It devolves upon Mr.. |
y purchase all horse supplies,
todder. blankets, saddles,
lters, shoes, spurs soap, cur
and brushes, as well as horse
Besides this he must main
llral supervision over all po-
and over the Police Rid
AND Horoo RI infnu Farm at i