Evening star., 1921-04-15
CARE OF THE HORSE
URGED ON DRIVERS
Points to Be Remembered
Compiled for ''Be Kind to
Animals Week."

In connection with BE Kind to AMI
mails week" now in progress here and
throughout the country. attention is
called to the fact that horses hold first
place in the list of animals who bene-
fit by kindness and careful treat
ment, because horses, being primarily
work animals, suffer most when neg
lected or brutally used. A series of
points to be given special considera-
ton by owners and drivers during
this special week. which is under the
auspices of the Humane Education
Society. has been compiled by Mrs. c.
X. Huntington, l715 14th street north
west, and is as follows:
Please examine the corners of your
horses mouths to see if the flesh is
raw. If so. lower the bit and loosen
the check rein. Don't compel your
horse to wear any bit but straight
rubber-covered bit. and don't have the
check rein so tight that a pull is
Keep Collar Loose.
See that the collar is not too tight.
Tight collars are as painful as
tight shoe on the human foot. Far
better a collar too large than too
small
Examine the top of the horses
| neck-if he f1inches at your touch.
: put him in a breastcollar until his
! neck is restored to ''normalcy" Put
all your horses driven singly in
| breastcolars: they are far cheaper
! than round the-neck collars: are cool
) and comfortable: and a horse can
pull just as efficiently and far more
comfortably il worked in breastcol-
/ See that the bellyband is loose. and
that the edge. of the saddle is not
+, turned so as to press into the flesh.
! Examine the saddle for uncovered
rivets that bore into the horses
hack.
| Note the horses fore leg to see if
a :shoe boir is appearing. if so,
paint the swelling with iodine three
| times a day, and cover the place at
night with heavy piece of blanket
| or other material to protect the boil
from the calks in the iron shoe when
| the horse lies down. Horse shoes
! in a bed are not very. comfortable
] things to lie on, and a horse cannot
rest and recuperate for the next day
, work if he has to suffer pain during
| his rest hours.
the fanks that the horses legs are
pulled under his belly when stopping
his load. or in going down hill. Raise
the breeching high on the tianks b!
shortening the straps which suspend
the breeching. Don't shorten the
bellyband or collar; that causes
pull" on the collar.
Shorten the holdbacks to correspond
J with the length Of the breastchains
so the weight of the load will bt
horns by the fianks and not by thu
top of the neck. A horse properly
harnessed as to holdbacks and breech
ing will "sit down" in the breechint
and rest when standing. and thus con
serve his strength. Some fire depart
ments have a wide strap across thu
rear of the stall for the horses to Isl
down" on and rest.
! If your team cannot back their loat
easily, don't jerk on the bits. ant
whip. and Yell back loud enough t.
be heard block. Fix your breechint
and holdbacks as suggested above ant
your horses will be able to handle
their load with case.
) Feed your horses three times day
and give them at least a smooth. DIR!
place to lie down on at night, fire.
from uneven places and Jumps of ref
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