Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 286, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1913 — Abolish the Blinders. [ARTICLE]

Abolish the Blinders.

The best handlers of horses are condemning blinders. The purpose of blinders is to shot off from view any object from behind the horse that might cause the horse to become alarmed and try to run away. As to this, blinders have proven more disastrous than beneficial. If a horse passes some object that is not fully understood by him, and causes fright, the shutting off from view of this scarecrow by blinders only increases the fear. Any horse of ordinary good sense can soon be taught not to scare at flags, cars, covered wagons, umbrellas, etc., by letting him see them and understand them. Oive the horse the full power of all his senses; let him see, hear and imell. If need be, to satisfy his tsars. —Live Stock Indicator. *