Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1898 — CARE OF HORSES ABROAD. [ARTICLE]

CARE OF HORSES ABROAD.

Well Treated in London, wit A Opposite Extreme in Berlin. At a recent committee meeting of the, Humane Society Prof. Harry Wheaton’ Howard gave a short sketch of his experience and observation In regard to the treatment of horses, as noted during his residence abroad at Berlin for five years, in Paris one year and InLondon six months, says the Washing-' ton Sitar. He stated that in London horses are treated best, and in Berlin the worst. In Berlin a small public conveyance, holding four persons, Is very largely used. They are all numbered, one as high as 18,000 having been observed. This style of vehicle, somewhat like a hansom cab, is drawn by a single horse which is generally poor in flesh and is constantly whipped by the driver. The asphalt streets are kept wet by frequent washings and this causes a continual falling of the horses. In view of this one always allows extra time for probable delay. When down the horse is quickly released by an Ingenious arrangement of harness and shafts. Each side of the shafts is hinged Independently of the other, and the harness can be removed without cutting. In Paris, he said, the treatment of horses is about the same as in Berlin. In London the horses are cared for better than anywhere else in the world. They are all kept well groomed. The over-drawn check-rein is never seen, but frequently the horses' tails are docked and the manes cut, and blind-. ers are used. But they are never touched with the whip, although one is always carried. Even in driving horses attached to the overcrowded omnibuses the whips are only cracked. The driving is perfect and compels the admiration of strangers.