Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1902 — Mistaken Kindness to a Horse. [ARTICLE]

Mistaken Kindness to a Horse.

The Humane Society agent at Altoona, Pa., has entered suit against Patrick Logue on a charge-of cruelty to animals. The case is a peculiar one. Logue, about five years ago, purchased a good horse and devoted it to family use. One day during the winter he was sleighing with his family when a pftrt of the harness broke, allowing the sleigh to slide down against the horse and partly down over an embankment. The horse made no effort to get away and Logue vowed that the horse should not do another day’s work for its action; for had it started the family would have been thrown into a ravine and badly injured, if not killed. This was four years ago and the horse has not been out of the stable since. Logue feeds it and cares for it, but has steadfastly refused to take it out, hence the prosecution.