Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1897 — POINTS ON HORSES. [ARTICLE]

POINTS ON HORSES.

Oddities Which Count For and Affuinst Good Horseflesh. A certain resident of one of the better known New York hotels has acquired the habit of feeding lumps of sugar to the cab horses that regularly stand in front of the house while their drivers wait for fares, says an exchange. 'So long has he practiced this that he ■is personally known and loved by , every one of the cab horses in the ho- ; tel stables. One day he forgot to feed a certain horse, but incautiously showed himself in the {billiard room, near the door, whereat the horse calmly started to walk in among the cuehandlers for the sugar and was pre- ! vented from making a corfiplete entrance- only by the fact that the cab wheels were too wide to pass the door. Buyers of horses for cavalry purposes always look to see if the animals offered have hoofs “toeing in” or “toeing out.” Both are rejected in favor of horses with toes pointing straight ahead. Horse flesh is said to have been prized i for food long before horses were used as man’s assistants in war, the chase and the industries. It was one of the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt, according to tradition, who taught man to train and make use of horsas. The first “rest home” and hospital for broken down horses was founded by an Englishwoman, at Sudbury, near Harrow. There poor men who earn their living largely by the use of their horses can leave the animals when they (become broken from overwork, reclaiming them when their health has been restored by rest and proper treatment. So successful was this estabi lishment from the date of its found- ■ ing (in 1886 or 1887) that early in 1888 i another was put into operation by the . same woman, near Willisden, and it ■ has also proved prosperous and use- : ful—N. Y. Herald.