Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1900 — HORSES PROTECTED FROM HEAT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HORSES PROTECTED FROM HEAT

Many Devices Devised to Protect Them from the Sun’s Rays. St. Louis horse owners and drivers have been taking no chances with the heat, says the Chronicle. A large number of horses ace supplied with a heud shade or umbrella manufactured by local awning companies. The shades are various shapes of canvas stretched on wire frame work and supported by wire standards, which attach to the headgear of the bridle. There is no denying, so horsemen claim, that the protection from the rays

of heat thus afforded the animal saves many from prostration and death. Many farmers coming into the city almost daily, have improvised umbrellas for their horses with old stray “jimmies.” Holes are punched in either side of the hats for the animal’s ears to protrude through, and they are as serviceable as the manufactured variety.

KEEPING OFF THE SUN.