Show horse laws galore to protect dumb animals by RAYLE KAYLE BRUCE societies humane societies and endowed and 21 A well supported institutions for the benefit of our speechless liless A animal friends are abundant dant and these have laws galore yet in the city of chicago horses s by the alic hundreds hundred i are arc abused abased mutilated and cruelly tortured on our streets tr in the statutes of illinois published in he fie humane advocate the fortieth annual report of we th 0 humane society there is a clause reading that whoever cuts the part of tho the tail fail of uny any horse in the operation known as aa docking or by any operation perr performed ormed for tho the purpose of shortening tho the tail and who shall cause causo tho the same to bo be done or assist in doing such cutting unless such is proved to be ba a benefit beneat to the horse borse shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year or by a fine of not less than 25 nor more than cruelty to Arii animals inala another clause reads by carrying or driving or causing to lo 10 carried or driven or kept any animal in an unnecessarily cruel manner both of these clauses fully cover docked tails short and curb bits now so used little attention has been paid to the cruelties cruel ties of the curb bit it is nn an instrument of torture belonging to the lark dark ages As it lies across the tongue of the corso it cuts cruelly and brings a horse down to heartbroken submission the construction on the outside is ia sufficient to prove its ita wicked torture theao Theae bits are largely used by bus bits drivers and society people who aport smart equipages equi pages in order to look smart their horses have tails tail cut so short that they stand erect in the lie air in in nn an atrocious manner allame fully disfiguring the horse As AB if this was not enough the curb bit is ia used and an extra strap is brought brou glit across the noso nose and then the poor animal primal is chocked checked up so BO short that it is in misery if it moves according to the statutes of these societies all those these atrocities could be stopped the of offenders Tenders punished and the fines go into the treasuries of the societies will some humana liu manc christian people interest themselves in our noble friend the horse and join tho the humane society and society in such numbers that they will force activities among the membership |