| Show OR THE FA FARMER tf alt hit air i i ii I 1 efrom from the london times es ii I 1 utis VIII I 1 N KERs ON HORSES MR AIA OPINION w i alli hiti having ing been requested in the accompanying letter fetter to give my opinion in regard to the use af blinkers on off horses through the medium of your valued paper tor tor for the benefit of the tbt cab men inen of london and believing it to be a subject in which the general public are interested I 1 take takli great pleasure in stating slating that all iny my ex peri ence with and observation of horses proves clear clearly I 1 to me that blinkers should not be used and thy that at the bight sight of the horse for many rea sons should not be interfered with in any way horses are only f fearful earful of objects which they do not understand or are not familiar with and the eye is oneff the principal mediums by which this thib understanding and this familiarity are brought about the horseson hor horse horbe seon beon on account of his very amiable nature can be made in the course of time to bear almost anything in any shaped but there is a quicker process process of reaching his intelligence than that of wearing it into him through his abkin and bones andee and he boweter er wild or nervous can be taught in a very short time to under understand and not riot to fear at any ay iy object however frightful in appearance horses can be brokenik bro kenin less time and better without blinkers bli bil but nota horbes horses that have always worn them will notice the 8 sudden change and must be treated calef carefully u ily lly the first drive after that they will drive better without the blinkers than with I 1 have proved bemy own experiments that a horse horbe broken without blinkers can be driven tel tei past ast any omnibus cab or ca carriage on a p parallel aral arai line as close as it is pos possible sible for him to go 90 without ever wavering or showing any disposition to dodge I 1 have not in the last eight or ten years constantly handling horse horses both wild and nervous ever put blinkers on any of them and in no case have I 1 ever had one that was afraid of the carriage be he drew behind him or of those he be passed in the streets the horses eye is the life and beauty of the ai animal limal as well as the index of all his emotions it tells the driver in the most impressive characters what the horses feelings are by it he can tell the first approach ot of fear in time to meet any difficulty he be can tell it if he is happy or sad hungry or weary the horse too when permitted e amit ed to see uses bis his eyes with great judgment he sees better than we do fleman he can measure distance distances I 1 with his eyes better betler than we can and if allowed free use of them would of offen often save himself by the quickness of his eight e ia ht from collision coill aion alon when the driver would fail tordo todo so by a timely pull of the reins it would also save many accidents to pedestrians in the streets as no horse will run on to any person that he can see blinkers are rapidly going out of use in the united states and some of my early pupils here have successfully dispensed with them I 1 have yet to find the man who having once left them OF orf off could ever be persuaded to put them on again they are an unnecessary and injurious incumbrance to the horse and I 1 feel confident if the cabmen cabeen of london will leave them off for one year that blinkers on cab horses will never be seen again in the streets and will only be a thing to be read of as one of the follies happily reformed in the nineteenth century I 1 am sir your obedient servant J S RAREY TATTER july 23 |
