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Show TURKS' CRUELTY TO HORSES Prefecture of the Ottoman Capital Will Take Steps to Restrain Re-strain It. A laudable decision has been arrived at by the prefecture of tho Ottoman capital, with the view of protecting horses- from mlsuso and Ill-treatment, says the Constantinople correspondent of the London Lancet. Tho Turks are, on the whole, very kind to animals, and shield them from Injury by evory possiblo moans. At almost every Turkish Turk-ish house In Stamboul thero Is to be found a small receptacle where water Is poured In evory day for tho use of the Innumerable street dogs. A Mus-Rinnan, Mus-Rinnan, building his dwelling ptoce, rarelj -"-ets Jto attach some contrivance contriv-ance f sheltering birds, pigeons, sparrows, spar-rows, otc. I am assured that a cabman who overruns a dog, heedlessly enjoying Its do'oo far nlentn In tho middle of the street, has to pay a flue of several piastres, while the sultan Is believed to spend a largo sum on tho feeding of tho numerous canine scavengers around his kiosks and palaces. Thero are. however, a good many emplojera of horn lajior who use their animals In a en el or thoughtIcs manner. To prevent this tho ei jiloyment of senile, il lltated or diseased horses has been forbidden Municipal agents will have difficulty In Constantinople In Insuring that the mcaruro Is strictly strict-ly adhered to that tho loud ti vnr exceeds ex-ceeds the amount proportionate to tho horsn's strength, and so on hut, anyhow, any-how, the spirit which has Influenced tho new enactment Is laudable. |