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Show II Ira li ,.. lutlr thoil lteeent Invesllgataioa by horse dealers deal-ers hat shown that M per cent of the draft borsea In Chicago ire shod In adequately and the assertion It made by veterinarians that al a consequence gteat sulTerlng It Inflicted on the animal. ani-mal. As a result the attention ot tha humane society haa been called to the coniiltlon with the recommendation (hat the horses ot factories, department depart-ment slorra and other concern! bo Inspected In-spected with n view ot Instituting pro eetilingt tor cruelty to animals It Is proposed alto to urge municipal leg Inlatlnn providing for examination Into the qunimcatiant ot horse shners before be-fore they are permitted to work John O Hhortall, prtwldrnt ot tho Humane Hu-mane sorlity, says that tho society now eonttatitly prosecute ownett of iHmrly shod horse and thet plans aro under way for a general tlnrnugh In taction of the liooft of sulmsls required re-quired to do heavy work The fault most complained ot Is the failure of hone owners to maintain ralka on the thuoa of their horses These calks are steel projections nt tho toes and heels ot tho shoes provided pro-vided lo keep tho horses from slip ping Tho attention of the Humane soclity was called to tho matter by Almon A 1-ocke, a veterinarian and horse Jiwlrr Out of 100 draft horses Meited nt random nnd examined by him he sal I 90 wero shod Improperly, and In consequence were tulterlng tuf-flcltntlv tuf-flcltntlv to warrant prosecution of their owners Of tha ninety forty-three forty-three were provided with shoes that wero not calked properly, tltticn were ' unbalanced," or wearing shoes ot lr-regultr lr-regultr weight and application, and twent) ono wero suffering from bad workmanship ot smiths 'The failure of horse owners to see that the thues of their horses nlwnya are properly calked It Inhumane," tald Mr Locke 'On atone ttrccts It It absolutely m century that thn shoes of hor.es be prolded with calks on both tho toes and heels Without calks much ot the strength ot the animal It watted The hone will fight hard stnlnit falling down, but with allppery shoet and under a strain thero Is no protection ng-ilnat It Fear of punish ment excites the anlmnl, nnd In allp ping and pulling much of Ita energy It lost. "I hive mode . thorough Investigation Investiga-tion ot nearly all the stablrt In Chicago Chi-cago and I find thnt nwnera of large Hocks of horses have arbitrary rules that their horse shall not bo shod more than onro a month It takes a week for a hard-norkrd horse lo wear the calkt oR Its shoes" MANY IIOIIBi: HIIORU8 INCOMI'R-TI.NT INCOMI'R-TI.NT The increato of .a horse shoeing business, It has said, has brought many men Intothe tr-iflfwhrarn not fumlU Is"rwltliXlhoJnnoinyoIthlhora,V hoof, and who. In consequence, abuse tho nnlnif To prcicnt Incompetent men doing buslneM Mr lcke tug Ectted to the otlklnlt ot the Humane society that It urgo tho passage by the City Council ot an ordinance requiring timers to take an examination before they aro given a license tu practice Murray llono ti)s that thero Is danger dan-ger In shoeing n horse too frequently "If n horto Is shod more than onco a month," ho said, 'tho nails destroy th, homy liber Tho most substantial calks aro those which arc forged to tho shoo Itself ct there aro ninny new devices whereby tho calk can us screwed on when It hat worn away A good tubstltute for calk. It n rubber lcvIcc, which acts as n cushion and u prounttto ot slipping" |
