| Show Let Down That Checkrain Omaha men in A great many young and some who are not so young own horses of more or less speed and style in the driving of which they take great pleasure They have no desire to inflict pain upon the horses who serve them so faithfully hence the use of the checkrein check-rein drawn so tightly that the eyes of thrown almost directly the brutes are poor and rectly upward with every muscle chord of the neck in a quiver of agony is attributable wholly to the ignorance of their drivers rather than to malicious and premeditated cruelty The fact that they do not uncheck them when tying them on the street may be explained on the ground of thoughtlessness but peo should not drive horses ple who own or mat remain ignorant or thoughtless on ters of much importance The nobby I youth who drives his steed up and down tightly reined does not know of course that in so doing he publicly proclaims himself an amateur unaccustomed to Handling horses and unaware of their needs Omaha Herald |
