Abused Horses.

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 21, 3 December 1874, Page 3

Abused Horses.

* We wish to enter a plea in behalf of these poor animals. How frequently are they driven hurriedly from their stables, three, five, or ten miles as the case may be, and then tied to the most convenient post on the corner of some street in a current of air which is almost universally blowing from one street or the other, and if covered at all it is with some miserable old rag which perhaps may stay on until the owner has turned away, and then falls under foot, and the poor animal shivers and paws until its owner or driver has finished his business, or perhaps his yarn around some comfortable fire. He then starts for home, and his team, spurred by tlieir half froxen condition to extreme motion are soon climbing the hills at a rapid rate. The faithful beasts, obedient to every command of their owner, land him safely in his yard, and perhaps stand there until the driver, whoever he may be, owner or not, has eaten his supper, told all the news, and then suddenly -remembers his team is not cared for. Then he strips off the harness, and they -aTe put into what some call a stable, but it is a shed or building, with a feedbox "in one end, perhaps stalls, but so open that the hand can be thrust out of doors in many places, and where in a cold winter's night the water left in the bucket will freeze before morning. Their scanty allowance is thrown into them, and they are left until wanted again, in this miserable shanty, serving as waggon house and stable, all under • one roo£ and not fit for either. It may ;may be said that this plea is out of season, that in.. -■warm weather the danger is trifling j but is it not wise to cry out in time?