Horses Equipped With Eyeglasses
LATEST WHAT WILL RAPIER SAY) If horses benefit by corrected visir. it certainly is abysmal folly to the eyes of humans. ‘ If one wakes up next week to m the milkman’s horse advancing the block with a pince-nez on his t>c* one must not be surprised. The hon has beepme a four-eyed beast, tv opening of the Saratoga, New races was momentarily interrupted v.! Edward R. Bradley. Mr. Bradley an-
Dr. E. J. Emmons, of Akron, Ohi conceived the idea. He reasoned tktf horses’ eyes must be as fallible *4 human eyes. He invented tests wtlights. But no one would listen. Final r he borrowed Mr. Bradley’s ear. He« . amined some of Mr. Bradley’s bori c and found one with weak eves. Heiu a small hurdle in front of the bnu and Mr. Bradley watched the hor.« walk toward it and bump his shins. Jb Bradley ordered his whole stable Usted Dr. Emmon made glasses for four •; them. They race truer. Preview > near the rail or in a bunch of bon i they climbed; they performed Inco 1 sistently and ran good races only wb 2 breaking from the barrier far ontelc * Now they can see where they are goir,;" They run fast in bunches. Race mat Saratoga are converted. They it all now. like the horses.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 236, 24 December 1927, Page 6
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