6 DR. LEGEAR'S STOCK BOOK. 



Austin has formed a humane society, whose provisions are as 

 follows, viz.: 



"Article 786. If any person shall wilfully kill, maim, wound, 

 poison, or disfigure any horse, ass, mule, cattle, sheep, goat, 

 swine, dog, or other domesticated animal, or any domesticated 

 bird, of another, with intent to injure the owner thereof, he shall 

 be fined not less than ten nor more than two hundred dollars; 

 and in prosecutions und-er this article the intent to injure may be 

 presumed from the perpetration of the act. 



"Article 787. If any person shall wilfully or wantonly kill, 

 maim, wound, disfigure, poison, or cruelly and unmercifully beat 

 and abuse any animal included in the preceding article, he shall 

 be fined not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars." 



Let other cities, towns and communities follow Austin in this 

 good work. Another cruelty inflicted on horses, which might 

 be called a fashionable one, is high checking. This is practiced 

 more extensively in the cities, where many a poor horse is 

 checked up so high that he can't see his feet, nor even the ground 

 he is walking on. Moderate checking is all right on short drives, 

 but on long, country drives a horse should have the free use of 

 his head. A practice that is cruel and needless is to let a horse 

 stand hitched in the .street with his head checked up too high. 

 Always uncheck your horse if you can't let him stand ten min- 

 utes, as it rests him. Considerable attention should be paid to a 

 horse's shoulders, neck and back, to prevent saddle and collar 

 galls. Keep the collar or saddle clean and smooth, and see that 

 they fit well. Sponge off the shoulders, neck and back on coming- 

 in from a hard drive, or day's work, with cold water, containing 

 a little salt. This will toughen the skin and prevent galls. 



A horse's foot is a very particular and wonderful mechanism, 

 and it needs special care and attention, for the old adage is very 

 true " no foot, no horse." The foot should be cleaned out and 

 washed every morning, to see whether a nail has penetrated it or 

 a rock has become wedged under the shoe. Horses used entirely 



