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it he can tell the first approach of fear in time to meet 

 any difliciilty; he can tell if he is happy or sad, hungry 

 or weary. The horse too, when permitted to see, uses 

 his eyes with great judgment. He sees hetter than we 

 do. He can measure distances with his eyes, hetter 

 than we can, and if allowed free use of them, would 

 often save himself hy the quickness of sight from 

 collisions, when the driver would fail to do so by a 

 timely pull of the lines. It would also save many 

 accidents to pedestrians in the streets, as no horse 

 will run over a person he can see. Blinds are an un- 

 necessary and injurious incumbrance. If you will take 

 the time to notice all the horses that go along the 

 street for an hour, or notice all tlie bridles on horses 

 in a funeral procession, some day, you will not find 

 one pair of blinds out of three that are adjusted right. 

 Some of them will be too high or too low, some will 

 have one side flapping straight out,- while the other 

 side will Le pinched tight up against the eye; others 

 will have the corners af the blinds bent and sticking 

 towards the eye, sometimes in them, keeping the horse 

 continually batting his eyes. I have seen a number 

 of blinds pinched in so tight against the eyes that the 

 horse could not see at all. Now, after your observation 

 convinces you that two-thirds of the blinds that are 

 used are adjusted in about the manner described, you 

 will have to agree with me when I say that blinds are 

 a cruelty to animals. "I think there ought to be a law 

 passed prohibiting the use of them. However, I ain 

 glad to know that people are beginning to see the 



