20 PRELIMINARY REMARKS. 



obedient servant. While man has the power to manage and con- 

 trol this noble animal, he should not abuse it in the way and 

 manner in which some cruel and unprincipled men do, by hitching 

 him to loads too heavy for him to draw, and whipping and abusing 

 him because he is unable to pull it — thus getting the horse balked 

 — and driving him to death because he is willing to go ; hitching 

 him in the hot sun or in the cold and bleak winds — sometimes in 

 severe storms without blanket or covering — while, perhaps, the 

 owner or driver is snugly housed and warmly clad. 



If the horse was intelligent he would not submit to this treat- 

 ment, he would break his halter or bridle and seek a place of 

 shelter. 



In 1880 the writer was in Chicago, engaged in teaching his 

 system of handling the Horse. His attention was called to one 

 of the most cruel and outrageous performances that was ever 

 permitted to go on in a civilized community. O'Leary, the cele- 

 brated pedestrian, and Jack Haverly, the well-known minstrel 

 man, erected, on a large lot at Lake Front, an immense tent — the 

 largest, perhaps, ever put up in Chicago — for the purpose of con- 

 ducting a go-as-you-please race of horses against men, lasting six 

 and a half long days and nights. 



While the men were allowed to go as they pleased, resting 

 when they felt so disposed, the poor suffering dumb brutes were 

 compelled to go as their masters dictated. One of the horses 

 died before the conclusion of the race, and another died shortly 

 afterwards. Their deaths were caused by the cruelties practiced 

 on them with whip and spur, and by heartless driving beyond 

 nature's limit. There were five or six horses entered in this 

 race, and at the conclusion the poor animals were completely 

 exhausted and broken down. 



We have no objections to men walking themselves to death 

 if they feel so disposed, but we have a very serious objection to 

 the forcing of horses into these unnecessary and unprofitable 

 exhibitions. 



