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swarm, yet the Humane Society has made no effort 

 whatever to change matters. 



The mane is useful and necessary as a fly-brtish, 

 and again the society allows nearly all the work- 

 horses in New York to have their mane and foretop 

 cut off entirely; while fashionable carriage-horses, 

 etc., have theirs " pulled " until it is about six 

 inches long. However, they are more fortunate, at 

 that, than the work-horses, whose heads and necks 

 are left utterly defenceless; although, as a partial 

 compensation, the ears of the latter are not deprived 

 of their interior hair, as are the creatures of fashion 

 in many cases. It is true that, if the mane is not 

 cut away at the point where the collar rests, it may 

 cause festering sores, and it should also be removed 

 where the top of the bridle lies. This means only a 

 space about five inches wide before the withers, and 

 another cut about two inches wide behind the ears, 

 the rest of the mane being left to fulfil its purpose as 

 a fly-brush, etc. ; and it is a disgrace to the S. P. 

 C. A. that it tolerates any other methods. No mane 

 needs " hogging," on polo pony or any other 



