Homes for Horses 241 



of such " Snug Harbours " adjacent to all our cities. 

 It is in these practical ways that this society can do 

 much good, and surely it has at its command, or can 

 secure, the needful funds for the purchase, or lease, 

 and maintenance of such places; while its vast 

 connection among the wealthy and the philanthropic 

 should enable it not only to provide such homes, but 

 also to find an immediate clientele of patrons who 

 would be but too glad to avail themselves, either 

 temporarily or permanently, of such boarding-places 

 for their animals. 



There are thousands of men to-day who, if they 

 stop to think, have it on their conscience that they 

 have, at the caprice of fashion, docked horses which, 

 when their usefulness was done, passed down to the 

 cab and the peddler's wagon, to suffer that acutest of 

 tortures, — or so^ designated by savage tribes, — un- 

 protected exposure to the attacks of insects. Many 

 a paterfamilias has accepted a mere pittance for the 

 trusted old family horse which for years has never 

 missed a day nor made a mistake in the family's 

 service, but which is ruthlessly allowed to go, decrepit 



