2. That the worst enemy o£ the horse is intoxicating liquor in the 

 driver or stablemen. 



3. That in many stables, especially trucking stables, there is an insuili- 

 cient force on Sundays, so that the horses are not properly cleaned, bedded 

 or watered. 



4. That in many stables, otherwise excellent, the horses are not 

 watered at night after eating their hay, when they are always thirsty. 



5. That in the case of many large concerns the stable treatment is 

 almost perfect, but the drivers hurry the horses when they start out in the 

 morning, or after the noon feed, and also hurry them to the stable at night, 

 bringing them in hot. This is especially true of the lighter horses, such as 

 those used by bakers, milk dealers and department stores. 



The Judges for the Stable Competition, to whom the Association is 

 indebted for very .careful and conscientious work, were the following: 



DR. HOWARD BUCK, 

 MR. M. B. CONWAY, 

 MR. G. W. HARRINGTON, 

 DR. J. H. ROLLIN, 

 MR. JAMES WEBSTER. 



STABLE COMPETITION. 



FIRST PRIZE. 



Stable. 



Atlantic Works 



Atwood & McManus 



Austin Biscuit Co. 



Batchelder Bros. 



Boston American 



Boston Elevated Railway Co. 



Bray, William C. 



Chelsea Gas Light Co. 



Coughlan, M. J. 



Elder, R. J. 



Hupprich, Ludvvig 



Foremen, 



William Dunbar 

 John Redman 

 William Parker 

 Thomas P. Harding 

 George W. Pritchard 

 Charles J. Dillon 

 Everett P. Mclntyre 

 F. E. Beedy 



William W. Dickson 

 Ludwig Hupprich, Jr. 



