of personal interest in the horses and in the men who take care of them. It 

 shotild be the lousiness of some person in authority, in every coneern, to know 

 how the horses I'^ok and feel, whether the men in charge are faithful or not, 

 how long- the}- have l)een in the serxice. what sngoestions they have to make 

 and so forth. It seems to be the policy of many large corporations and firms 

 to treat men and horses alike as if they w^ere machines. This is not good 

 "business" to say nothing of humanity. 



The Inspection is o])eii to stables of all kinds, including livery, hack and 

 boarding stables; and the staldes are judged, not in competition v\Aith one 

 another, but accordingly as they satisfy the standard fixe<l by the judges. 



Among the points considered are quality and c|uantity of hay and grain, 

 \vatering, bedding, blai-iketing, grooming, ^•enti]ation, stalls, sanitary condi- 

 tion of stable, and last. Init not least, the handling of the horses by drivers 

 and grooms, including tlie condition in which the horses are returned to the 

 stable by the dri\-ers. There were thirty entries this year, and the names of 

 the stables and stable foremen winning prizes are stated below. The stables 

 and the foremen are not always graded alike. Sometimes, a foreman makes 

 poor use of the facilities at his command, and in other cases a good foreman 

 has to struggle against bad drivers, poor facilities, or a stingy owner 



The following matters especially have been forced upon the attention 

 of the Judges: 



1. That if the men are on good terms with the employer, the horses 

 are usually well treated ; whereas, if the men are dissatisfied, the horses are 

 ahva}-s l)adly treated. 



2. That the worst eneni}- of the horse is intoxicating li(|uor in the 

 driver or sta1:)leman 



3. That in many stables, es])ecially trucking stables, there is an insuffi- 

 cient force on Sundays, so that the houses 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 man}- 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. Th's is especially true of the lighter horses, such as 

 those used by bakers, milk dealers and department stores. 



