treat their horses with cruelty are warned, and extreme cases, especially 

 those of horses incurably lame or otherwise unfit for work, nre reported 

 to the Massachusetts S. P. C. A., and in such cases that Society has 

 always been prompt to act. 



We are greatly indebted also to the Board of Health of the City of 

 Boston, The Chairman, Dr. Durgin, the other Members of the Board, 

 and Mr. Jordan, the Chief Inspector, have used their authority to brirg 

 about a proper tre tment of horses in stables, so far as the law permits 

 them to act. All stables in the city are subject to their inspection, and 

 their suggestions are never disregarded. 



MEETINGS FOR DRIVERS 



Two meetings for Drivers, Stablemen, and all persons interested in 

 horses, were held in Kingsley Hall, at which addresses were made by 

 Dr. Rowley, President of the M. S. P. C. A., and others. At these 

 meetings also Mr. W. D. Qiiimby, one of our directors, made an address 

 on Humane Harnessing, illustrated by a harness of the form approved by 

 the Association, and stereopticon pictures of work-horses were shown 

 and explained by the President of the Association. 



BULLETINS 



The Association issued several months ago a Bulletin on Feeding and 

 Watering, by Gilbert Tompkins. This Bulletin has been widely read and 

 highly commended. It is reprinted at the end of this catalogue, where 

 will be found also a Bulletin, just issued, on The Disposal of Old Horses. 

 There is a growing feeling in the community that old horses and pain- 

 fully lame horses ought not to be sold, but should be killed or otherwise 

 disposed of in a humane ma'^ner. Red Acre Farm, the home for hoises, 

 is always ready to receive and care for the old or worn-out horse, wiihout 

 charge to his owner. Another Bulletin, which is an answer to the question 

 will the Motor Wagon take the place of the Work-Horse, and results 

 from a thorough investigation of the subject, has just been published. 

 All these Bulletins can be had, free, on application to our Secretary. 

 A fourth Bulletin on the subject of vacations for Work-Horses is now in 

 preparation. We believe it to be a fact that an annual vacation for the 

 Work-Horse, and especially for the old Work-Horse, is a matter not 

 only of humanity, but of economy. 



