Ridge is only 10 miles out, and is thus a convenient place in which to give 

 horses a vacation. 



There is a growing feeling in the conmiunity that old and worn-out 

 or painfully lame horses ought not to be sold, but should be killed or other- 

 wise disposed of in a humane manner. To sell a worn-out horse, and thus 

 consign him to a slow and painful death, w^ll be looked upon years hence 

 as an almost incredible cruelty. 



BULLETINS 



The Association issued last year 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, w^here will be 

 found also a Bulletin, now first published, on Vacations for Work-Horses. 

 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. 



A Bulletin answering the question — " Will the Motor- Wagon take the 

 place of the Work-Horse?" by Gilbert Tompkins, may be had on applica- 

 tion. It is an unprejudiced and careful examination of the subject. 



Another Bulletin on a subject most important, but never yet, we 

 believe, practically treated, namely, the feeding of Work-Horses in the cityf 

 will be prepared and published as soon as we have the money to pay for it. 



THE STABLE INSPECTION 



The most important activity of this Association, next to the Parade, 

 and perhaps not second to that, is the system of Stable Inspection. 



Entries for this may be made at any time, and by stables of all kinds, 

 including livery, hack and boarding stables. There is no entry fee. The 

 stables are judged, not in competition wnth one another, but accordingly 

 as they satisfy the standard fixed by the Association. The prizes are un- 

 limited in number, and consist mainly of silver medals, awarded to the 

 Ijrojjrietors and to foremen and nightmen. The stables and the foremen 

 are not always graded alike. Sometimes a foreman makes poor use of the 

 facilities at his command, and, more often, a good foreman has to struggle 

 against poor facilities and bad drivers. The Inspectors are the most 

 expert and impartial men that we can find in Boston or elsewhere. Their 

 reports are confidential, and are communicated only to the proprietor of 

 the stable. 



