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 

 eonsign him to a slow and ])ainful death, will be looked upon years hence 

 as an almost incredible cruelt\'. 



BULLETINS 



The Association issued in 1910 a Bulletin on Watering and Bedding, 

 by Gilbert Tompkins. This Bulletin has been widely read and highly 

 commended. A revised edition was published last August, and it is now 

 reprinted, with some additions, at the end of this catalogue, where will be 

 found also a Bulletin on X'acations 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. 



Since September, 1911, we have printed and distributed over 6,000 

 Bulletins. 



Copies of all Bulletins issued by this Association may be had free 

 on application. The Bulletins thus far issued are: — 



No. 1. Watering and Bedding, by Gilbert Tompkins. 



No. 2. The Disposal of Old Horses, by Henry C. Merwin. 



No. 3. The Motor- Wagon and the Work-Horse, by Gilbert Tomj^kins. 



No. 4. Vacations for Work-Horses, by Gilbert Tompkins and Henry 

 C. Merwin. 



No. 5. A Bulletin on the Feeding of Work-Horses, by Gilbert 

 Tompkins, will be published about the first of July. 



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 with 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 

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

 are not always graded alike. Sometimes a foreman makes poor use ot 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 conmiunicated onh' to the pr()j)rietor ot 

 the stable. 



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