Parade Association, long ago became misleading, and in July, 1913, it 

 was changed to the present name, — Boston Work-Horse Relief Associa- 

 tion. We maintain an office open throughout the year, and, beside holding 

 the Parade, carry on the following activities: — 



1. A free hospital for horses. 



2. A system of Stable Inspection. 



3. The showering of horses in the streets during days of excessive 

 heat. 



4. A system of assisting purchasers to buy horses. 



5. The holding of Meetings and Smoke Talks for Drivers and horse- 

 men generally, with the display of stereopticon pictures. 



6. The Preparation and Distribution of Stable Rules, of Drivers' 

 Rules, and of Hot-Weather Rules. 



7. The Publication and Distribution of Bulletins in regard to the 

 care and treatment of horses. 



8. Assisting other Societies to hold Work-Horse Parades, and giving 

 addresses, illustrated by stereopticon pictures. 



These activities will be found described separately, but briefly below. 



THE FREE HOSPITAL FOR HORSES 



The Ashton Lawrence Free Hospital for Horses — so named in honor 

 of the founder and first President of the Association — was opened on 

 August 1, 1913, at 78 Northampton Street. This Hospital is intended 

 for horses owned by poor men, and no charge of any kind is made for 

 board or treatmept. In a case of emergency any horse will be received 

 at the Hospital and treated. Every veterinary surgeon in Massachusetts 

 is at liberty to send horses to the hospital without notice, and to treat them 

 there, or to have them treated by the Hospital surgeons, as he may prefer. 



The Hospital serves also as a receiving station for the Animal Rescue 

 League. The League assists us in paying the rent of the building and in 

 many other ways. Visitors are welcome at all times. 



The Hospital is intended to be, and is, we believe, not only a Hospital 

 but a model stable. Every patient is groomed and cared for as if he were 

 a ten-thousand-dollar race horse, and it is remarkable how much horses 

 in this Hospital gain in weight and general appearance, and how, in many 

 cases, animals that enter the hospit d with a reputation for kicking and 

 biting, become, under kind treatment, gentle and docile in a surprisingly 

 short time. 



Some extraordinary cures have been effected at the Hospital, and we 

 ascribe them, first to the great skill of the veterinary surgeon in charge, 



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