APPENDIX 



TESTIMONY AS TO VACATIONS 

 FOR WORK-HORSES 



A large bakery concern in Boston, the 

 George G. Fox Co., says: — 



" Our system is to give each of our 

 horses two weeks at pasture every year, 

 sending them four at a time while the 

 season lasts. We are well pleased with 

 the results." 



EXPERIENCE OF A LEADING TRUCKMAN 



(Letter to the President of the Boston Work-Horse 

 Parade Association.) 



Boston, May 1.5, lOlL 

 Dear Sir: — 



I write this letter to call your attention to a 

 gray mare, stone blind, which we worked in our 

 business for fourteen years. When she had been 

 worked for about twelve years, she seemed to have 

 a general breakdown, and about that time you and 

 I had a conversation in regard to " reconstructed 

 horses," and you advised me to give this mare 

 two months' lay-off and see what effect it would 

 ha\e. I followed your instructions — we have a 

 large yard — and this mare was turned out every 

 day, and most of the time we hired a boy to take 

 her out and give her some grass. In two months' 

 time she came back perfectly well and seemingly 

 as good as ever. We worked her for about two 

 years from that time, and then we pensioned her 

 and sent her to a farm. 



We have done this same thing with three others, 

 and one of these was run down so badly that our 

 veterinary surgeon advised me to have him killed. 

 He declared that one of this horse's lungs was nearly 

 gone, and thought he was not worth one dollar. 

 We had used this horse for about eight years, and 

 concluded that we would try giving him a rest. 

 After three months' rest he was one of the hand- 

 somest horses in Boston, and he remained so for 

 about two years, and last year was shown with the 

 " reconstructed horses'" in the Work-Horse Parade. 

 This year he died of blackwater on account of his 

 being so fleshy. 



Our experience simply shows that your idea of 

 a vacation for horses that are run down is correct, 

 and I hope that many other horse owners will make 

 the same experiment. The results I have no ques- 

 tion in regard to. 



Very truly yours, 



WM. D. QUIMBY. 



THE EXPERIENCE OF AN EXPRESSMAN 



" This horse went to pieces after eight years of 

 city deli^'ery work, and wasn't worth anything. 

 When he came to us, his legs were swollen, kidneys 

 weak, one lung going, and the other almost gone. 

 He couldn't even go down an easy incline without 

 stopping and struggling for breath. He was given 

 some physic, and then laid off for the summer. We 

 hired boys to lead him (and other horses) in the 

 grass of some open lots while the dew was on it, and 

 let them graze afternoons. We gave this horse 

 the freedom of the barn and the yard, and after a 

 while he began stealing the other horses' feed on 

 his own account. He finally filled out and improved 

 so much that I took him for my own use. Now he 

 feels so well that he won't even walk up hill. He's 

 also a little on the alarm-clock pattern; when he 

 stands in front of the office evenings, you have to 

 tie him a little before six o'clock, or he will go home 

 to supper and the stable of his own notion." 



OPEN BRIDLES 



The M. S. P. C. A. offers a prize of 

 $5 for the driver of every six-horse team, 

 and of $4 for the driver of every four- 

 horse team, whose horses wear open 

 bridles in the Parade, provided that the 

 driver agrees to use the open bridles for 

 at least two months. 



CORRECTION 



The name of one of our most highly- 

 \alued Judges, James J. Connors, was 

 accidentally omitted from the list of 

 Judges. . 



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