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of their horses, and are here given for. the purpose of showing their 

 effect upon the horses. The side view (Fig. 319) shows the ends 

 of the tacks as they extend through the leather. These burrs were 

 placed, on the bit on each side Of the mouth, so that the least pull 1 

 of the reins would force the ends of the tacks against the cheeks, 

 thereby producing great excitement and pain. The pne copied 

 from was taken from hundreds of others like it in Mr. Bergh's office. 

 Fig. 317 is given to show their effect upon the horses. It is copied 

 by permission from a plate owned by the Humane Society. 



Fia 308.— The Check-rein on Work Horses. 



Horses are unintentionally subjected to excessively cruel ahuses 

 by ignorant, thoughtless persons, a fair illustration of which is shown 

 in Figs. 321, 322. What as story it tells ! What a degree of abuse 

 of a fine horse is here shown! See his head tied up helplessly 

 while pushed, perhaps abused, to gratify the pride of a couple 

 of thoughtless simpletons !, And yet this is only what can be seen 

 almost daily by any dbservant person in every ; village and town 

 in the country. , 



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The horse should be able to see plainly. By far the finest and 

 most expressive feature of.the horse's head is his eyes. They are 



