HORSES’ TAILS

Grey River Argus, 10 June 1933, Page 8

HORSES’ TAILS

PROTEST AGAINST DOCKING. Not all who advertise themselves as friends of the horse and acclaim with enthusiasm its return to the roads and farms in increasing numbers are really its friends, says a Sydney correspondent. Not even people who exhibited at the recent Royal Agricultural Show, where more horses were seen than ever before were all its friends. They petted their horses and attended with great care to their toilet, so that all visitors might express their admiration; but that did not prove really tender regard. Rather was it proof of pride in the ownership of a magnificent animal. A horselover expresses the opinion that owners who dock the tails of their horses so that they cannot use them to dislodge flics have more regard for the appearance of the animals than for their comfort, and that, therefore, they should talk no more of how fond they are of Dobbin and his kind. There has been no reply to the charge. Tt is suggested that the Royal Agricultural Society might give a lead by prohibiting the docking of the tails of horses exhibited at the 'lshow.