The surface width of the Suez Canal varies according to the cuttings from 197 ft to 325 ft. Not long since, at the Dalston Police Court, a cab-driver was charged on remand with cruelty to a horse by working it in an unfit state. Ib transpired that since the remand the horse had been sold for £3 10s. Mr. H. King Shaw, veterinary surgeon, who gave evidence in the case, was asked by Mr. Corser what became of these old horses. Mr. Shaw : They are sent abroad. A hundred went away last week to the Continent. Mr. Corser :To work ? Mr. Shaw (smiling): Oh, no ; they are killed at once, and go for beef-tea and sausages. (daughter.) Mr. Corser: What! Mr. Shaw: lam certain of it, because I have had a large sausage and some of the ' beef' over. Mr. Corser : Do they take any kind of horses ? Mr. Shaw: They won't take any with greasy legs or suffering from glanders or farcy.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8264, 24 May 1890, Page 5
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