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Identifier: outing53newy (find matches)
Title: Outing
Year: 1885 (1880s)
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Subjects: Leisure Sports Travel
Publisher: (New York : Outing Pub. Co.)
Contributing Library: Tisch Library
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eks, to enjoy the changeand rest afforded by a country farm. Itsnearness to Boston makes it easy of accessto the many horses too ill or worn-out tomake the longer trip to Red Acre Farm,and the officers of the Animal RescueLeague believe that the greatest good tothe greatest number is secured by tem-porary visits to a country farm, and thatthe educational effect on the owners, whogive their horses vacations, and who caneasily visit them at Dedham, is a veryconsiderable item. As soon as their funds permit of it themanagement of Pine Ridge Farm hope tobe able to keep one or two strong horses, toloan to men who are unable to give theirhorses vacations, because they cannotafford to hire a substitute horse. Everyeffort is made to visit the horses that havebeen inmates of the Home, after they re-turn to work, to see that they are receivinggood treatment. Almost invariably it hasbeen found that the owners are gratefuland anxious to keep their horses in theimproved condition in which they were
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Horse Senator, age 35, 29 years in service in the sanitary department. returned. Mrs. Huntington Smith, presi-dent of the Animal Rescue League, towhose untiring efforts the establishment ofPine Ridge Farm is due, in her addressbefore the National Humane Association,recently described an instance which illus-trates the good influence such homes haveupon the owners of poor horses: A bay mare, Nellie, was brought to ourHome of Rest by her owner, an express-man. He had let her out to a man whohad nearly killed her with starvation andill-treatment. She was very thin, verylame, and had raw sores on her legs andshoulders. Her temper had been so in-jured that even her owner was afraid ofher. In a months time she was a changedhorse. The sores were healed, she hadtaken on many pounds of flesh, her lame-ness was better, and her disposition affec-tionate and kind. Her owner gave her avacation of over two months, visiting herfrom time to time, and then came afterher, but promised to bring her back

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