The plea of the Shanghai SPC.A. for horse-owners to show consider: ation to their mounts or their racing Ponies deserver support. In partic leular the Society's urges that "aged and unsound "ponies should humanely destroyed rather than sold bby auction-for the paltry sum likely to accrue from such' transactions. The bulk of Shangha's racing men and women are considerate folk and uulne horse-lovers, There are how-fever others who seem. to. lavish plenty of "care and affection on animals which can perform on the Faceoourse or carry them through 9 aper-hunt "but lose all sentiment when those functions can no longer be discharged. It seems incredible Uhat such ponies can. actually. find their way to the tragic' neglect of the friction room and all that the aftermath of tha adventure means, To quote from the 'S.S.P-C.A, s appeal the pecuniary benefit to the disearding owner is surely a small sum to forego when the Drogressively increasing misery of an id, broken-down pony 'In China I fonaldered. It "should" be' borne' In mind. that once out of our hands no egrets will be of use.
Many years ago in England a writer C.} with a single book, lack "Beauty" awoke the conscience of the public to this problem. May the Society have similar success in its agitation here, Cunvese report from Nanking. states that the Government on Thursday issued instructions to the Kweichow provincial government. to abolish the parcel im. post tax
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