Did you know that the steel bit, if put very cold in the horse’s mouth, will burn off the skin of the tongue and make the mouth sore—and perhaps prevent the horse from eating?
Could the bit be easily warmed by dipping it into hot water, or breathing on it to take out the frost?
Did you ever stop to think that every creature that is alive can suffer?
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Did you ever see a driver stop on a cold day and go into a restaurant for a bowl of warm soup or a cup of coffee?
Did he put a blanket on the horse?
Did you ever see a horse taken into a stable and given a warm meal on a cold day?
Did you ever see non-skid chain-shoes for horses?
Do you know that burlap tied on the horses’ hoofs answers the same purpose, and costs only a little time and forethought?