25 JUNE 1921, Page 14

WORN-OUT HORSE TRAFFIC.

(To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—By request of several of your readers we ask your kind help to make widely known the following points : (1) The Bill before Parliament is merely an extension of the 1914 Act to the Isle of Man and Channel Islands, where it is already law. Under the Act all the atrocious cruelty is committed. (2) Owing to cruelty, callousness, and extensive bribery nothing short of a £20 tax can be effectual. To avoid an elaborate and expensive system of useless inspection, this tax must be levied on all animals exported alive. (3) Malformed foals are exported 27 Beaconsfield. Road, New Southgate, N.11.