" Rodeo " to be Stopped There was not a
single voice raised in the House of Commons against the main purpose of Sir R. Gower's Protection of Animals Bill, which is intended to prevent a repetition of the abominable cruelties of the " rodeo " of ten years ago. Even among those who confessed to having been thrilled by the barbarous spectacle at Wembley, there were few who were not shocked by the obvious pain inflicted on wounded animals. They saw, said Colonel Moore, " broken legs, backs and necks, bleeding nostrils and eyes " ; but there were other brutalities, not known to the public, of which the horses ridden by rough-riders were the victims. There is only one way to deal with this kind of so-called sport, and that is to prohibit it altogether. That is the object of the Bill before the House. It will need some re- drafting ; but subject to that the Home Secretary will give it " sympathetic consideration "—which, in view of the general feeling of the House, means that it will be passed in time to prevent this disgusting exhibition.
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