Word: mckillip
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...McKillip stated that operating on the tail of a horse and the immediate application of the tail-set was extremely painful for at least 36 hours. This, in itself, ought to be enough to spell its doom. He said that horses became accustomed to the constant wearing of the tail-set afterward, but as a "Defender of Animals" wrote me today: "I presume it is on the same theory that, if one hangs long enough, one must necessarily become used...
...tail set is an iron and leather device, forcing the tail upward. When first applied "it causes considerable pain," said Dr. George McKillip, Chicago veterinarian, "but after the first use there is nothing cruel or painful about...
...committee of veterinaries, captained by Dr. McKillip, decreed tail sets agreeable to horses. The S. P. C. A. accepted the decree. Donning its diamonds, Chicago trouped to the Horse Show, watched three and five gaited hacks prance solemnly around the ring, their tails waving high behind them...