Mine have their manes and tails anyway, and the proper use of their eyes, which is more liberty than some thoroughbreds get.
"I'd like to see the man that would persuade me to put blinders or check-reins or any other instrument of torture on my horses.

Don't the simpletons know that blinders are the cause of well, I wouldn't like to say how many of our accidents, Joe, for fear you'd think me extravagant.
and the check-rein drags up a horse's head out of its fine natural curve and presses sinews, bones, and joints together, till the horse is well-nigh mad.

Ah, Joe, this is a cruel world for man or beast.

You're a standing token of that, with your missing ears and tail.

And now I've got to go and be cruel, and shoot that dog.