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One Leg at a Time: 1923
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 11/25/2007 - 12:04am.
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July 1923. A wagon horse outfitted against summer insect pests on the streets of Washington, D.C. View full size. National Photo Company Collection.
Horse Pants
Submitted by Texcritic on Sun, 11/25/2007 - 11:09am.
Hey, you have to try something, but can't imagine that it would work.
Malaria
Submitted by Jack Coupal on Sun, 11/25/2007 - 9:13am.
The horse pants during summer was a good idea.
Washington DC had a malaria problem through the late 1800s.
[Horses don't get or transmit the malaria that affects people. But they do get encephalitis from mosquitoes, which can be fatal. - Dave]
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