Horse protection

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A federal court in North Carolina denied a retired businessman’s motion for an injunction against the Department of Agriculture, which seeks to enforce the Horse Protection Act against him for soring his horse, or exposing it to caustic chemicals to produce a more aesthetically desirable gait. He says he did not sore his horse, but he incorrectly argues that because a judicial officer and not the department’s secretary filed the complaint against him, the process is illegitimate.