Life — June 29, 1922 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# "Horse Sense" – Life Magazine, June 29, 1922 This cartoon satirizes someone's poor judgment during a rainstorm. A figure in a cart is being pulled by a horse toward a distant house, while heavy rain falls. The title "Horse Sense" plays on the idiom meaning practical wisdom—suggesting the person lacks it. The joke appears to be that the passenger trusts the horse to find the way home in terrible weather, implying humans sometimes lack the basic common sense that animals possess. The cartoon likely comments on foolish decision-making or misplaced confidence, though the specific target or incident referenced is unclear without additional context from the magazine's original reporting.