his horse droppings warning in the Senate earlier this summer.

He said American tourist Mr. Dick Hogle's accident on the weekend could have been prevented had United Bermuda Party Sen. Wendell Hollis taken his warning seriously.

During a debate on the new dog laws in June -- which make it an offence for a dog to soil somebody's lawn repeatedly -- Sen. Woolridge called on "something to be done about addressing the problem of horses soiling our streets''.

He pointed out that in Louisiana horses are required to wear a diaper device and suggested: "Perhaps this could be considered here.'' But he said Sen. Hollis brushed aside his suggestion, saying the convenience to the public of having horses wear diapers had to "be balanced off against the inconvenience the diapers would no doubt cause the horse''.

"I wonder what Sen. Hollis thinks now that someone has had an accident (because of the droppings) which could have been prevented had Government done something about the problem back in June,'' Sen. Woolridge said.

"He is just like the rest of Government in ignoring contributions made by the Opposition. Our concerns are for the welfare of the community as a whole.'' Sen. Woolridge also said the Corporation of Hamilton's statement the horse droppings are a Government problem because it licenses carriage owners is "simply passing the buck''.

He called on the Corporation, Transport Minister the Hon. Ralph Marshall and the Island's roughly 36 carriage owners to sit down and discuss what can be done to solve the "very serious problem''.

"I recognise the buggy owners are vehemently opposed to diaper bags so some compromise will have to reached. But we must act because it is a stench that is unbearable and now we are having people injured as a result (of horses' droppings),'' he said.

Sen. Woolridge said he hoped the problem is solved by next summer so more accidents can be prevented and Front Street shop owners do not have to put up with the stink any longer.

He pointed out not only can people slip in horse droppings riding a bike, but by walking as well. He said he has often seen pedestrian crossings scattered with horse faeces.

"We want our visitors to enjoy there time here and not have to go home with injuries as a result of a situation that could have been corrected,'' he said.

"It may be that training and feeding horses properly as Mr. Norman Terceira suggested, might, in fact, help a great deal.'' The horse droppings problem came to the forefront yesterday when tourist Mr.

Hogle reported he skid in a pile of horse droppings while riding a moped on Front Street outside the Bank of Bermuda on Saturday night. He suffered a gash to his eye requiring stitches and massive bruising.

Mr. Hogle said he could not believe the Island does not have so-called "diaper laws'' like New Orleans and New York City.

Restaurateur Mr. Emilio Barbieri and other Front Street business-owners have also complained about the stench of sunbaked horse droppings.

And Mr. Hogle claimed a Police officer told him Police are "fed up'' with dealing with accidents and complaints related to horse droppings.

Corporation Roads Committee chairman Mr. Boyle said the idea of fitting carriages with "diaper bags'' has been discussed many times with carriage owners, but they will have no part of it.

And Mr. Marshall has said he will take another look at the issue, although he did not think it necessary to fit "diaper bags'' to horse carriages to catch the animals' faeces -- which are dropped haphazardly as they pull carriages of tourists through Hamilton.

Sen. Trevor Woolridge.