New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-11-03
The Tricks Of Jockeys.

A writer for HARPER Weekly has been
having talk with Mr. Bishop, a we'll
known householder in New York City,
and the following is part of what tho
dealer told him:
"'Tricksp' There isn't any end to
them. If you want to buy horse,
don't believe your own brother. Take
no mans word for it. Your eye is your
market. Don't buy horse in harness.
Unhitch him and take everything of
but the halter and lead him around.
II he has corn, or is stiff, or has any
other failing you can see it. Let him
60 by himself a little ways, and if he
slaves right into anything you may
know he's stone blind. No matter how
clear and bright his eyes are, he can't
see any more than bat. Back him
up, too. Some horses show their weak
ness or tricks that way when they don't
in any other. III. ~
''But be as smart as you can, and
you'll get caught sometimes. Even an
expert gets stuck. A horse may look
ever so nice, and go mile minute,
and yet have fits, for instance. There
isn't live man could tell it till some
thing happens. Or he may have q
weak back. Give him the whip and
off he goes for mile or two; then, all
of a sudden, he sits right down in the
road. After q rest he gets up and
starts again, but he soon sits down for
good, and nothing but a derrick could
raise him. There are sharpers in New
York who make q business of selling
such horses. After the sale they have
their agents slyly follow the buyer,
and, when the final breakdown comes,
they step up, and, after expressing
sympathy for him, buy the horse back
again for mere song, only to sell him
again at a fancy figure to the next
greenhorn who may come along. Even
q horse with the heaves may be doc
tored up so you can't tell him. They
feed him on wet grain for while,
and then, when they show off, drive
him so smartly that you can't sec there's
anything wrong.
EDO you know what dummy is3
You don't? Well, I'll tell you. He's
horse that don't know anything. His
brain is gone wrong. A dark stall and
overfeeding have ruined his digestion,
and that has affected his brain. Drive
him out ways, and pretty soon he'll
jerk bis head around and pull right
straight on one line. You can't hold
him; it's no use to try. The first thing
you know he's dumped you in ditch,
or smashed you up against a lamp-post.
Tie him in the stable, and he'll back up
till he breaks every halter you put on
him. Stretch a rope across the end of
the stall 80 he can't back out and he'll
climb up the wall.
"Maybe you don't believe it, but it's
SO. l have seen one go clear up stairs,
and once I saw one 60 out of q second
story window, and another walk Of 8
dock into the river. Watch him when
he's eating, and you'll often see him 20
to sleep with the feed in his mouth.
He doesn't know; he's just q fool I
bought one of these idiots when was
. beginner in the business. He broke
everything in the stable, and then went
up the wall like 3 lunatic. Afterward,
one Of the boys that groomed him for
the man bought him Of admitted that
the animal was Just . le-e-te bit
dumb. can tell one now the minute
I see him. He steps uncommonly high.
In most cases, when you see horse do
that, be sure he's . dummy.
What do we do with tho horses
we get stuck one' Send them to the
auction, where buyers take III tho
risks. No reputable dealer ever sells .
bad one any other way. Il doesn't
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