The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1881-03-03
Tricks Of Jockeys.

A writer for Ha,per's Weekly has
been having talk with Mr. Bishop.
a well sn,sn hr,s is,lsr in New
'rk city. al tlr fDllJSiiE il 1
ptrt ut wat tho ls,let toll ain:
"rrcka p rlero i4d't any eAl IF
them. IL yDi want /, bivn r,r.a,
Il ut believe your own brother
Take no mans word FOR it, Your
eve is your market. Don't buy n
horse in harness. Uubitch him cud
take every thing off but the halter,
an lel hin l'Dinl. II hs hts I
. rn or IL stiff, or b IS any other fail
ing YOU eau see it. Let him go b,
M uss,f Il it'll, Siy3 au II no -ttv y
right into anything ynn may know
he's stone blinl. NJ matter how
clear aud bright his eyes are, br
can't sue any moro thao a bat
Back him up, too. Somo horses
show their weakness or tricks that
way when they don't in any other.
BIT he as smart as you can, and
you'll get caught sometimes. Even
an expert gete struck A horse m y
look ever 40 uice, aud 60 mile II
minute, and yet have fits, Tor in-
stance. There isn't 4 live man
cnnld tell it till so'n-thi,g hipprn+.
De he MY have u weai back q ,e
him the whip, aud he goes for
mile or two thea, all OF d sud dleu,
he sits down in the road. After II
rest IL gets mp and stats again. but
he soon sits down for good, and
npthiny bit derrick cIli raise
him. There are shlrper5 in Now
York who make business of sell q.
ing such horses After the sale
they have their agents slyly follow
the buyer ani. when tho fn,l
breakdrwn cones. they step mp, aud,
after expressing their sympathy for
him, buy the horse back again for
a mere song. only to sell him again
at fancy figure to the next green
horu who may come along. Even n
horse with the heives may be doc
tored up 30 YOU cant tell him. -.
rhey feed him cn wet grain for a
while, aud then, when the show off,
drive hin 50 sm,rtly that you c,u't
see there's anything wrong.
"Do you know what du nmy is 7
You don't ? Well, III tell you. He's
a horse that don't know anything
Ills brain has gone wrong. A dark
stall and over feedios havo ruined
his digestion, and ut has affected
his bruiu. Drive him ont ways,
aud pretty soon he viii jerk his head
around and pull right straight on
one llue. You can't hnll hin it's
no use to try. The first you know
he has dumped you in ditch or
smash d you up against lamp post,
Tie him in a stable, aud he'll back
M till he breaks every halter you
put on him. Stretch rope across
the eud af the stall Sd he cant back
ont ani he Il climb mp the wall.
's,Iubs ypu d)h't believe it, but
it's So. | have seen one 20 clear
upstairs aud once | SAW one 60 out
OF u secJu story SiniJw, AMI an-
other walk off dock into the river.
Watch him when hes eating, and
yuu'll often see him go to sleep with
tue lyed in bic mouth, lie Soesu /
know hos ju1t u 10 u. bought
ote Il these idiots when j was jus,
u Dtp luutE w tuc buSlut ISIS lle
broke everything in the stabI' and
then went mp the wall like luuatic
Afterward one OF the boys tha;
sroomed him for the man brought
him oi admitted that the animal was
! inst l-e.e-tlo bit aunb. car
tell one upw The miuute | see hin
he steps uncnmm6nly high. IL
most cases .he you seo horse d,
that, Toe sure he il dummy.
''What do we do with the horses W,
get stuck an I" send them to The
auction, where bnyers take all th,
risks. No reputable dealer evel
sells bad Que in ans other way, i
doesn't pay to do it,
Il coull talk all lay about these
things, only yonr paper is full nos,
ness, aud ri stop. tut don't you
ever buy horse, young man. unless
YOU know hos I, do it,"