Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-02-23
Buying q Horse.

The man who can buy n horse and
feel sure of his purchase is necessarily
an expert. here are more chances for
deception in a horse trade, likely than
there a e in any other traffic. \ s:!c-
ces>ful dea'cr in horseticsh generally
learns his trade by wears of cxL criencc,
which is usually Iu.te e >pensive. / hen,
too, he must be very familiar with the
horse, its habits and its ailments. Few
men who have attempted it can say
they we've never beaten at horse
trade.
There seems to be no exact standard
by which to Judge a good horse. l. ng
horses have been sready. and short
horses have been sp, edy. Tall horses
have shown good qualities on the road.
and 50 have shoIt-lcgCcd ones. her,
are. however. certain rules and laws of
hygiene which may be studied and con-
suited in making an equine purchase.
Tie horse-buvcr must remember that
horscticsh IS subject TO c<a' Y the same
diseases that man s. lie has head
ache. carachc, t. o, bach. fc' c. and all
other ailments. a> veterinary sur
gcOn expressed it to tn" writer. In
ternal ailments can So q III be dscov-
cred by any other than Il veterinary
surgeon. There are -uriac" lnd:cA-
tons however, which are easily
dis crnabI., and should always
be luo>cd for by a horse buyer. whctn-
er an amatcu" o 4 p. OF. o'iHi. ne
point tEc anna eur may max" in pur-
chasing Il horse i this ''\clcr buy a
linrS from man V u do NJ know. un-
less he comes t. yen hi. hly yrr commend
cd for honesty and far dc lin. lin
buyinu :, hur-. saws a professional in
the business. ALWAYS tax" him when
J., =, 4 r',.at tt...l nal
fresh from the stable. la hi, WAY ,ou
nav discover laH"ncSr viii Il will PASS
away WiIru the hor>s. warns up. but
which. ncTcri hr'cS~. is a very bad point.
No man viii buy 4 lame horse if he
knows il. II there are arr too grra.
curves about tn. an mai. suh ;,S a
~Way-hack. 4 man w.:c : - all familiar
with the horse will easily discover them.
str nr halt or Il depressed h = will also
b" di,cnvrrcd. I he eyes must always
b,. examined, fer VIII lc Il blind horse is
not useless, one with p, rfcct vision is
IN :ch more DIS rablr. he teeth. too,
ALWAYS com. n for their share of in
spec ion. int they a:c not always 4
mlji.!e unic the !,uvcr iS well up in his
bus n -. for Il trader who 50 wishes can
make them very d"ccit,ul. BY filing
and a pro"cs known as bsloping. an
old horse hat has cen nearly u score of
years can he given 4 set of teeth which
wi pass with many Il those of 4 five
year old.
There is no WAY of Judging the W nd
and the speed of a horSc cx"cpt hy try
ing il M y horse with broken wind,
OF hat is ,ulgarlv called ..he Acav, :.
is not desirable. Hitch him up and
drive him mile or more sharply. and
if he stands it well his W nd Is GOOD
enough.
'In iuy,nr Il horse look particularly
at h : lews. See that he is not ss.lin-
tered in the fore ic.r~ CT spawned be-
hind. / hc>c d'S .as"S are those Of the
bone, and alc-t a horse ahou' HE ba X
oint. The bone gees through Il pro-
cess OF malfOrmati"n. catlSin Il swell
ing and stiffness, win ch are usually very
evident to the horScman. \ similar
disease OF ali t:o1 peculiar to the
h1rS', which must also be 10 .kci for. is
ringbonr. This much resembles spa in.
and is found u>t above the hopf on
ithrr the fore or hind les Of the ami
nal and also produces swelling. and in
time iamencS>.
'-Ano;hcr thing that mus. be locked
for in buyin" It EnIsr : the CHAMBERS.
\ horse III is ali ted with that pia.uo
YOU might ts well Kill He is incura-
bic and VIII transmit il To all the ami !
mas with which he comes in con act. |
Fortunately it is II Il common dis !
ease. The symptoms of il are very can
4 very di>agrccablc discharge. IS |,
stated above there is no criterion hv |
which to huva hOrs" for speed In proof !
of this | will cite YOU a couple Of in |
stances. some time ago horS" was |
brought in tie fifth->lrcct market for /.
street car purp fscS. II" was driven on
the Elm street line for Il long tine. and
nothing unusual was noticed about him
until one dav, when having been ac-
cidentlv hitchcd to Il buggy / was d.S-
covered that he could srn his mile in
about 2:Jo. and was much too valuable
to bc driven to Il street ear. | r"mcm
Der. too. a very large horse. seventeen
hands high. which for Il Ionw time vas
driven t. a TRANSFER wagon aS one of =
four-horse team. He was given easier
work and better quarters when it was
found that he could do a mile in better
than three minutes. --E.iude! hI1