Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-08-19
Tricks OF Horse Jockeys.

| Jockey IrlckS are lnnumeraDie, and
some of them undoubtedly as old as
the existence OF the very quadruped
himself on which they are practiced.
They are as old as the hills, and still
so new that the green ones are caught
by them every day in the year
horses sold by the professional dealer
too often ''are not what they seem. u
1t is, perhaps, due to this fact that
the very name of the horse dealer is
in German ''rosstaeuscher," ii. e.,
horse deceIver), showing in what low
estimation our cousins across the water
! hold him. From an exuberance OF
tricks as given by a gentleman having
q comprehensive knowledge of them,
the following are chosen as among the
most startling:
To quickly subject a horse and
make him amenable to his owners or
bis trainers Will, nothing works So
unfaiiiDgly as cnmmin and oil OF rho
dun. Rub some cummin on his nose,
strew a little over his favorlte food.
and while he is eating watch your
chance and pour some fifteen drops or
so of the oil on the tip of his tongue.
That brings HIM TO every time.
To make horse perfectly sound
appear lame, all clever trickster has
to do Is to pull out Il hair from his
tail, thread a needle with it, shove
the needle through the skin between
the outer and middle tendons of a
fore leg, and put down the foot again.
An hour later the horse will go lame.
The hair pulled out again, the horse
quickly RECEIVERS, and there IS 10 harm
done, except, perhaps, an unwilling
owner of fine beast forced to sell at
half price.
Among such owners, who are doubiy
sold, may also be reckoned those who
buy a horse apparently quite well,
but which next day has the heaves in
an unmistakable manner. Such Old
cases can be temporarily cured by
giving the animal oae-third of a pound
OF bird-shot. Until the shot passes
through the system the horse viii not
heave.
II horse previously good, gentle,
and q steady puller. should suddenly
develop great aversion to even pull
a pound of his own weight after his
owner has given him to dealer to
be sold, it may be that the dealer has
produced the metamorphosis by simply
bathing the shoulders of the horse at
night with a mixture composed OF
tincture of canthsrides and corrosive
sublimate. Again, applying tallow on
horses front teeth and to the roof
of his mouth will make him not touch
his teed and be, apparently, very sick.
whereas IN rea ity the beast merely
hartors a natural feeling of disgust
for the depravity OF the human race,
and especially that portion of it known
as horse dealers.
Without having drunk from the
fabulous fountains of youth, IL is
within the resources of a well-equipped
dealer to make an old fellow of
horse look and act like a frisky colt.
To do this nothing is necessary but TO
file down his teeth, dot the cavities
by using a red-hot iron, puncture the
skIu over the eyes. blow in some
wind, close the hole, pull out the
white hairs, and, presto chsngei We
have a sleek and lively young horse
after his coat has been manipulated
with white of eggs and some cantha-
rides given him to make him gay and
sportive. The animal may be as old
as Methusalem. but for the time being
he'll jump around as lively as cricket.
One of the wickedest tricks even for
a horse Jockey is that of making horse
appear glandered, scare mis- owner half
to death about it, threaten to report
him for having a beast with such dam
gerous disease In his possession. bny
him for $40 note, and then let the SIX
ounces of melted butter which you
have poured into the ANIMALS ear come
out IN day or two, and ENJOY the bar
gain of having bought 81, 900 horse
for next to nothing. Most men will
agree after having been made the VIC
tins of such little scheme that melted
butter is all right on Welsh rarebit,
but out of place in a horses ear.