The Osceola times., 1885-08-08

The'coper" does not believe in the trn-
Ism OF the phrase. 1.-The wants to sell a
horse which is knocked or lame, on
one leg, he proceeds to cure this lame.
ness oy producing a corresponding all.
merit in the sound one. This he does bv
taking the shoe off the sound leo and
inserting a bean between the foot and
the shoe. after which the latter is fas-
tened again. With dexterous handling
the horse appears TO go all right. be.
cause the lameness is equal in each leg.
IL Is needless to say that this trick also
Is good only as a temporary expedient.
Lameness in horses offers wide field
Tor the cooper" Any defect of this
kind which is due to local causes is tenn.
porarily abated by keeping the feet.
which have been placed in clav sockets
well saturated with stimulating solu-
tons
VI the broken-winded horses, which
the cooper" palms of as sound. there
are several varieties besides the whis-
TIERS grunters, pipers, roarers and high
blowers, and whatever the consumptiye
animals may be called. A few days be-
lore the contemplated sale they are kept
short of water and hay and dosed with
antlmony. linseed mash or shot which
make them seemingly sound for a day
or two. An afiliction known as the
heaves will subside after an administra-
ton OF about four ounces of bird shot.
hat is, the horse will not heaye until
the shot has passed through him. Then
the evil will be greater than before.
Aremedy for lameness, otter resorted
to by the "copper"" is nothing less than
a surgical operation. 1t can hardly be
denounced as trick, because il effects
cure in many instances, although the
animal remains a cripple and is unfit for
any hazardous work. A small incisiop
Is made about halfway from the knee to
the joint of the afflicted leg. At the
back part of the shinbone a small white
tendon or cord will be found This il
cut of, and the external wound is closed
with stitch.
Some of the "coper's" tricks work
both ways. In other words, tricks are
not only employed to render an unsound
horse temporarily presentable to cheat
the purchaser, but sound horses are fire.
quently rendered apparently unsound
TO cheat the seller. In the latter in.
stance the purchaser of course must
''stand in with the sellers Jockey.
Thus it will be seen that dishonesty is at
the bottom of every horse trick. If
line wire is fastened tight around the
fetlock of horse, between the foot and
the heel, the animal will within few
minutes have all the symptoms of being
'foundered. The lameness disappears
as soon as the wire is removed. The
wire should not be left in place longer
than nine hours. Ahorse's hair passed
through the outer and middle tendon
by means of n needle, and cut off on
both sides to avoid detection. will also
have the effect of laming a horse tempo
rarily. To make horse refuse food it
is only necessary to grease his front
teeth and the roof of his mouth with
common beef tallow. The horse will
certainly not eat until the mouth is
washed out. Artificial CHAMBERS may be
easily produced by pouring melted but
ter into one of his ears. There will
soon be discharge from the nostrils
looking to all intents and purposes like
genuine glanders. A horse can be
made balky for day or two by bathing
his shoulder in solution of canthari-
des and corrosive sublimate.
In short, there are so many jockey
tricks that the purchase of a horse is as
uncertain thing as the venture of
some folks in the matrimonial line-or
any other kind of lottery, for that mat
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