Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-18

the average reader believe in the honesty
OF the troubled owner OF the horse with
out the Shadow Of 2 doubt.
The class Of horses upon which the
/ "copper" operates is known 10 the "horse
/ jockey" by the slang term Of adam" Il
/ is an aged equine OF some blood. but sadly
/ 6etraying the raV4ges Of time. 70 cover
/ up The latter temporarily. until the AMI
NAL has changed owners ard until the
/ price is paid, is the scieptiiicac h. eyement
| OF the cooper" For instance. the borse'g
teeth will slant outward at most acute
angela well-6nOWn sign OF equine senil-
| ity. lie will have deep depressi0ns over
! the eyes, which also give him very an
/ Client appearance, and finally he viii show
white hsir al over his coat. 10 get rid of
/ these signs Of going down the hill the
"copper" resorts to various tricks. BY
means Of file he speedily reduces the
/ teeth OF the sold critter'' 10 the length Of
| those OF 5-yeGr-Old. and by cle7er pro-
/ cess, called ''bishopping," he manages to
| initiate the dark marks or cavities To be
| found on the biting edges Of all Young
/ horses teeth. This is done by a hot iron,
! which burns out cavity in the tooth
making the latter look like the real thing,
at least to the uninitiated or casual OBJ
! server.
| Hair dye Of all conceivable shades and
/ mixed upon scientific principles reduces
| the white hair which has been bleached
| by the exposure Of years, to the prevail
| ing color Of the coat Of the "hoss" The
/ third process INDUCED In by the "copper"
is that OF "gypping," or putting the
/ glims." IT is AS important as the manir-
| uIation of the teeth. because it gives the
| features Of the animal youthful appear
! ance. The sunken cavities over the eyes
/ are treated in this manner: The loose
/ skin, which in very old horses nearly
drops over the eyes, is puuctured and the
! cooper proceeds to blow up the hollOws,
/ either with his lips or small bellows
| constructed for the purpose. The fine
| puncturea close up readily, the depres-
! sion is ObHterated, and in its place a
smooth brow of youthful appearance is
! seen.
! AS has been remarked, all these at
! tempts to renew the ''Old Adam" are Of
! very transltory nature, but they last long
! enough to deceive the purchaser. The
! latter is only TOO eager to bite at q bar
/ gain which. to all outward appearances,
! is a very profitable one. The price is inn
mensey cheap, and consequently the
/ guarantee is not very closely looked after.
| The horse is taken to the buyers stable,
/ where, after being gr0Omed the next
morning, the animal looks as if score
| Of winters had passed over his head in one
/ night.
Another kind Of horse on which the
| cooper gets in his work in great style is
/ known IN the language Of the turf as "A
/ "BObby." This is the slangy term tor
! tiue-luoking animal afflicted with dis
| ease of the yertebral column which is not
/ apparent so long as the horse is led up
and down, even at a run. The defect
/ immediately becomes apparent 80 soon as
the horse is mounted. To prevent
mount is fine piece 81 diplomacy on the
part OF the cooper" But, at all events,
/ he has 'gingared" the "B0bhp'-that is,
/ given him stimulauts known only to the
! experienced Jockey, and the animal for a
| short time is so fun Of fire and spirit that
| the purchaser readily abstans from an
immediate mount. Knowing buyers pinch
| up and down the spine Of an animal be-
fore they buy him, but then knowing ones
rarely 90 to cooper for a purchase.
1.-TWO wrongs do not make one right" is
| a saying generally accepted as Urue. The
cooper" does not believe in the truism Of
the phrase. il he wants to sell a horse
which is "knOcked,' or lame, on one leg,
he proceeds to cure this lameness by pro-
Gucing corresponding ailment in the
sound one. This he does bv taking the
shoe off the sound leg and inserting bean
between the foot and the Shoe after which
| the latter is fastened again. With deX-
| ferrous handling the horse appears to 20
All right, because the lameness is equal in
| each leg. II is needless to say that this
| trick also is good only as temporary eX-
/ pedient. Lameuess in horses offers
wide field for the "copper" ANY defect of
/ this kind, which is due TO local caHses, is
/ temporarily abated by keeping the feet
| which have been placed IN clay sockets,
well saturated with stimulating solutions.
! OF the brOken-wnded horses, which the
| "coper" palms OF as sound, there are
]
! "grunteTs," "pipers, "T0aTers.' and
| "hign-blowers, and whatever the con-
! sumptve animals may be called. A few
| days before the contemplated sale they
are kept short of hay and water and dosed
/ with antImOny, lnseed mash. or shot,
/ which makes them seemingly sound for
! day or two. An affection known as the
! heaves will subside after an admlnlstra-
( ton OF about four ounces OF bird shot.
/ That is, the the horse will not heaYe until
/ the shot has passed through bin. Then
/ the evil will be greater than before.
A remedy for lameness, often res0rted
/ 10 by the "copper" Is nothing less than
surgical operation, 1t can hardly be de-
nounced as "A trick. because 1t effects
! cure in many instances, although the an
/ imal remains a cripple and is UNI Q for any
hazardous work. A small incision Is
made about half wav from the knee TO the
| part of the shin bone small white ten
/ don OF cord will he found. This is cut on
and the external wound is closed with a
stitch.
Some of the ''coper's'' tricks work both
ways. In other words, tricks are not only
employed TO render IN unsouud horse
temporarily presentahle to cheat the pur-
chaser, but sound horses are frequently
rendered apparently unsound 10 cheat
the seller. In the latter instance the
purchaser, OF course, must ''stand In
with the sellers jocaey. Thus il viii be
seen that dishonesty is ut the bottom 81
every horse trick. II "a fine wire - tas-
tened tight around the fetlock of "A horse,
between the foot and the heel. the animal
/ will. within few minutes. have all the
! symptoms OF being "fouHdered.' Inc
| lAmeuess disappears as soon as the wire
is removed. The wire shouldn't be lett
/ IN place longer than nine hours. A horses
/ hair passed through the outer aud middle
tendon BY means of needle, and cut on
/ on both sides, so AZ TO avoid detection,
will also have the effect Of tanning horse
/ Temporarily. To make a horse refuse
/ food IL Is only necessary 10 grease hls
/ front teeth aud the roof of his mouth win
/ common beef tallow. The horse viii Ger.
/ family not eAt until the mouth ia washed
out. Artificial CHAMBERS may bo pro-
I duced by pouring melted butter into one
/ OF his ears. There VIII soon bee dls-