The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12
TO BE PATCHED UP.

made his long Journeys. To show the
efficiency of the trick l. will say that
the preparation was once introduced
into horse calico, 'sSpartacus. He
was a very well bred animal, but wind
broken. A half ADRIAN of this solution
was introduced ypodermically. A
strong man was tput On the horses
back with orders TO jog him until the
half mile post and then let him go for
a mile. The horse went along easily
for the first half mile, then took the
bit and ran steadily for five miles, the
jockey being obliged, from sheer ex-
haustion, to fall off. The horse was
finally stopped by a rd " of men stand
ing across the track. 1.-The effect of this
injection generally las is for about half
an hour. 1t is used a great deal
At the rhorse-killing esta olishment
on Long Island l once experimental
with this medicine. IA mum Der of old
horses were brought, in, and two of
them dropped from sheer exhaustion
half a mile from the esta blisbment
They could not make'the animals move
We gave each of them an injection of
cocaine and, in five minutes, they got
on their feet and not only appeared
strong but actually ran and appeared
very lively. This illustrates the stimu-
lating effect Of the drug.
Electricity is also used to increase
horsess speed. A jockey will carry
battery attached to a belt around his
body, the conductors passing to
the sprnrs on each foot. The APP
plication of the spurs to the
side of the animal completes the
circuit and transmits to the horses
body the electrical impulse and induces
the animal to greater speed. Several
Jockeys have been'discovered using this
appliance
Running horses are nerved for lame
ness in the foot. They are trou bled
with Joint and tendon trou bles, particu-
larly the ligaments and tendons of the
front limbs Breaking down" on the
race track is rupture of the suspen-
sorv ligament, of either one or both the
front feet.
In riding a race the jockeys will
jostle one another and cut one another
down jockey will try to throw his
companion over the fence by pntting
his foot under the foot of the other
Jockey and lifting him off the saddle
They will foul one another by run
ming irregularly across in front When
they think joci1y is going to hurl
them, if the jockey uses his whip in his
right hand. another will come up so
close to him on that side as to make it
impossible for him TO strike the horse
with the whip.
One or two jockeys in race will also
bine to defeat another by what is
called placing him in pocket" l. e.
keeping him behind and giving him no
chance to get through Because to do
so he would be obliged to go around
the horses which would, very often,
throw the horse off his stride, which
the horse would be unable to catch
again until he had covered considerable
ground.
It's very common for jockeys to make
fake starts They will purposely make
a mum Der of these to tire out their ad-
versaries- There are generally some
hard-mouthed horses in a race and du
ing these false starts they will run
away for a quarter or half mile, be-
come tired and thereby reduce their
chance Of winning Jockeys always
try to getthe advantage OF one another
in the start 1t very often occurs that
q starter is obliged TO fine every jockey
in the race, particularly the short dis
lance race where good start is an in
portant factor II. d. CHI '. 3.
Secretary " z College Veterinary
Surgeons