The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-10-13
OLD HORSES ! MADE NEW.
by the Use OF Drugs and Instruments
All Sorts ofDefects and Ailments
Can be Covered Up Tor . Time.

6ssie, but for racins
purposes, said q veterin-
ary surgeoh connected with the s. p.
G. A. the other day.
''If horse has chronic lameness
in either foot the trainer can inject
into the foot q solution OF cocaine,
which for the time being will render
the horse sound-that is, it will dull
the sensibility to pain for more than
half an honr tn an hour and = hall, aud
the horse will act as il he was sound.
'fAnother method in n case like this
is to sever the nerves Of the foot, there
being two nerves, one on each side Of
the foot. This deprives the lower part
of the limb of oil sensation, and the
horse will go sound for perhaps year,
when the nerves will form together
again.
"The leopard may not be able to
change his spots, but good trainer
can take an animal and make him n
horse OF ant her color. He will use
nitrate of yer (peroxide of hydro
gem to bleA p different parts of the
body SO as u make them match. Sup
pose you had a team of sorrels; one
had silver hane and tail and the
other had not The trainer would
bleach the name and tail of the latter.
II star was wanted in the forehead
he could put it there or produce for
you n white nose, one or more white
legs, bleaching them so rs to make them
match. If "A horses tail is not big
enough or symmetrical he can switch
in some false tail, just as the ladies do
with their hair.
"a horse will show his age by the
hollowness over his eyes. In such II
case the trainer will introduce n little
tube, and, by blowing in air, will
cause tho hollows to puffup, and if the
chest or shoulder of horse is astro-
phied-what is known rs sweeney of
the shoulder he will introduce little
tnbe and blow up the skin. This con.
dition in horse can always bc de-
tected by pulling the skin, which will
crackle under the touch; it will not
have tyIsolid feeling OF icsh.
"In regard to teeth, young horses
naturally have what isknownas cups,
excavations, marked black, which dis
appear when they become older, being
worn Off The trainer, to mislcad
those who are interested i'll the horse,
will artificially excavate or cut out the
surplus of the teeth and blackcn them
with nitrate of silver. This can al
ways be detected in 'bishoped
mouth, as it is called, by the absence
of the ring of enamel around this black
cup, it being always present i'll young
horses.
sThe shape of q horses teeth from
youth to age is oval, then triangular,
then fattened on the sides, the latter
being the shape of the tooth itself
The root is very narrow, and rs the
tooth wears off it assumes that shape
"But there are tricks especially con-
nected with the races. In running
race suppose q trainer wants his horse
to lose To Inislead the public he will
hire good Jockey and just before the
animal goes to the post he will give
him pailful of water. This, of course,
causes the horse, before he goes very
far, to feel troubled about his wind,
and, in jockey parlance, he is called "a
dead horse. The jockey is not sup,
posed to know anything about this
proceeding. A pail of water or some
anodyne like opium will be sufficient
to make horse 'logey' and lazy and
cause him to lose q race which he
would otherwise win.
Sometimes pebble OF nail will
be put under horses shoe to cause
him to 90 lame, 80 that the owner cal
scratch him. OF course, tho steward,
of racing club do not allow horse
to be scratched unless there is very
good excuse, but if an owner does not
want his horse to run he can put some
foreign body under the shoe or tie u
string around the ankle pretty tight
which causes the leg to swell and tn,
horse to be lamp.the next morning.
can injection of -chlorate o
cocaine is often put into horses to
make them run faster, and undoubt-
edly it does have that effect. This is
the same medicine the leaves of which
Weston, the pedestrian, used to chew
when he made his long journeys. TIC
show the efficiency Of the trick 1 will
say that the preparation WAS once in
troduced into horse called Spartacus
He was a very well-bred horse, but
wind broken. A half drachm of thi,
solution was introduced hyperdermi
cally. A strong man was put on tn,
horses back with orders to Jog hin
until the half-mile post and then le
him go for a mile. The horse Wen
along easily for the first half-mile
then took the bit and ran steadily fol
five miles, the jockey being obliged
from sheer exhaustion, to fall off. TIL,
horse was finally stopped by row o
men standing, across the track. Tn,
effect of thisJ lection generally last:
for about h3Ol ! hour. 1t is used
great deal. SI
81 once perimented with thi
medicine. A number of old horse
were brought in, and two of then
dropped from sheer exhaustion half
mile from the establishment. The,
could not make the animals move. w
gave each of them an injection of co
cainc, and in five minutes they got o.
their feet, and not only appeare
strong, but actually ran and appeare
very lively. This illustrates the stim
| ulatinS effect of the drug.