The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-03-11
HORSE TRADES.
Clever and Brutal Tricks That Are Worked
For the UninitIated.

Clever and Brutal Tricks That Are Worked
For the Uninitiated.
That there az tricks in all
trades" there is no question, but 1t
is question whether there il any
trade in which there are so many
tricks practieed as in horse dealing.
A cer:.in class of men, known
among veterinary surgeons as "gyp-
pers, carry on trade which brings
into use tricks which axe against
eS !, /. y for Kidding cruelty to ami
mails
These gyppers set up establish
ments in fhe various fashionable 10
calities, where they dispose Of
family driving horses. "a young
lady's pet mare, =" children s
ponies" and so on through the cata-
logue at very small sums, Troviding
also that 1.-The horse can be given
good home"
A family is leaving for Europe,
young man whose father has recent
ly failed .(names never being dis
closed by request) wants to dispose
of a fine animal, but the good home
is the chief object
The veterinary surgeon Gan &C.
complice) is called in. He testifies
to the soundness of the animal and
grants certificate. A grand sale Is
made, and by the time the buyers
have discovered their mistake the
establishment has moved and all
trace of the "gypper" is lost.
One of the first and most impOr
7tant steps is to make the teeth Of an
old horse resemble those of 5-year-
old. The teeth of a young horse con-
tain large cavities which grow
smaller as the horse ages.
The black lining of the tooth,
which must be visible, is burned in
with nitrate of sly er or some other
chemical agent. 1ha painfulness of
this operation can be judged by
every reader who has ever spent ten
minutes In the dentists chair of
torture
A young horse is naturally full in
the face. Sunken eyes intimate ap-
preaching age. This is rectified by
inserting hypodermic needle just
above the orbits of the eyes and
blowing it up with air.
In a case of distemper or influenza
the discharge is temporarily stopped
by plugging one nostril with a
sponge.
Perhaps the most brutal thing to
which horse is subjected by these
"gyppers" is in the case of horse
blind in one eye or where a cataract
lessons his value. The dealer with
out any compunction whatever
punctures the eye, which runs out,
and then inserts an artificial one.
The opel.;i'n is most delicate
one, and, needless 1,; ay, extremely
painful.
If the dealer fr;jy himself burden
ed with iumc I.,-:c whose condi
ton suggests no !: mediate change
for the better, / y RS the nerve
that supplies the OF. an operation
which is termed ! scrgCons neu
Fetomy. Tie relitI Is l't.; temporary
and the st.Tcring of the horse il
supposed to be intense.
When horse has quarter crack
it is quickly filled with gutta perchs
or putty and painted to match th'
hoof.
The way to make "high step
per- is to rub the back tendons O
the legs with turpentine and cow
itch, which burns like fire ant
makes the horse prance with pain.
Chloral hydrate and opium ant
the different narcotics are admins
tered to tricky horses, absorben
cotton is plugged in the ears of sh.
ones, and "wedging" is resorted t
in cases of lameness. An iron wedy
is driven underneath the shoe Q
the corresponding foot, causing bot
legs to go lame alike. which Onl,
gives the horse a different motion
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