The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-08-25
A POINTER ON HORSES.
!, r.Ess a, Least Thrss Msnths Tor
Country Hsrss % Rseons Aees'-
toned 60 cltT Pavemsata.

"The mare Is worth the money, ana
I would take her II | were you but
don't get rid OF the old horse for ~
least three months"
why? Isn't the mare soundY
aSound as a bullet. but she hasn't
had her urban naturalization"
whats thatP"
The veterinary surgeon, or doctor
of comparative medicine, as he best
likes to be described. says the ST.
Louis Republic. smiled i~ndulgently
upon his friend who was considering
the wisdom of purchasing a hand,
some black mare to succeed the OLD
gelding he had driven for years, and
said: Don't you know that all u
try-raised horses have TO become ac'
climated to the city before they are
at for anything like hard service on
stone pavements amid the din of traf'
ac2 II 10 q fact, and the ignorance
many men have Of IL puts a pretty
gum In the pockets Of the dealers sv-
cry year.
"Why II Is ! don't pretend to say,
but you ian bring the toughest Of
country horses into St. Louis and put
them to work and they soon get sick.
OF course the hard pavements hurt
their feet. bat that is not the only
thing. The action Of the continuous
noise seems TO have an eject through
the nervous system. In addition to
becoming footsore the country horse
develops a slight catarrhal fever,
which Is liable to result seriously I'M
less properly treated, but is not dan.
gerous II the horse Is taken care OF
and IL not worked too hard while
green.
"That is why / advise you to hold
on to the old horse until the mare has
gone through the naturalization proc
ess."
The D. C, NJ. then went on TO tell
Of instances where men have pur-
chased excellent horses from country
owners, paying q reasonable price, and
after using them for q few weeks dis
cover what they suppose TO be weak
ness in the animals, and sell them fol
about one-half their value,
1.-THE best PLAN" he said, is to buy
o country horse at least three months
before you will require steady worl
Of him. In that time II will have hat
Its inevitable city sickness and viii b
ready for any sort Of strain. provided
Of course. It Is constitutionally sound
But buying any sort Of . horse Il
something Of . risk. A competen
veterinary surgeon can tell II the AMI
NAL Is In good health, and can max
a fairly accurate estimate OF tn
chances Of II remaining SO.
1.-THE queerest Ease ] ever knew o
came under my observation when
was q very young man and though
knew all there was 20 know. A ma
living on a plantation In the sout
bought q saddle horse that had bee
bred and reared In the limestone cour
try around Nashville, Tenn, where tn
roads are hard as flint The hors
was a beauty, and to all appearances
was as sound as could be, but afte
my friend had ridden him for a fe'
weeks he developed tender feet. E.
erything ahe vets. could think of wa
done for him, but nothing did an
good. Finally the owner sold the hors
for q mere song to an elderly ma
who wanted a gated horse for cas-
work. The new m took the hors
10 a city and in a few months the an
! NAL was sound again. Then he &c
J 80 spirited that the elderly man sol
him for fear he might throw him, II
: purchaser was another planter. H
also rode the horse on soft groun
and he hadn't used him a month b
fore the lameness returned. The
was another sacrifice sale, and Il
7 horse fell into the hands Of q poll,
{ sergeant at Memphis, Tenn. The Sc
J, geant' was warned by q mar vi
knew the horse that the animals fe
Is were tender. and he snapped at 4
. first offer he got for the saddler.
b was from a cattle dealer who was n
k torious for riding horses to Death.
n horse that could last a year und
r him was considered extra tough. I
y cattle dealer used that horse stead
te for three years, then sold him 4
A. twice what he had paid, and duril
II the entire time the horse never show
Of q sign of tenderness but once, a
+. that was when his owner had ridd
him into Mississippi, where the roa
q. are soft. The horse could stand 70
ID payements all right, but g dirt TO
Of seemed TO give him ORR He "
Is like the man who got sore feet frt
re riding in carriages."