The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-11-08

cause
driving horses; hence ii is a good plan
to make a study OF the matter and be
prepared to make a proper examina-
ton OF the animal that Is giving
trouble from this bad habit We have
called it a habit for that Is often the
case. and especially so where the horse
has become fat from overlooking and
lack of exercise. and see the same
thing in many horses driven by woTn-
en- who are 1oath to use the whip and
do not, rule, keep the horse up
to the Bit with the result that he ac-
quires sloyenly way OF going and. be-
ing half asleep, stunc51es whenever he
comes to object that is above the
level of the road. The cure for these
patients is to .twaken them up and. II
fat from the use OF corn, feed them
upon q ration of sound old oats and
bran. along with good hay
Another common cause OF stumbling
and perhaps the commonest cause OF
all, is the practice of the smith In
leaving the toes too long at each shoe
ing time, and of cutting down the
heels After doing this he fits the shoe
with high toe well as heels. which
prevents any chance that the horse
would otherwise have had OF getting
over the long toe. which acts as a
1ulcrum, requiring an added degree
OF leverage, which naturally becomes
tiresome and puts a strain upon the
| back tendons. The result is that, while
| enough, he begins to stumble as soon
| as he becomes tired and this ends in
broken knees. possibly broken shafts.
and quite frequently smashed check
lines and saddle hooks. The remedy In
not. some seem to think, the high
checking OF the horse. for this only
| tires him the sooner, and he Will surely
| stumble when he becomes tired The
| cure is to cut down the toe all 1t win
| stand at each shoeing and leave the
hae1G prfo 0l0
| shoe that has no toe calking. but a
| pair of heels that raise the heels or
| the foot a trifie, or to some extent
| when the habit is bad one. Shooting
in this way will relieve the sore ten
| dons. but il there is contraction and
| good deal OF thickness It will also be-
| necessary to blister the back tendons
| to remove the swelling and strengthen
| up the cords
The presence OF corns or other foot
| troubles is also a cause of stumbling.
and it may also be due to defective eye
| sight, but still another feasible ex-
| PLANTATION of the habit is given In the
| following interesting remarks by a
writer in the HOrSeShoer'S Journal:
I have given this question a great
deal OF study, and I come to the con-
clusion that the same ratio of diff
Guilty does not exist in the prevention
of stumbling can be found in some
other defects of the horses travel.
There is. above all, one cause that
produces stumbling, and that is the
natural build of tho animal. When we
End that nature has not been kind in
proportioning the animals build, STUN
bling then becomes a most aggravated
evil and difficult to cure STUN bling
horse, it Will usually be noticed, Is
| built heavier in front and the same
part will be lower from the withers to
the solo of the feet than from the
IRENE height of hip to the sole of hind
| ma will 1lU IN
front limbs set somewhat prominently
in front of the shoulder. and the feet.
instead OF being proportionately set,
| viii extend beyond the line of limb
This is faulty conformation and is the
natural cause OF stumbling. Taking
such as an extreme case. / have shod
| with success, by bringing the heels OF
the shoe well back, leaving them as
wide between each possible and
ing a shoe with the toe well set back
or improve on the defects which ma
tural conformation has caused Some
times find it necessary to place four
ca1k shoe on an extreme case of STUN
bling, raising the heels to goOo
height and lowering the toe caIks as
they proceed toward the toe of the
shoe, at the same time rolling that por-
| ton to give the horse an easy and free
motion as he is passing over the point
OF toe. The heel caIk. on such shoe.
should be placed on the Gktreme out
side of the web and the web at the
heel should be as wide as possible, so
as to take in all parts of the heel and
bar in their bearing.
The Upton Corner in Pork.
Recently barrel pork IN Chicago ex-
perienced a sharp rise, going up to SIG
per barrel It was charged that Sir
| Thomas Upton had cornered the mar
ket by buying up $4,000 barrels. On
this point, Sir Thomas In an inter
view, says:
1.-The pork 1 now hold 1 purchased
for purely legitimate trade purposes. L
need it in nay business and propose to
sell it to my regular customers. do
not believe In corners. and IL thought
that the advantage I now hold Ia the
pork market would work any hard
slip to American people or would IN any
way compromise my reputation a
straight man of business would tbrow
up the whole deal. Not pound OF the