The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-02
OF HORSE sw1NDLERs
|ome Facts Not Generally Known
 About Doping and Bishoping.


 Probably in no business are 90 many Ficks and wiles practiced as in that of orse dealing. It is safe to affirm that 1ousands of horses are sold throughout ne country every year under false con ttions. and so skillful have ''fakirs'' be- erienced man to detect the doctoring -icks of those who are anxious to sell bad animal to the best advantage.
 Perhaps the cofhmonest of all faktng bishoping. as it Is often cailed-a term erived from man named Bishop, who, uring the eighteenth century, obtained a reat reputation for making old horses ppear young-is in relation to q horses s beth. At full age a horse has forty beth, and not until the fifth year are nippers' or front teeth become marked natural cavity, and it is the pres nee or absence of these marks that ertifies the animals exact age.
 As the horse gets older these marks Fear away. and 1t is then that the cop Ter or fakir sets to work to make fresh avities, as found in the horse of the ge he wishes to represent. The surface the teeth is eut out with steel tool. nd the black lining of the groove. which hust be visible, burnt in with nitrate of lver or some other chemical In this lay horses which are often over or ears of age are sold as 3-year-olds.
 The age of a horse is often increased we'll as reduced by means Of fakfng he teeth. The 3-year-oid will often be transformed into a 5-year-old by means chiseling out the side milk teeth with mich horses are furnished up to their hird year. when they are supplanted by he permanent ones. The extraction of he former, of course, brings on the lat Fr much quicker than would be the case the natural order of things. thus mak- eslfy is.
 There are various other things, however. esides the teeth which give away the hked if the animal is to fetch fair rice. In old horses there is generaliy a ertain cavity or depression of the skin
 the forehead immediately above the yes This disagreement is remedied by process known as "pualng the giims. .
 fine-pointed blow-pipe Is introduced nder the skin above the eye. through Fhieh the copper blows gently until the eep hollow is filled and is replaced by a erfectly smooth surface.
 The faking of broken winded horses is n art in itself. so to speak. It is gen. Fally accomplished by meaus of drugs. rsenic being chiefly used. The copper lso pays strict attention to such an an- nal's diet previous to show. If during he trial horse is a little short-winded. he owner will turn furiously upon the room for giving his horse too much hay. then in all probability 1t has had nothing
 eat or drink for hours.
 The groom will theFeup )n explain how he animal got loose and ate q bushel of ets and half a trlss of hay in the night,
 that he was afraid of losing his place he said anything about it. Tis explana- on will in nine cases out of ten satisfy he intending purchaser, and remove any oubts which he might have had.
 A singular dodge is resorted to by the bpper when he comes into possession of lame horse out of which he desires to ike some profit. The method Is called beaning, and consists in making a orse which is lame say. for instance, in le left forefoot. lame in the right one so
 Perhaps a small pebble Is inserted be- veen the shoe and the ho0f of the latter bot, the pain of which causes the ami al to limp with the right as we'll as the fit leg, one thus counterbalancing the her and making it appear as though
 was the horses natural gait. In lieu
 a small pebble a small iron wedge is bmetimes driven underneath the foot Corresponding with the lame one, thus ausing both legs to go lame alike. which nly gives the horse different motion.