Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-16
DRUGS FOR DOPING HORSES.

tinction which are deceptive and mis-.
lead ny An incident at the Horse Show
last week called out much comment,
Some OF the officials at the Madison
Square Garden suspected that certain
owner had bern "docto.ing his entr es
in such way as to incits them TO
efforts OF VIII ch they were incapable In
their ordinary condit on, The owner
against whom suspicion was diracted
succeeded IN clearing himself completely
from every Lossihle cause of reproaeh,
but the vigilance Of the Horse Show
management was heartily commended
by every one competent to pass Jndg'
ment in such matters. No one with q
high eense OF honor would dispute the
merit Of the custom which ia adhered
10 at all properly conducted horse
shows that no artificial means shall be
employed 10 bring about tieeting and
transitory eSaltation among the com
petitors which will give them an unfair
advantage Crafty stratagems with bits
or straps or harness, lotions or lini-
ments, stimulants and drugs, which
cause the horses to act In a manner
wholly different from their usual be.
haSior and movement are properly
under ban at every show which 10 10
the hands OF men who comprehend their
duty, and will not fall short of 1T. In
the rivalry for the honnrs and prizes OF
such exhibitions. the custom and the
practice are that animals are to be
brought into the r Dg in the form which
they present in private life, 60 to speak.
If this were not generally understood
horse shows might sink far bs ow their
present standard.
/ Every one familiar with the subject
I knows however, that wonderful
! variety OF inventions aud appliances hiss
( haan used in this cenu 10 at ain GER
tain results with the descendants of the
Il aims pair that Aoal led win So don
ha and damp oats unit the Ark
grounded upon the topGoat crest of
Ataprat, Even the veiiesr novice has
learned that the trot Was not natura.
gait Tor the pampered AIDES which sped
over the steppei OF Asia 10 the days Of
Iamerlane The trotting motion has
bsen Gu tiyated and developed, like the
high knee hackney action America ia
acknow ladsed j over he weird have
heen more prolific in the production of
inventions than any other country. The
last trotter was a ankee construction.
When Columbus discovered tn con
trotting auadruped as a speed machine
had n We, been thought of. Anciuat
Greece ind ancient Rome, with ali the +
glories, never sent trotter to the /, ont,
and 10 the archives OF Bah ion and
Nineyeh, Egypt and Ethiopia, no men
tiGn of the timing watch was ever
found Arabia and Esrbsry had their
sleep patriciana Of antique equine an
cestry, and those Oriental horses could
run long distances over the Hunbased
sands in heated rivalry With the ships
OF the desert, the d omedaries OF high
descent. There was no doping IL
thosa DAYS, and there was no trut,ing
Their. The walk the canter, the gal.
lur, the dead run were the elu ne 2aits
when Job chan ed his wonderful verses
in praise OF the battle charger anc
when he Moors overran Span MANI
cepturiea later. IL was leseryed for the
Yankee of the present age to amaze the
world with the American trotter, pace
and roadster--all artificial and moi
pAtura! products. The thoroughbred I
lineage can be traced back to the oIdes
and proudest strains of Yemen, passing
through the imporations from Northern
Afiee to England in the reign o
Charles Ii. The running horse of toda,
in Great Brit in, America, France
Germany, Austl a, Italy, Russ a, Aus
tFRlia and New Zealand represents tht
results Of long continued and careful
SO cotton and breeding, and the con
slant study OF the most effective me hrd
for developing the undaupted spirit, tn
indomitabie courage ana ths unrivailel
speed therefore. to some extent tn
thoroughbred runLer of this general o.
ia an artificial product, and delicate
dollhouse creature, which require
almost as much medical attention as u
Invalid heiress nevertheless, tn
runner is not sent tc the post with
complicated array of harness, with
network Of straps and buckles, o. line
and hopples, similar to the intricat
machinery which has been used to col
reel the gait and increase the speed {
certain = lnerican trotters and PAGERS
Some of The TN mails that have game
startling records on the trotting aol
of the United States carried almost Z
much rigging, topamEer, life lineI
sneats and bobst8ys as a I0-footer 10
light breeze ott Newport, and were con
ical and ridiculous to look upor
Nevertheless these winners of laurel
covered as they were with an interla,
ing network OF all SORTS OF queer Col
traptions, whirled sulky over ii
ground with amazing velocity. Thi
elaborate equipment OF peculiar boot
hopplss, brides, hits, burrs and stranl
+ @ ntrivRnces enabled them to breH
J records.
Generations ago in Eng land high kni
action on the part Of hackneys WI
brought about in various WAYS. Son
of the experts enlisted the aid
surgeons, who treated various muscl
and tendon5 and joints " tn diyersifie
appliances, and up in the air went Il
hackney 8 honis. Another tract ce 4
the securing Of ioft-knee action was Il
fte 3uent exercise of the horse in de,
straw. lie could not fail to acquire
ekywRrd movement when he was fore
to raise his feet out OF the straw
every stride. Still, another plan was
put heavy shoes on the fore feet, al
then drive the hackney throuy
ploughed ground. UE his knees won
jump toward his nose, and the desr
climbing toward the stars beoar
habitual.
Rubbing the legs of horses of
classes with lotions and linaments
every imaginable oononotion is an q
story. The binding OF tine limbs wi
tight bandages TO keep down the swe
ings and to restrain tendencies to IAN
ness and weakness was upduuhtec
common on the plains of Shinar 10
before Jehu, the son of Nimsh, tleec
the proeenitor of Mark Twain out
= nightmare chariot fare. Exception
skill in the treatment o. the hoo
ankles and limbs of horses has play
LOT its part in stables since the riots
:. Constsntinople over the races OF |
y, blue and tina Green M man WIN a,