Evening journal., 1903-12-11
Many Horses Have Trouble.

WIN,
Many Horses Have Trouble.
What we're some Of the really trou-
blesome ones?"
"Saxony required considerable care
and ingenuity in handling. and after l
took hold won Fl straight races. re-
member Saxony because / received 500
every time l shod SaXony."
Rather a good price for shoeing?"
YES. but I was a sport I'm those days.
and it was case Of come easy, so
easy, you know"
cor course there were others?"
Hundreds Of them; more than / can
remember, and 1 can't pretend to give
them TO you in the proper order.
plated Sir Dixon for the Omnibus, and
he had one bad toe. so I had to take
the weight off the toe OF that foot by
raising the heel so that the weight
would come on that
"Old Barnum, great campaigner as
he was, had one very bad foot and the
inside wall was disposed to fall i'm. As
n matter of fact. the inside of tho
sole was partially decayed. and I had
sand and dir, from working in. liz
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required constant care.
Judge NIorrows heels were chopped
off and festered so that nothing coulc
be done with thom for the time except
10 put on thick toes and take the
, weight entirely OF his heels. BY that
means he ran with his whole weight on
his toes, and he won four straight
races.
Fixing Up Quarter Cracks.
"Bersan burst a quarter crack one
evening, ana he was IN "a big stake for
the next day. I just drew the crack
/ together with a rivet II held the edges
right together so that there was no
working to widen the break. and Il
worked like a charm. for he no; only
won the race next day. but the crack
grew out and he went sound from the
moment IL was riveted. OF course. II
isn't every quarter crack that is i'm
such q position that il can be closed ur
with a rivet
one Of the most extraordinary cases
that l ever treated among hiCh-class
stake horses was that of Potomac
| Fourteen days before the Realization
he had "a cankered quarter. IT was ir
an awful state. and ne couldn't put hi.
foot to the ground. There was nothins
for II but 10 just cut Off that quarter
and build up something I'm it's place
went to work and built up a false quar-.
ter out Of leather TO take the place o.
the cankered quarter. which / hal
been Obliged to cut away, and fastene,
q to the foot with straps secured b'
am IRON clip or plate, which 1 brough
up over his toe. Then I shod him viii
a tip or three quarter plate. He wen
sound on the foot patched up I'm thi
way and won the Realization rugged in
that way.
You see, a racehorse runs on hi
toes, as a rule (unless something is tn
matter with them), ana if you hav
them all right they viii take the SHOCK
and the heels do not require much pro
lection. Potomac, for example. no
only won the Realization with his hee
patched up In that way. but six straigh
races following. lie was grand col
one OF the greatest and gamest / eve
knew
Three Cracks at Once.
Quarter cracks have given me a 10
of trouble from time to time. and
have had to patch up many on,
That good 2year-old Walter II. ha
no fewer than three quarter cracks a
one time. He had two on one forefoo
and one on the other. but / fixed hir
up so that he went TO the races an
was a good winner.
You remember what tough oil
campaigner Bonnie s. was? Well. h
had very bad feet all the time. The
there was El Trinidad and Tavison am
! Key West-they an had bad feet. bu
I kept ON winning races. King Crab wa
another great cnmpaigner that ha,
on my hands. He had very badly con
tracted feet but kept on winning race
all the time. Suitor was another fas
colt that gave me n lot Of trouble. Boil
knight cut his quarter so badly tina
he could not put his foot TO tn
ground. but I put plates on him whicl
threw the weight on his toes. and the,
We're provided with q slight inside wal
AZ the heels SO as 20 keep the foot frou
contracting through the strain throw
on the toes. This kept the quarter
from being pinched, and he ran al
fright.
In some cases I have cut the hoo
right open in the case OF bad quarto
crack. and then. by means OF insidl
walls at the heels Of the plate. hel,
The heels or quarters well apart ans
the horse would so perfectly sound re-
lieved in this way. Bonnibert split hi.
foot so wide open that the blood cam,
one evening. I treated him in tha
way, first opening the hoof so that s
could be made to keep its place b,
means Of such shoe as / have de