EXCELSIOR 
$3.00 PER YEAR. 
Single No., Eight Cent*. 
NEW YORK CITY AND ROCHESTER, N. Y 
ft Reek man St., New York 
82 UuHalu 8t., Rochester. 
to purify tlie blood of a horse and get him in 
a healthy condition.—T. IT. Davis asks 
“ " bat is the best remedy for a horse foun¬ 
dered in tbc foot.”—“ A. Header,” Fort Wil¬ 
bur, has “ a flue colt, three years old, which 
had a distemper, (I think diphtheria,) two 
years ago, ami his throat has never been 
well since. It swells occasionally and he 
breathes hard, especially when he is exer¬ 
cised. I would like to know if there is any 
known remedy and if it is going to he a per¬ 
manent injury. Would like to ask G. H. A. 
(see Rural New-Yokkkb April 15,; if hard 
driving injures his horse any V”— M. W. F., 
Letohatchie, Ala., asks “how to cure the 
cramp in my colt’s leg. She is about a year 
and a half old.” — HoBKilT J. Adams has a 
horse “ affected with a dry hacking cough 
which troubles him most directly after eat¬ 
ing oats, drinking or rapid driving, lie can¬ 
not breathe naturally, acts as if his throat 
and lungs were sore.” Asks fur cause and 
remedy. — Qlso. E. Sit owmakek lias “ a 
valuable horse that lius a zig-zag crack on 
the inside of his fore foot, about half way 
from heel to toe, extending half of the way 
down to the shoe. When he steps upon a 
hard substance he sometimes limps a little.” 
Asks for a remedy .—J, 9., Port Wayne, Ind., 
has a mare with a quarter crack in the hoof 
which makes her very lame and when used, 
at times, it discharges freely. Wauls to 
know what he shall do with it—An Iowa 
subscriber asks " the cause of my horse com¬ 
ing out in blotches, chiefly on Ids back. 
When be is thin iu flesh I do not find it so ; 
but ns soon as I begin to fallen hlui, I cun 
feel them ; and they seem to be worse after 
exercise.”—A Kingston subscriber asks for 
a remedy for thrush.—A reader at Memphis, 
Tenn., asks, “ whnt will restore white hairs 
oil horses, from saddle marks, to their origi¬ 
nal color?”—J. B. Lee asks, “ Is there any 
way by which I can cause a white spot to 
grow on a horse’s face without injury to 
him?”—G. J. M., Fremont, O., has a horse 
whose eye was injured by a nail, and proud 
flesh has grown full an inch between the 
eye and the lower eyebrow and is very pain¬ 
ful. Asks for a remedy.— Jas. E. Conger 
asks for a remedy for cataracts on a horse’s 
eyes. 
To Remove u CalluM from a Horse’* Leif. 
Take one ounce of iodine and mix with a 
fifty-Cent bottle of Mustang liniment; apply 
with a cloth, or rub it in well with the hand. 
This remedy has removed a callus from a 
horse for mo. It will not remove it immedi¬ 
ately ; but if continued long enough will 
have the desired effect.— Samuel Arnold. 
orstman 
GOLDDUST. 1 
We give herewith a portrait of the stallion 
“ Golddust,” owned by L. L. Dorsey of 
Kentucky. This portrait was taken when 
he was four years old. ITc was sired by a 
horse known as “Vermont Morgan”—an 
in-and-in bred Morgan horse, bred in Ver¬ 
mont out of Chase’s Morgan mare. Gold- 
dust’s dam was a thorough-bred mare, sired 
by an imported Arabian horse, “ Zilcadir," 
out of a thorough-bred mare by the imported 
English horse “ Barefoot.” “ Golddust ” 
was broken to harness when three years old, 
and named because of his color, which was 
that of pure light, gold. He is now a deep 
red chestnut color, and grows darker every 
season. There can be no doubt as to the 
beauty and excellence of the “ Golddust ” 
stock. The writer hereof has repeatedly 
witnessed trials of speed between this and 
other stock noted as trotters. In every case 
the result, the style and action of the “ Gold- 
dust” stock exhibited marked superiority. 
We regard this stock and the enterprise and 
skill of Mr. Dorsey as a breeder worthy of 
high commendation. We have never yet 
known an inferior animal of this stock. Its 
record for speed is remarkable. 
Many farmers seem to thiuk their mares too 
valuable, and their service worth too much 
on their farms for breeders. But what, can 
they expect, whose practice it is to use their 
old, worn-out, spavined, foundered and ring- 
honed mares, about whom they fancy there 
have been some good points, for breeders? 
Indeed it is too much like the lottery busi¬ 
ness—many a blank and barely a prize. 
Joseph Wood. 
of your team, and sometimes produces pro¬ 
fanity in the driver. 
In regard to wliiffletrecs, the short, up¬ 
right iron clevis, which lias been patented 
and much hard-earned money taken from 
farmers in some sections for “ improvement,” 
(?) is the simplest and surest, and has been 
in use for years before the patent was issued. 
The improved wheel and chain attachment 
is a little better on some accounts, and is a 
valuable and good investment if you choose 
to buy it.—' Terra is Filius, Liv. Co,, N. Y. 
I notice in Rural New-Yorker for 
April 22, an inquiry by (mo of your corre¬ 
spondents how to attach three horses to a 
plow or other draft. Inclosed I send a plan 
toe, and contracted at the heel, and cracked 
crosswise. Tim other had a straight hoof. 
His would split up and down, the edges 
were brittle, would crumble off so much that 
it was difficult to keep him shod. It ap¬ 
peared to me that they needed some grease 
or oil, or something else, to soften and 
toughen them. About the first of September 
I took oil, which wc keep in the bam to oil 
our wagons, and applied to their hoofs in 
front and upon the edge of the hair, also to 
the bottom of the foot. We did this once a 
week for a spell; after that not so often. 
Their feet became better after the first ap¬ 
plication, and after a while became all right. 
This last summer we have used the oil about, 
once a month, and have not had any trouble 
with their feet. The oil seems to be just 
what was wanted, and brought their feet to 
the natural shape and condition.” 
Kiuic-ltoue — How it I* Treated in Ohio. 
I write for information concerning ring¬ 
bone. I want to know whether ring-bone 
can bo cured by cutting, without injury to 
the horse. There is a man in tbis neighbor¬ 
hood who cures it by cutting out the feeder, 
which he claims is located under the wart in 
the fetlock. The following will explain 
Ids operation: — lie throws the horse, binds 
him, turns him on his back, then cuts the 
leg on the wart, making an incision of about 
one inch, when there is a white substance 
turns out, seemingly rather soft gristle, con¬ 
taining no fluid. This he draws up with a 
needle and cuts it out, its length being 
about one inch and a-half; but by stretching 
it will measure three inches. This, he 
claims will stop the growth of hone and cure 
all lameness, without injury to the horse.— 
Thomas Millard, Sulphur Springs, Ohio. 
Three Horne* Abreast. 
Having seen much ail vice from corre¬ 
spondents in regard to the best manner of 
working three horses abreast, 1 beg leave to 
say that much of it is wrong. If all three of 
your horses are well trained, and “ drive up ” 
on the bit, as horsemen say, the best method 
of connecting the lines is by using extra 
cross lines, crossed on the back of the middle 
horse, thus each horse is independent, and 
you can drive in a straight line. The next 
best way is to put your free horse iu the 
middle, and tie your outside horses to the 
baiue rings, or collar of the middle horse, 
and never tie them to the bridle, as some ad¬ 
vise. Every movemeut of the outside tends 
to jerk and see-saw the middle horse’s bit 
through his mouth, as you will easily see, 
and disturbs the whole balance or steadiness 
Splint iu Home*. 
A few years ago I bought a valuable 
horse that had a splint on each fore leg, be¬ 
lieving that they could be removed. I was 
successful in the following treatment:—I 
took the Volatile Liniment of the U. 8. Dis¬ 
pensatory, to which was added one drachm 
of oil of origanum; this was applied thor¬ 
oughly twice a day, and followed by rub¬ 
bing the splint with a round pine or bass 
wood stick, as hard as could be dime with¬ 
out abrading the skin. This was continued 
several weeks, when wo hacl the satisfaction 
of seeing the splints grow beautifully loss 
and finally disappear entirely. In this case 
the splints had been on about a year, ami 
bad become quite large. I believe this 
treatment will cure most cases if continued 
a sufficient length of time— Dr. A. N. Bra- 
man, Brockporl , N. Y. 
Rubbing tlie .Urine uutl Tail. 
A correspondent asks what causes ami 
will preveut a horse rubbing his mane and 
tail. He has one which wears both nearly 
off every season, when turned out to grass, 
by rubbing. In some cases the rubbing is 
caused by lice, which should bo expelled 
from the animal. 
of one that I use, and find very convenient, 
and the best I have seen; and it is not pa¬ 
tented. The cvener is the same us for two 
horses; the whiffletrees have each a lonir 
arm and a short arm; the long arm is twen¬ 
ty-four inches long, the short arm twelve 
inches. On the end of the short arm, place 
a half circle, made of flat, bar iron, one-half 
by three-quarter inch, with a hook at each 
end; fasten to the end of the wbiflietree by a 
holt, so as to allow it to play; hitch the 
traces as shown in the sketch. Be sure to 
get the traces so that they will draw even, 
and it " ill work first-rate on a plow or any 
other load.—\V. i\ Giles, Onondaga Co.,If. Y. 
lteimtiljr for Crtb-Rlttug. 
M. J. Carter writes the Rural New- 
Yorker that if those who have crib-biting 
horses will nail a sheep skin, wool side up, 
wherever there is a chance for the horse to 
bite, lie will not do very much cribbing in 
the stable. His father has tried it success¬ 
fully. 
Scratches iu Hor*c*. 
A correspondent of the Rural New- 
Yorker, at Summit, N. Y., recommends 
washing horses’ legs iu strong soap-suds; 
then dissolve some (how much) copperas iu 
chamber ley ami wash them for a few clays. 
Says this will cure scratches. 
Imiuii'ie* for Horsemen. 
A Subscriber at Geauga, O., asks some 
one of our readers to give a description of 
the Hambletonian horses—“ their size, form 
and color, and especially the size of the head 
and ears."—A subscriber at Clarimla, Iowa, 
U9ks some of our readers who know, the best 
tiling to take inflammation out of a boree's 
leg; also, if there is any cure for blood 
spavin, and what it is; also the best means 
How to Treat Dry nuil Cracked Hoof*. 
A correspondent' of the New England 
Farmer, R. Davis, Troy, Vt., writes:—“We 
keep on this farm two horses for farm work 
and other uses. In the summer of 1809 
their feet became dry and bard. One is 
naturally flat-footed, llis feet grew at the 
Horne* Puwiug in tlie Stable. 
A correspondent at Middleburg, Conn., 
asks what will cure a horse of pawing iu the 
stable. We know no effectual remedy. We 
had one once to which we gave a stall with 
an earth floor, and allowed him to paw. 
YOL, XXIII. NO. 21. 
FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1871. 
WHOLE NO. 1H3. 
[Entered according to Act of Congress, In the year 1871. by D. D. T. Moohe, in tlie office of the Librarian of Congress at Wasblnuton 1 
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