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HORSE JOCKEYS IN BOSTON. 
Any person reading the advertisements 
of horses .for sale in the Boston daily 
papers would think he could take a small 
amount of money, go there and get just 
what he wanted. Many have gone there 
and got what they did not want, as they 
found out after taking home and trying 
out. There are a few places where you 
can get what you pay for, but many others 
where you pay for what you don't get, 
and I wish to tell a little about the latter 
class. In the first place, these jockeys 
never have a horse that is all right, al¬ 
though some of them look to be, but are 
drugged and fixed up so that when you go 
to see them they look and act first class, 
and even an expert can hardly pick out 
the flaws at that time. A common trick 
is to advertise a horse that is as near 
right as any they ever have, and is really 
worth the price they ask, but while they 
will sell you this horse all right they do 
not intend you shall take it away, but 
will try to get you to take some other 
that looks all right, but is really worth 
nothing. If you do get this horse you 
bought away from them it is because you 
are sharper than they. If they cannot per¬ 
suade you to take some other they will 
do something to the one you bought so he 
will kick and tear around, so you will not 
dare to go near him unless you are an 
expert, and you will likely be glad to 
take any other they offer you and get out. 
This trick has been worked on several per¬ 
sons in tins section who thought they were 
fairly smart. The one exception that I 
know of when it did not work I will tell 
about. 
A neighbor’s wife, who as this will 
prove was not asleep, and the hired man 
who is a good judge, went to the city and 
looked at a horse which was offered for 
$100, and looked a good bargain at the 
price, as it was a big horse of 1,500 pounds 
weight, and fairly sound. The woman gave 
a check, and they promised to send the 
horse out to her place at once. The 
woman intended to go at once to a telb- 
phone and call up her bank and have the 
payment bn the check held until she had 
a chance to try the horse a little at 
home, but meeting some friends they told 
her not to hurry about it; an hour or two 
later would do. In the meantime jthe 
horse seller had taken a train at once 
for her town and in about an hour had 
the check cashed, as she found out when 
she called up the -bank about two hours 
later. She returned home, but no horse 
arrived, so the next day, taking the same 
man and another, she went in again, and 
of course they told her the horse she 
bought was no good, etc., and wanted her 
to take another. She said. “Let me see 
the other,” and they brought it out. While 
they were looking it over she said, “Bring 
out the horse I bought; perhaps I will buy 
this.” So they brought out the other 
which acted like a mad horse. However 
one of her men finally got hold of the 
halter and the other man let go, thinking 
the countryman would not hold on. As 
soon as the woman saw this she told her 
man to lead the horse right along, which 
he did. When the stableman saw the horse 
was going they began to swear, and one 
of them said to another^ “There, the 
woman got the best of you after all.” 
When buying a horse from any of these 
people it is a safe thing to get the animal 
away at once, as delay is often dangerous, 
and the first horse you bargain for is apt 
to be as good as any you are likely to get 
in one of these places. Also, a mighty 
safe plan is to get some one who knows 
a horse pretty well to go with you; even 
if it costs you a few dollars extra they are 
apt to be well invested. Even if you are 
a good judge of horses yourself the other 
man may see something you don't, and vice 
versa, and you have a witness to the trans¬ 
action. which is worth a good deal some¬ 
times. In the busy Fall season several 
years ago, before horses had jumped to 
their present high figures, needing an extra 
horse, I went to the city and looked round 
the auction rooms for a good cheap horse. 
Many were sold but I did not see just the 
one wanted at a price that seemed right. 
Finally toward evening I went into an¬ 
other. and saw a good-looking gray horse 
just being unhitched from the wagon in 
which they show them off. One of the 
whippers spotted me at once and asked 
what kind of a horse I wanted. I stated 
about what I wanted, and said I would 
buy one or two if they suited my fancy, 
lie said ; “Would you give so much for the 
gray horse, he is just what you want?” I 
said yes at once, and the next instant he 
was knocked down on my bid. lie then 
said. “Step into the office and give your 
name.” I stepped in, and instead of giv¬ 
ing my name threw down the money and 
asked for a warrant and recipt. This 
was given me at once. The warrant read, 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February U, 
“This big gray horse is warranted to be a 
good worker,” which afterward proved to 
be a fact, and I will say that anything 
like this they put on paper is apt to be as 
they state it, and they are careful not to 
state too much. They had sold me a fairly 
good horse, but now they tried to get me 
to bid on another, which I decided was no 
good, but did not say so. Seeing I would 
not bid, they knocked the horse off to me, 
and tried to get me to go in and give 
my name and settle, but this I declined to 
do. I told them some one may have bid 
on the horse, but I did not. After some 
talk and threatening they saw they had 
gone far enough, and dropped the matter 
of the second horse. In the meantime 
the gray I had bought had been unharnessed 
and taken to the upper floor. I went up 
there and found he had a bad sore shoulder 
and also a sore back, which was another 
proof he would pull all right, or rather 
had worked hard and been abused. I 
brought him out of the stable and on the 
way home was offered more than I had 
paid, but declined the offer. I kept him 
over a year working with a breast collar 
until his sores healed up, and finally sold 
him to a horse dealer for just what he 
cost me. 
Fifteen years or so ago there lived on the 
next farm to me an old Yankee who was 
not liked very well, because of his sharp 
practices in dealing with other people. He 
had among others an old black horse 
which he decided he would trade off and 
get something a little younger and quicker, 
so he went to a trader, and seeing just 
what he thought he wanted gave $15 and 
the old black horse. This horse did not 
prove as good as expected, so he traded 
again, paying $15 more, but did not get 
what he wanted then. So seeing he had 
started in to get what he wanted he tried 
again, paying $15 more to boot for a finer 
stepping and looking black clipped horse, 
lie brought the last one home as proud as 
he could be, drove into the barn and un¬ 
hitched. His son came in and after looking 
the horse over said. “Father, that's the 
horse you first traded off." and so it 
proved; clipped and fixed up the old man 
did not know him, and had paid $45 for 
his experience in horse trading and got 
the old horse back. a. e. r. 
Hopkinton, Mass. 
Ringworm. 
Last Fall I purchased some young cattle 
from New York State, and I find that the 
hair is coming out in spots and is of a 
light scaly nature; seems to be worse 
around eyes and mouth, some on body. 
What would you advise to do for it? Is 
it curable? s. v. 
New Jersey. 
This skin trouble is caused by the vege¬ 
table parasite known as Trieopliyton ton¬ 
surans, which lives on damp woodwork, 
walls, fences, etc., as well as on animals. 
Tt will be necessary to clean up. disinfect, 
whitewash, ventilate and perfectly light the 
stable. Scrub each affected spot clean and 
when dry rub in a little iodine ointment. 
Repeat the application as often as found 
necessary. a. s. a. 
Thriftless Bull. 
T have a purebred Holstein bull six 
months old. lie is not near the size lie 
should be at that age. He seems well and 
lias a very good appetite. When he eats 
ground feed he bites it up like a horse in¬ 
stead of licking it up as he should. When 
he drinks milk or water lie chokes and runs 
from liis nostrils. There is nothing wrong 
with his tongue. He is almost too valuable 
for beef. Would you advise me what the 
trouble is and what could be done? 
Pennsylvania. ir. F. n. 
We certainly would suspect a tongue 
trouble in such a case, but as you say that 
is not present then we must believe that 
there either is a foreign body lodged in 
tongue, cheeks or throat, or a disease of 
the throat. Better have the hull tested 
with tuberculin; then if it is found that 
tuberculosis is not affecting the glands of 
the throat blister the throat from ear to 
car and give half a dram of iodide of potash 
once a day for five consecutive days a week 
for two weeks. Feed soft food. Wet all 
food to make it more easily masticated. 
a. s. A. 
Periodic Opthalinia. 
About a year and a half ago our nine- 
year-old horse, after getting pretty warm 
plowing, seemed stiff and would not eat for 
a few days; he always liked to be in the 
dark and the edges of his eyes looked red 
and ran water. We bathed them in warm 
salt water and after four or five days he 
seemed all right again in every way. Dur¬ 
ing last Summer one eye at a time would 
look red and run water, but was apparently 
well every other way. As the light seems 
to hurt it we hung a dark cloth over his 
eye and after a few days it was well 
again. Now one eye is worse than it has 
ever been; as he was not working we 
thought he had hurt it in the three-acre 
lot that he runs in. and where there was 
a good deal of brush that had been re¬ 
cently cut down. lie now jumps and seems 
frightened whenever we go near him. His 
other eye is all right, his appetite good. 
What should be done? c. p. c. 
Arkansas. 
The disease is moon blindness (periodic 
ophthalmia) and it is incurable and will 
cause cataract and bliudess of one or both 
eyes. The disease comes on at irregular 
intervals, or about once a month in some 
affected horses, hence the name. Darken 
the stable. At time of attack give one 
dram of iodide of potash in the drinking 
water night and morning and cover the 
eye with a soft cloth to be kept wet with 
a solution of half a dram each of sul¬ 
phate of zinc and fluid extract of bella¬ 
donna leaves with 10 drops of pure carbolic 
acid in a quart of cold water. This may 
retard blindness. a. s. a. 
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