Horse SecretsAlexander, A. S. (Alexander Septimus)
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Horse Secrets
Alexander, A. S. (Alexander Septimus)
Horses
Should any question arise for adjustment between buyer and seller the
matter shall be referred to three members of the Union Stock-yards Horse
Exchange, the decision of a majority of whom shall be final.
Any person found guilty of doping a horse to hide the fact that the
animal is windy, heavey, crampy, cribby or lame, shall be expelled from
the market and prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
The following is an explanation of the principal rules governing sales in
the auction ring:
=1. Sound.=—A horse sold as sound must be perfectly sound in every way.
=2. Serviceably Sound.=—Must be virtually a sound horse. His wind and
eyes must be good: he must not be lame or sore in any way, but sound,
barring slight blemishes, and these blemishes must not constitute any
unsoundness. A spot or streak in the eye, which does not affect the
sight, will be considered serviceably sound as long as the pupil of the
eye is good. A further explanation is given as follows by F. J. Berry
& Co., a well-known horse commission firm at the Chicago Stock-yards:
“Blemishes must be nothing more than splints; the horse may be slightly
puffed and a little rounding on the curb joint, but he must not have a
bad-looking curb, and must not have a brand. He may be a little cut in
the knees, but he must not stand over on the knees or ankles. He may
have a little puff on the outside of the hock, but he must not have
thoroughpin, or boggy-hock, ringbone, or jack, although he may naturally
be a little coarse jointed; but the front part of the hocks inside must
not be puffed. He may have slight scars or wire marks but these must not
cause any deformity of the body, legs or feet, and must be nothing more
than a slight scar. He must not have any scar from fistula or poll-evil.
He must not have a hip down, and if one hip is a trifle lower than the
other, it must be natural, and not a deformity like the cap of a hip
down. He must not have side-bone, or any bad blemishes that deteriorate
his value more than a trifle, but must be sound, barring slight blemishes
that do not hurt him or change his value very little, and in no case more
than the above-mentioned blemishes. Car bruises must be of a temporary
nature.”
=3. Wind and Work.=—A horse sold to wind and work, must have good wind
and be a good worker, and not a cribber, but everything else goes with
him.
=4. Work Only.=—He must be a good worker, but everything else goes with
him. Ability to work is the only thing guaranteed.
=5. Legs Go.=—Everything that is on the horse’s legs go with him. Nothing
is guaranteed except that he must not be lame or crampy. He must,
however, be serviceably sound in every other respect.
=6. At the Halter.=—Sold just as he stands without any recommendations.
He may be lame, vicious, balky, a kicker or anything else. The title only
is guaranteed; the purchaser takes all the risk.
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