Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1887 — The Horse’s Tail. [ARTICLE]

The Horse’s Tail.

Ornamentation rules so generally in these days, that to overlook any point j through which this may be reached in the horse is to lessen the prospect of \ attractiveness, and, in this way, lessen the prospective price. In the mere matter of speed, a horse with a rat tail will go as fast as though he carried a handsome fiowing one. All the same, the latter is a very desirable appendage. i A low-carried tail and a slim tail de- ! tract wonderfully from the looks of a j horse otherwise of good proportions, j stately and a good stepper, while a flowing tail, of good length, well carried. makes an otherwise plain horse attraetive, and there are circumstances where it will add materially to his selling qualities. An expert fitter will greatly improve the mode of carrying the tail by using appliances for elevating it at the root, and especially may it be improved when carried partially to one side by severing the tendons on the lower side of the tail, on the side | toward which the tail inclines, putting the tail in pulleys, drawing it gently over the other side, until the space between the cut ends of the tendons fills up with new deposit- There is little danger of getting the tail too far over, as the tendency of the healing, process is toward contraction, and this requires to be guarded against until the new material to fill the space is firm. — National Live Stock Journal. .. There are no greater prudes than those women who, have some secret to hide. —George SaiuL