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Show BLEACHING THE HORSE. Dealer Tells About Some of the Shrewd Tricks of Ilia Trade. ' Tho horso had a glass eye, an "artificial "arti-ficial ear, gold fljled teeth, a bleached tall and mane and touched up checks. IIo was a showy, handsome animal at that, Bays tho naltlmoro Herald. "IIoss fT-kln' wo call It," said tho dealer. "It's plastic surgeon work, or beauty doctorin'. We do the same thing to tho boss what tho beauty doctor doc-tor does to manklud. "Why shouldn't wo bleach a nag's tall, mano nnd forolock when that thero silver hue- Is pop'lar? Why shouldn't we reenforco a thin nnd ratty tall, or mako good a lost ear, or touch out a defect here and there with a bit of paint or ncld? "You've seen many n coal black boss and many a biiow whlto one, I'll nwear each perfect, tho black without a spot of whlto and vlco versa. You bet, though, nature had given thet black a spot of color somewhere, and she'd did the samo by the whlto also. To remedy her error us fakors had stepped In, and with a cumelhalr brush and o. small con of paint wo havo made the animals perfect and Increased In-creased their market value about 40 per rent." j' . ' |