New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-24
THE HORSE MARKET.
EFFECT OF THE MONEY PRESSURE UPON
PRICES.

". spent some hours yesterday in the pnocipN
ma,ket place Of borses in THE city, w,ch Is 'cs'l -
East Tseo,y.fouith street, be.wesn LsIng'on 'ou
s.eopd avenues studying the eject OF the aefaoge-
melt in the money market ups the market 'ot
Ard from yba, We saw ard heard, We are led 10 oe-
.ys tina, no branch Of trade hss felt the genors pros
,rs,iop more sev-rey than this We nave never seen
iine in October since the cooceensnon OF the morse
market upon this street, when The s'aoIes were ~
empty Of stock a. the present tns ana q DO ses-
son Of the year have We ever seen sucn senetA
oullp,ss OF trade a. at this time The glory OF tue
horse Jockey has passed away, and even the
raiser Of hor.es Goes not venture to bflng Ms
eol.s TO tLis market. We estimated from our oo-
,erva,ion ths. the stabes were not fourth full ana
certainly not enc fourth as msay hor.es are for sale IN
the street A. usual at this season; ou. there are quite
enough for the demand which il con6oed 10 the sni
rumber wanted 70 fill UP .be ranks of the slaughtered
stage horses and cnce in long shle one for city
work horse and an occasional demand for horse 70
90 the coupt,v 70, fs m or other work. 1t snoT the
bee. time for farmers to come 10 the cty-not WITH
but for horses though the depression is not so much
upon the working as upon the f,rcy stock. sach as
have generally sold at si25 to &l5O each are std neid
by dealers a, about TIE same; the difficulty s to md
two or three weeks sgo with few of the small horses
Of that country more than half of which still remain
unsold.
DO YOU" said he, " want some yer fine pony.
sal cell him sseap."
How much for that pair p
IL should get go nue. as ESQ in de Canals l
viii sell him yer sbesp. You shal give 600. No, vel,
how much you give vi ltake $l75."
When We finally .od him we would not buy, even
at that low price for snug pair of dark brown, fair
size Canadian ponies, be shrugged bis shoulders some
.even times in rapid succession, with emphatic ex
clam alton in each interval to the amount, that his
opinion of the New York horse market was not fo-
vorable one.
Several persons finding it impossible to effect sales
without oss have returned their horses to the country
but the lowest price ones such those Of the French
man do not bear do able transportation. and 20 their
owrers hold on with sort Of desperation while their
horses eat their heads of.
But these are not the most desperate cases-taNs,
the losees are not great even should they literally
eat of their own heads, a. some OF the owners Oh
horses il the city, which were bOughtsiI mouths or
wear ago at fancy prices" then prevalent. We no
ticed while in the street pair of fine large bay car
riage tor,es, driven in by coored driver in livery,
which, understood, cost the present owner 81 5OO,
aud are ju,t good when bought st that, yet
he coud only get an offer OF $75 for one and price
named for the other.
r We heard of another case Of gentleman who has
team of four very fine that cost BIN 1850, aud
for ore of which he offered al 900 not three
months ago. yet he now offers the whole at 1900.
Another man had standing offer Of 81, 500 for one
Of pair which he has lately sold at $500.
We noticed very handsome bay mare bought
few days ago by dealer for $l2j, which the owner
paid $500 for last Summer and at that she was no.
copsidered dear.
We know one man who is buying up fancy horses a.
such fancy prices have indicated, Of people
al 1ious to get rid of their teams without making any
noise about it, which ne is sending out to the country
TO keep till Spring very wisely concluding that ell
beegars will pot 90 on foot next Summer.
We give this advice to our country readers:
Don't think Of bringing borses here for sale this FALL
II you have them hand eel them ct home, or pre-.
pare to keep them till Spring. II you are Of spscu.
lsive turn Of mind come here and advertise that you
want to bny carriage horses family horses, fast tro
ters saddle horses horses of aQy kind but cheap
work horses, and Jon viii soon get ell that you are
able to pay for. Depend upon il, New York is good
market to buy horses c but If you doubt its being
bad one to sell in just you come here and try ouce
The reason given by one for wanting 10 sell his
horses, We thought conclusive.
my notes are protected. have no time to use my
horses, and if had l should not Ike " meet one of
my creditors, while driving fast team out Of town.
Ny f.ur horses will oost me at least $50 month for
their keeping besides the wages of man to take
of them, masking about $50 MONTH which must not
think Of spending while am in dest. Depend upon
it, shall cell at whatever can get
There is NO doubt about good many other persons
being in the same tx, and some Of them will take the
same resolution.
The horse market is fat, decidedly 90.