The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-02-16
HORSE MARKETS I'm NEW YORK.

Twenty fourth and Sixty-SeveBth Streets
How Strangers Taken in and Done
F0r-The Animals Sold These Marts-
Splendid Chances for Making Money-ilOw
They DO Each Other-G Othic Stsods, Archi-
tectural Superslructures, Ossoous FOrma.
sions-Private aud Public Sales-Scenes nj
the sales.
As romancs,, a. dealer in things beautifully un.
real, poetsss who "improves nature
animated nature-on canvas-commend Us 70 that most
exquisite Of muscular painersthat mistress Of animal
porlraiture OF the imaginative order-Rosa Bonheur
Pshaw she never attended o horse market Her Fair
has been copied by hundred artists; but except the
scientific manner Ia which she "sets upp paits her
horses tails there nothing real but tho paint and cloth
and frame about 1t. IT. indeed, her Fair is truthful
delineaon Of a in real life. then all We have TO
say is that has The real reality, the ''osse
oss he Ia TO be viewed without tho assistance
Of lorgnette. 1t the equine marts Of New York. II
her Fair is reliable affair." then 1t is but fair that
should say they .orier these things better in
France" and that they have In that hlhy
civilized country the same opportunity to 'do each
other in trade they here where to be
looked upon perfectly legitimate In Spectator in
horseesh cheat his customer and although at times
the roguerv Serious yet is accepted cxcusabis
species Of sharp practice that adds
10 reputation Of tho jockey-and only to be repaid
by other indies the part Of the jockeyed This
practice Is traditional presume and Is based the
doctrine that has . right TO buy horse who
does no, know horse" The fact Is no be
jockey and be honest
The leading horse market 10 the one hold near the
varous sale stables in Twenty fourth street. These
stables extend from Lexington, both sides OF the
street. 10 within few rods OF Second avenue, and the
roadway ITSELF being rarely visited by people In other
lines OF business becomes o Of hippodroms
equine for the exhibition OF the animas that
are held be good on 'stepping out" AT this market
the best animals usually TO be found, and you
do not whilo purchasing horse make OF your
SELF the chances that you OF tho street
in pretty good humor with your purchase The rcputa.
ton OF dealers In this locality IL regarded unques
tonabs. The most Of those who stables i sell
on commission and they give guarantee Of the
soundnes tractabcness age Of the animals they put
on the market unless the owners or them will make
themselves responsible to the purchasers Tnis b the
side Of the Twenty fourth street markets But 1t
sometimes happens wDsn John Jones, pompous and
empty headed makes bis appearance 10 q stable SIN
and Brown each other perfect strangers, and
commence prasng IN most extraordinary language q
well fed and curred horse span OF ponies as
the case may DO. Yesterday witnessed scene OF
this kind ami we could admire the manner 10
when John Jones was to pay tor a fair LOCKING
team Of smart ,ro,tsrs--mares-- small sized bays.
"Ihem Mares" remarked Brown to Smith,
Jones held his eysgass hrs left optic and with
smrk examined critically and knowingly the animals.
'sre good 'uns to go They kin step out I've nearn
$50 We l." responded Smith, taking bis cue from his
associate. "rhey kia travel. I've seen EN- CO. and
they re sound To q dot Jest look II their teeth
Brown did as he hidden, aud In o confidential
tone Of voice remarked, "rhey're young.n
An pretty, sand smith, SUCCESSFULLY, ,'sposs We
Agreed" r1oinsd Brown; az they step out righ.
guss: IN Keep s% myself tho NICE s oarrss: horses pull
in Harlem Lane"
ingly and admiringly but never uterng word, the
ponies hsrnessed 10 the sloigh and with the usual
accompaniment OF bells wero made to 'show thor
steps to the onnoisseus, utterly ignored the pre-
seucs JONES' treating him indisi spectator
while all the time ,hey satisfied In their minds
into the Sleigh and taking the rens. the snowy
at word sprsne forward down the stree. and were pre-
pearsnce IL was from above the stable thus showing
That they had been driven around the block The
was certainty reasonably short, and Jones was In ecs
tastes He 'xhoxsd bis hand" and the dealers raked
down pile Jones went out Of the stree, the
Sa,. but he paid 'stesp prce for them. II he s
satisfied has right 10 oompainnot even Brown
ana smith, who soa them 70 MN On "eo%mis'onm
steedsn decayed Rcsinantes discarded stage and car
horses, aIess plugs and stands, non-jolntsd, wind
CALLED, gIsndered, botted, spawned, bind hairless,
'scratchodU lame sore backed and imbed jaundicsd
rins.boned, spll,.hoofsd, "knuckisd' and 'ifted"
osseous formations in the character OF enthusiastically
construo.sd .auirnes" exhibited to the best ad.
vantage, 10 between sixty sixth and six,y-scventh
Streets on second avenue Here, without s1aggeraon
svsrythins in me shape Of used up horse Is put up
Tor sale II IL remarkable how lively the "crttsrs'
look when brought 10 this place few blocks north
or south east or west OF the Market and the
brutss seem as II they had their last day; but by
some occult means or reason they suddenly revive
and although they may be never no lame, sore,
vindcalled or blind the they approach the
tet the more lively they get Gradually their ear:
and caudal appendices stick up, or set up and
youth ana whom at length they roach the ascent Of
ten road Hfiy feet they rush up In brilliant style
70 the very bank amid crowd Of sdmrers and thence
10 the open space beyond This considered the test
fsat--,hs crucial experiment. II hose can carry
light wagon up that hill and no one In 1t his chances
are far-bis gursv good for 50 and uowardA Reader,
,'thom there horses spicsd"-gingeredl
tho aide OF The avenue 10 the Of about thirty feet
are consrsga,ed two days In the week curious col
iectos or sspeculatora" representing almost every