The New York herald., 1868-03-03
THE HORSES OF NEW YORK.

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Where Oar Horses Come From aud where
They Go TO-Scenes Iu and About the
Buli's Head Horse Market-A Chapter on
Fast H0rscs.
| While our rapidly growing city and its expand.
| Ing wealth and taste for pleasure have greatly
increased within the past few years, the number
OF our private stables, enabling us to boast OF
studs, the property Of private gentlemen. unsur-
passed by any in the world for value Of the horses
and records Of speed, set forth in last Sundays
HERALD in an article on this subject, the general
demand for horses Of all kinds has in the same
period more than kept pace with the progress Of
our population. Fast horses to train for the turf
have been more sedulously sought each year, till
from few contestant rivals for the
rewards Of the race course their number
has become Incredibly large. One hundred
drive their carriages now to in former days.
for which the Park and that natural ambition for
display SO sovereign In most Of human bosoms are
to be thanked. Saddle horses are also growth Of
our good Park, and on bright afternoons of plea.
SAINT days, while the drives are resplendent and
animated with splendid equipages aud fine horses,
the bride paths present brilliant display of
equestrians. Hack propretors have likewise in
creased in number, as they have increased in
impudence and eXtorton. Our large express
companies and breweries and iron safe manufac.
tories are comparatively Of recent growth, and SO
are the huge but magnificent draught horses
they employ. A product Of the past few
years is the network Of railways almost
girdling our city and bisccting it in every
possible direction, and the new and enor-
nous demand for horses created from this source.
For our omnibus lines the demand has increased
each year, aud there has been a like increasing
supply needed to meet the growing wants of our
butchers carts, milk wagons, drays and all the
minor kinds Of minor business requiring minor
vehicles and horses Of minor value. It takes, ac-
cording to the best accredited statements, fifty
thousand horses to supply the present yearly de-
mapd Of the New York market, and in the business
an employment of millions Of capital. To indicate
where this vast supply comes FROM how the horses
are cared for on their arrival, and how and to
whom they are Sold and what i paid for them and
the prices they bring, together with some descrip-
ton of few Of our more prominent fast horses,
principally preparing to put in an appearance on
tracks the coming season, is the object Of
the present article.
BULLS HEAD HORSE MARKET.
Bulls Head is the great central headquarters
for the horse market of New York. A congregation
Of horse stables between Second and Lexington
avenues constitutes these headquarters. The Tat.
tersal's Of the earlier time, on the former site of
the old Assembly Rooms on Broadway, in the up
town march Of improvement, quietly moved and
settled itself down here. This mcvng-tool place
some twenty years ago, when the Red House
and the race track near it were established
and thriving institutions, and whes, instead
of city cars crowded to tho confines
Of suffocation by overwhelming loads of passen
gers, a wearying pull to the horse drudgcs COM
PEELED to draw them, Third avenue was the grand
out Of town drive FOR our most showy turnou,s-
the Harlem lane Of the present day. But though
a new Tattcrsals has sprung up in the upper part
OF Broadway, and auxiliary depot for the dis. /.
position of horses has been established in Fifty
seventh street, and for all the immense changes
that have occurred in the vicinity OF the present
Bulls Head, its headquarters as tho great city
horse market have remained s,eadiast and i'm
movable. Messrs. Post & Nichols. the Whitsons,
Mr.. Burnett, Mr.. McRoberts. Mr.. Chamberlain,
Mr. Dohlman, Mr. SEraus, Mr.. Mehrbach and
others, the leading horse dealers OF the city when
it was score OF years younger than it ia now.
still hold the same position today twenty years
ago, supplying New York with the horses It re-
qnires for its multtudinous uses. Every Kind OF
horse for which there Is q demand in the market
is supplied here-fast horses carriage horses sad
die horses draught horses and, in fact. horses Of
every imaginable character and use. Most OF the
horses are brought from the upper and western
part of this State. and from Maine. Vermont
Canada, Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. Bulls
Head constantly keeps agents busily employed
in tho purchase of stock. OF course these
equine enissaries are knowing ones in
this dep irtment Of trade and drive the sharpest Of
bargains. That Shakspearian acme of stupidity
inability to tell a hawk from handsaw, Is In no
wise applicable TO these horse hunters. Their
practsed eye quickly detects ''the points, OF q
horse; they read, az il written on q scroll before
them, every prophetic mark OF capacity and en-.
durance they behold the latent indications of
speed or sure signs OF extraordinary strength
awaiting future development. Take. for instance,
| Mountain Boy owned by Commodore Vanderbilt.
| He was bought in Orange county, this State, Of
| farmer for $3.50, who thought no doubt. he
was getting on extraordinary price for him.
| The horse buyer detected his value. Mr.. Wander
| bit came into possession Of the horse eighteen
months ago, and to-day would not take s25 900 for
him. Last fall a green horse was bought at the
| plough for 300. in Illinois brought On here with
other horses and in less than month was sold for
| S. .003. This horse, now called Young Daniel, Is
said by his owner to have trott.d mile in 2:26L.
aud he believes he is capable Of doing much better
coming period Of races. lie looks like thor.
oughbre1; fine, soft, silken coat small and beau
| tifully sloped head arched neck and legs which.
for size and proportion. it is difficult to beat he
| stands fifteen hands three inches high and has
| magnificent flowing name and tail. But to return
| to our place OF DEPRESSION.
How many horses,' we asked Mr.. Post, OF the
| firm OF Post Nichols, ARE sold ut Bulls Head
| annualyg"
"Fully fifty thousand" he replied.
Glow much capital il empioyedT' we further
| inquired.
"a power OF capital. tell you" was his re-
| sponse, and which, on account Of its expressive
| ness. we give in his own words. IL may be safely
set down that between two and three millions OF
| capital Is annually absorbed In the business.
| Of course horse found to be endowed with uu-
| usual capacity for speed commands fancy price;
but steady uniform rates are the general rule, and
paradoxicay Inappropriate to horse dealers rs the
served among them. Fair. open dealing, and 10 &C.
cordancc with prevalent prices Is the guiding prin-
/ cpe Of trade. Whatever horse Is represented ~
| being he will turn out TO be. Al the present time
the average price OF the best coach horses Is about
81 500. Heavy draught horses, weighing from III cen
] 70 sixteen hundred pounds. command from 500