New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-01
THE HORSE MARKET

| HOW BROKEN DOWN HORSES ARE DISPOSED OF.
| "He'll not bother me any more, I've given
him % the skinner" the remark Of brutal wretch
when fined by police IHstice for cruelty maltreang
horse. Happy would II be for hundreds Of poor
| WORKOUT dumb victims OF mans cruelty and In
| gratitude il they too, handed TO the
skinner" The skinner" however. will only pay
g. or at most 81, for an animal and there
utterly broken down by age disease
work, al these causes combined not 70 sell for
higher price TO who expect 10 be able by dnt
Of hard bOws 10 get yet little work out Of them
the OF Sixty six s and Second ave, is the
torious at which hese sales effected On Wednes
day Saturday afternoons this place alive with busy
lackers while cquerrIes OF all descriptions
aud varieties Of nferiorty from the broken down but
eth lively roadster who may once have BOWED team
through Harlem lane, 10 the bony scrub.tai which
Is now only NJ for the hnacker Notwithstanding the
presence OF fat policeman swindlng Is car
and numbers Of persons make their living solely by buy
~ TO conceal their defects, and make them look
sleek and healthy aud rcseng them at profit too large
TO be considered honest under the circumstance some
buyers, however take their animals with full know
edge OF m their defects. and with the hope Of yet
dead boat" purchases seven animals each market
day FOR their hides only Some dozen individuals whose
learning is greater than their honesty. make pretty
good business by Gaping" the unnitated This very
expressive term is probably derived from the
dear to metropolitan roughs OF Knocking mans hat
or cap over his eyer, either for amusement
10 render the abstraction Of his funds
more easy task Applied to horse dealing, however 1t
II used In hgurave not literal sense though the ab
straction Of Loose funds is equally the object good
guages, English. German, and French Two or three
who do business around the horse market
In as many rs half a dozen different tongues.
The "capper" must happen by some fortunate
chance, To he lettering around the yard when stranger,
say a German enters for Ale purposs OF buying horse
The German being rather bewdercd by the sraueeness
OF thc scene Questions the capper who stands nvingy
OF hsks some other question natural under the circnm
ttances CaPper sagreeaby asonished he also as
70 purchase horse, aud after exchanging compliments
IN the endearn2 tongue Of the Fadeand they agree 10
look out Tor couple OF animals. Cappcr sights
confederate who has horse for sale and him
thongh thcy lad mover met before Afer profess
sedly sharp bargaining, the German fluids himself he
owner OF an animal worth perhaps so So for which
ne mas PAID s45 or >O and the cappcr presently the
possessor If v X. Horrible crueliies were for.
merly perpetrated IN this market old sick, aud
out horses, some inflicted with CHAMBERS aud
other infectious diseases being forced with
loaded whip and keen spur to drag then vrerchcd
o! Iaue sore and Injured animals purchased every
iLket aay Nv interruptions dealers. Adjective Of the
s'atohtd over The yard IN August lsGs to prevent au
nas NOT ia NJ condition 20 labor from being posed Tor
sae anu 10 srnd To slaughter all which were entirely
worn out or afflicted with Infectious diseased From the
beginning OF August 1905 to the end of May this year.
over three hundred turned out of the marker ms mint for
sae Inc society have since been obliged to withdraw
directions and the market ~ bc ginning AGAIN 10 fan
rapay 10 tle OLD standard About 100 animals are eN
are sold The entrance Zee ton cents and the auction
20 cents though mOstO the animals arc disposed
yesoy,fiaJ "'o Vi'y one miserable bay scrub, which
ieS.no'ed q Eood many street car horses dOr
nearly al street car horses look nlkcl was ex
M so yos,eay Tho dealers all absent at
@ ~. W h INC Hllcu road and none OF lott
etcIS ABOUT lhe yard appeared desrous f purchasing
didn't seem at all inclined to stir "ut for IL ry,icntiy
Had not known 1oontde rest Tor MANY q long day
turn out then fer the knacker aud ,hnp nnr ain IA
MOI 'H NoiH Oh II VIII make somo goOi sLOe.