The sun., 1873-08-28
DEALINGS IN H0RSEFLESH.
vBsRE YoUPAY rom MoSBY <SD
TAKE YOUR CHOICE.
sts.<s fsY sale at from One Dollar up 70 the
Price Of Mr.. Bonuer's Ming Of the Tsff-
HoM Artists hx up their spavined NegH


clue to an organized band Of horse thieves, and
which circumstances were narrated Ia THE SUN |
Of Monday and Tuesday.
An investigation Uf this case by a eur re- |
porter has resulted in come interesting eon-
sral information touching the trade In horses as !
y Is carried In New York and elsewhere. |
"Thero tricks In all trades but ours fs n |
saying used by men Of almost every vocation In |
Q slightly sarcastic sense. hut a horse dealer |
would be afraid to use II In intclgen, company. |
II would lie too suggestive. From Maine to
Texas and from Manitoba to Florida horse
trading Is regarded by the experienced @ very
ucklish business. In which to use a technicnlty,
"a mans eyes must make his own mMket
This Is because the oral representations OF tne
best judges of horaenesh are alwaye susceptible
of dubious interpretation and for some cause cause,
lhe explanation u which IL left to moral philOso-
piers not one horse trader out u twenty can
bring himself TO unders,and that , there % Is s any
bor In buying or selling.
TuE TRICKS oF THE TRADE.
Por Instance, two farmers, otherwise Of un,
wit tho other in a swop After the swop ls
by Farmer II he will never rest until he has
secured at small cort some =" crlbber or
sound horss, avoiding carefully any warrnny
The sharp practice common In the rural as
Witnessed % n in SOME "f Of our city hSr-e markets.
All the ocevit tricks and expcdients for hiding
Eeladona expands the pupil OF blind eye until
Il looks natural. g9or old carcass T oeH m.n De
concealed a. to deceive the uninitIated while
maioritS OF city huvers are very ignorant OF
what are good points in horse, and therefore
trust blindly to pretentious middlemsn VINO
charge enormous COMMIT ssions. Horses fairly
worth siD not infrequently sell for Ave times
snrse % nxner wishes She To- dispose of an animal for
which he has paid round sum, and which ne
u. Ill uyas no ma
generally amazed at the disparsgins remarks Of
the commission man to whom he conndss the
business Of finding purchaser
HORSE ALL OVER.
Seated q. a door Of the Bulls Head Tavern,
Twenty fourth street and Third avenue, tho
reporter found a gentleman Of unmistakablo
horscy look poring over newspaper. He
wore "a bme-black velvet coat and yest, with
light pantaioons. striped shirt, and red neck tie.
Ahesvy gold chain with profusion OF charms
suggestive OF his vocation danfied about tns
which the reporter, not being connoisseur
doubted not was a solitaire diamond OF the nrst
tieman few minutes, and noticing tnai he
looked up from his paper AT every nght Nehlcie
Nth LANE at, At the horse or horses which drew
IT. Ignoring the driver, the reporter decided 10
however Tor the glitter Of the gentleman's dia-
monds The had more than the s3litaircl and the
sheen OF his velvet coat awed the interviewer,
and the Introductory speech was falterng' but
certainly very respectful , ~.
"Eh. young III an. said the gentleman. q" Y on
are Interested In the horse busine -. ana want
me to talk 10 you about II. I'v. 40 objection /;
but come now. you want tc buy horse, and
I'm your man. Tell me what And OF horse you
Reporter-No sir. would like TO have a
horse II "a true. but the cheapest one on this
street would be beyond my means. l am slnlli ~
curtou about the principal tuisiness " this part
of the city, and iudg,d from your face that
you would not object 10 talking to me about II.
Quotations.
Mr. x" Beyond your means, did you say
why sir you can buy horse here At any price,
from two dollar and ball ny To- ton Thousand
Come, now tell me what Kind oi hoFse You
Reporter-Indeed, sir, wouldn't know what
n do with even "A ten thousand dollar horse II
had II. am not lustdken, hope, in suppOsin.
Tou are in the trade ,..,,..
In horses all my life. l guess there's not many
that cah cap me.
thing with you, but am a Sreenhorn, and you'll
excuse the question. How do the nch youn.
and ON Bloomingdae road get themf Accord
ing to my observation few Of them really know
sfa't one when they see him, ana l WANT u
Mr.. X;-rhere, now, | knew, You wanted
me at once what Kind of beast you want anC
Tn your man; iye pair Of W Thite,footeSd sor
pure Hambletonian over there IN the Nationa
Stable that would ne dirt cheap At Sl,Jc, but a
him FOR $l5O. He's beauty, tell you. Won
Reporier-Ili look a, him with pleasure
thank y"u; but again assure you haven't IN
Mr. X. was not a whit convinced by this dis
claimer. and cettinl up hriskly, led the way 70
nian all the way. Al length he showed well
blanketed black horse not quite aiteen hand
hyh'm fifteen months ago for siUoo. lie ha
kept the splendid fellow In view ever since, al
had marked his changes ~ ownership Latel
he had fallen into the h'nds OF young ma
liyn: on Murray LII, who was III trouble wit
BANKER FATHER.
and therefore the horse must he solo, ~
ately would make the difference between al
and t4,OO, because the black was unquesti9n
bly, still worth the amount for which he Ia
interspersed between the CALCULATIONS OF
x. were the reporters questions about ever
thing else but the horse and his ane point
FROM Mr; \. and many Ike him, after MAXI
proper allowances for exaggerations, the repor
ar managed to CLEAN the information which Il
lows.
In this market manly by In portatons from N
,ouri, Kentucky Indiana, Illinois, ana 9th
Western states. Animals of this class are place
by the dealers in the sales stables In Twent
fourth and nelghboring streets, and afford Il
saIesrD en- and all tho antagonistic shrewdnees
abuyer. The heavy draught horses are prin
rai,ins part OF New York state There is /,
chance for nnanCering With the heavy draugh
Gle, are the things looked to, and buyers gem
ally have thorough practical knowledge
what they want,
FURTHER QUOTATIONS.
East Twenty.fourLh street Is the great mart s
In the traflC. As far up town as Fifty-nin
street thore are some large stables but Twen
fourth street seems To be the Contre, lh'
prices range from 81 To tho fortune which
would require to buy "A Dexter OF GuldsuI
Maid. The street railroad and omnibus co
panies buy tho most OF their stock here, hayi
agents who devote all their time to loukin.
available horses. The Third Avenue Cumpa
II the largest purchaser, investing from $6,VU
$1,000 in horse flesh every month.
The average car or omnibus horse Ia wo
from $50 TO $50, but the omnibus men of
pav IA much as 800 when they find somethi
TO suit them.
Horses are brought from the West by rail, a
are usually kept III the country within striki
distance until they recover from the effects
the journey, which In the ordinary stock can
very trying, Fine horses brought in wi
are known as horse palace cars, in whiOh Il
are made as comfortable IA II they were in tn
own stables, This costs about twenty doll
extra for each car. -Messrs Post * Nsls
propretOs OF the National Stables I'D Il
Twenty-fOurth street, once received acr IL
direct from Lcayenworth, Kansas, which all
rived In good order. II Ii the only instance
the Kind on record
lhe cheapest horses are bought by the cen
venders, They sometimes buy a horse for
sum II would cost to send him to the render
company ~ " est Forty thstreet; uso II u
can work no longer, and then Kill II FOL