The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-30
table lDes, which the actual profit on others
leaves but an insufficient margin to cover.
WarRE PROrtTa ARR pOsetnfy sNAtr


waERE PROFITS ARE POSSIBLY SMALL.
In the simple straight business Of buying
horses m tho country md re-selling them In the
town, NJ present rces at oil events, there ~ ek-
ceedinRly small profit, aud the dealers are prob
ally teuing the truth when they aver that In Tits
line they have not tnnde dollar tins year. but
there ~ still pretty margin of profit ia other
ulreG IONS Horses are rebpught from the stage
anO a. rect railroad companies, and when put in
unavoidable condition are sold at figures gene
rally which make up tor whatever loss N v have
brt u upon them w their lrst sale. Then, too,
utvltc buyers generally II We to pay G nsiderfi-
~ bet ef piiccs than the close systcm uf the
corporations allow. \ good turn l. made, too,
on transactions In ice cart horses. the tee COM
nnics buy their necessary working stock H. the
siOns, in the fall, rather than go to the expense,
trouble, and risk of wintering their horses I'm
tdlene-s ard tine dealers easily manage to nut
the beast thus returned TO them In presentahlo
plight, and find purCh asers Tor tn en- DrOiltahly.
Stlll another way OF turning the honest pen
ny H. said to he not unknown in the horse mar
ket In the sale OF horses on commit. sion. a mal
has horse which he wishes sold on commits.
sion. The dealer Is really sorry for him. =" the
market Is 50 very dull" aud perhaps ADVISES
him to keep the he 81 two or three months IN
homes of an Improvement la prices, especially
Offering such advice when the seller seems most
eager to get rid OF his property. OF course the
reply is "never mind, sell at once, and do tho
best you can" and the order IA obeycd. The
seller gets say ESQ, less commission, which may
range all the way from ilVe to twenty-five per
cent, and the horse gOcs-to another dealer.
The next day perhaps a bona. hde customer
comes along aud gives SlOO Tor that same
horse, which makes $40 clear profit for
the dealer who before sold him for $3.50, and
S15 for tue second seller, who helped TO make
the turn" This ingenious trdnsaction Will prob
ably meet with u chorus Of dcnia,s al along
Twenty-tourth street. or at least such assurances
NJ, "our house never did any thing Of tho sort.
some small aud tricky chaps may have done
something Of the kind hut II so We never heai d
Of It," will DO offered freely; but the fact re-
IN iins nevertheless. Go w there green to buy
IA horse. and you don't stand any more Cnance
than Il baby among " lot of hungry canni-
balls" said an old circusman, who Is we'll up to
their tricks ana manners.
A TRADERS ARTICLE OF FAITH.
The universal shopkeepet's ASSUMPTION, that O
customer never knows what he really does want
Is nowhere more an article OF faith than In the
horse market. The writer had sample Of this
while collatng a lew notes on the business the
other day. A gentleman, accompanied 10y his
groom, was In ore OF the largest stables seeking
to buy a match team. The saIesm an was stout,
earnest looking man, with dark complexion
ana strong foreign accent. Before them were
,wo horses. nearly alike In color, but one Of
watch was at least a hand taller than the other
Yes, a pretty far match, except Ia size,
criticised the buyer.
taaaken." exclaimed the salesman. oh 4
horse Is yoost 50 tall ais dhe OdGer Won, but lac
IS dhin-he Is a young horse und dhin horse.
You fat oop dhat horse NIT soocn keeping ala q
snentleman Ike YOU wood git him, und ne wood
be yoOst SO big ais due oddeI Won. Yes with
an air Of sorrowful doubt, wouldn't wonder
The groom brought the weight OF his judy
ment as an expert 10 sustain his employers
/ Nehkenlng Tetl~ldlNts tut morse was re-
turned to hts stall and another was trotted out
In his place. This second animal was as far
lacking VI o match In color as the first bao beer
! In SIZE, but this had no sooner been commented
upon than the voluole salesman broke forth:
An you forget dhat hees coat ees loooing
Ven he comes to shed Duet lie Will be yoOst dot
same shade. Zhake, moot him Offer in de light
mOre-dOt way 1 gif you my vofd sate, yer
dot morse shall shed QUOT dem two HOSES wi
look like obey vas cofered nit shkins made fu
Won piece Of silk. Dherc vas not d more byOoOO
THU match IN ali Sei York"
Whether his cluQuence prevailed or not tn,
reporter did not walt to see.