Daily globe., 1879-04-03
HORSE HAIRS.

What St. Paul is Doing In the Way OF Pro-
vidinr the Country With HOrses-Sales
of Five Hundred Head q Week-Im-
mense Transfer Business the Past Month
at Hankey's Stock Yards.
''Are you aware of the fact that st. Paul
is the second or third horse market in the
United States?" said prominent dealer in
equine flesh to GLOBE reporter, yesterday,
as the two were conversing about the pros
poets of the forthcoming trotting season as
it concerned the principal flyers of the North
west. The GLOBE man replied that he had
heard some pretty tall horse talk in his time,
but was not quite prepared for such an en-
tirely unexpected revelation as his gentle
manly, and ordinarily veracious informant
had just had the temerity to put to him.
The idea was good one, however, and was
seized as the nucleus for generous circum-
ference of news, and having no better en-
ployment for the hour, the newspaper man,
with the hint as starter, forthwith took up
the thread of investigation.
Ascertaining that Mr.. Frank Hankey was
tolersbly we'll posted concerning the num-
ber of horses that arrive over the various
railroads centering in this city, the pencil
wielder ambled down Third street until the
stock yards were reached, and pleasant con-
versation ensued with that gentlemanly
dealer.
Mr.. Hankey was thoroughly impressed
with the importance of St. Paul as leading
horse market, and stated that while he had
no doubt of its being entitled to front
rank among the horse markets of the Union,
he would not like to commit himself re-
garding the amount of sales made, as his
<roSo woo rnoro +borouuhlv i1opfi1o1 with
the transfer business.
In the last named respect he had nc
doubt of its being the foremost market in
the country, the statement being fortified
by the most valuable ana lnconteStable in
formation. By reference to his books it was
shown that 1906 horses had been received
transferred and reshipped at his yards dur
ing the month just closed. The great ma
jority of the above number we're the property
of persons hailing from Montreal and
adjoining parts of Canada, who we're bound
for points on the line of the st. Paul
Pacific and Northern Pacific railroads anc
Manitoba. Quite q number, however, were
shipped from Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, In
diana, Illinois and other Western States tx
parties who have recently settled in the
more cultivated portions of Minnesota, ,one To-
consisting of ninety head of mules being
shipped to Dalrymple's farm in this State.
A visit was then made to tho sale stables
of D. M. Robbins & Co., DR.. Mintzer, S. G.
Whitcher and others, resulting in the infor-
nation that there are about eighteen promi
nent horse dealers in st. Paul, each of whose
sales will average about twenty five head o
horses per week, making total of nearl.
500 horses disposed of in the st. Paul mar
ket every week.
It was farther learned that city dealers
have regularly employed agents, who are
securing all parts of the country in order tc
supply the constantly increasing demand fo
good horses in this city. So great is the de
mand for good horses, in fact, that promi
nent dealers who formerly supplied Chicago
St. Louis, and other Eastern cities wit
stock, have now turned their attention t.
supplying this market, which fact is atteste
by the presence of dozen heavy operator
who formerly catered to Eastern markets.
The principal demand at present is fror
the interior portion of the State, while
goodly inquiry is constantly manifeste'
from Minneapolis, Saltwater and other town
adjacent to this city.
The above Information was obtained from
some of the most prominent dealers, an
while restricted to certain extent, may
received as perfectly reliable, demonstrating
as it does, the statement made in commend
ing-and at the same time inviting lib
ingenious statement by way of comparison