National Republican., 1880-11-23
NOW UNCLE eEoRe LOST MS MARE.
a Bitter Experience Among C-street Horse
Irnnnra


II had a good mare, sah, only she was q it.
tic tcndor.footcd and not good for tho road, sah,
aud took her down on g street for to make
trade, saying as how my marc was sound ex
cept sho was tender-footed, aud | wanted to
got horse that was sound of foot They
brought me out q horse which they said was
sound. Scz /, ifhe can pull good aud has got
good wind / will swap. Then they hitohcd
the horse 10 Wagon, blocked the wheels aud
set the horse topulling. SEE l. Il am satisfied
he can pull, now try bis wind I told the man
to drive him up to Twelfth street aud back.
We'll, sah when that ere horse got back
hc had the heaycs so they had 10 hold him up
in the shafts | sez, l wouldn't take him,
and looked about for my mare, and she had
been driven away. They said had made
trade aud would have TO take tho old wind.
brokcn horse. Now want to get my horse
back
Such was the substance Of the story related
by UuCl0 George Ward, q colored farmer liv.
Ing near Mcchauicsyilc, Md, 30 Lieutenant
Ecklof aud Detective McDcvtt ut police
headquarters last evening. II was evident
at once that Ward had boon tricked by some
"horso sharper aud the detective.
accompanied by u couple Of reporters set
out at once to right the wrongs done to tho
vsrdaut Unclo Ward. Ward guided thom to
tho stable where the alleged "swHp" had been
consummatc1-a tumhlc.down patchwork cs.
tablishmout on the north side of G. street be.
tween Ninth and Tenth streets, under the
supervision Of short, thick set lIhgrnisn,
with little tult Of rcd beard ON his chin and
genuine broguc. Here Ward gave moro de.
tails OF his story. The transaction referred
to occurred Saturday evening. Ward declined
to take the wiud-brOkCu horse, as he said he
could not drive 10 homo. As hs had no other
means Of getting home he gave o colored man
in the stable u busncl Of corn FOR the use ofan
old wreck Of q mare, which, like Mark Twaiu's
famous slocd had many huc p0int.,snd needed
stuilinE badly. lie drove thediapidatcd animal
home and when ho returned yesterday was,
according to his story, surprised By being in.
formed that the marc belonged TO him, he
having traded tho wiud-broicu horse for IT,
Ward made claim for his tender.ioot mare,
but of course, did not get Ii. The stable.
men refused to rcccivc thg wrecked mare into
the stable until Ward had accepted dollar
for IT, The stabcmcn then claimed that
| Ward had sold them the horse. Ward, who
had notion that it was criminal ollense to
let q horse stray IN the Streets I'D that, hay.
ing 10 other resort, ho took tho dollar aud
put the horse in the stable. Thus, after all the
transactions were over, Ward was minus a mare
for which lie had paid SI5 Il week before, and
a bushGl Of corn, and had nothing to show FOR
it eXccpta paltry dollar When the detective
and the reporters visited the stable all three
Il
related ubavo, together with several other
animals, representing the various stages OF
| starvation aud cpi2lotic, were stalled in the
| establishment. The thlCl.5et Hibernian
alluded TO jtJberCd away ut a rapid rate,
claiming that everything had been done ION
the square, and Ward had swappcd away his
mare III u legitimate transaction. "You thnl,
you are sharp, Mr.. MeDevitt," said
the hOsilcr, but you're not Bit
sharper than l am. know what am doing
in u horse trade
"lIavo you liccnsc?" inquired the de
tcctye
"a license for what2' asked the man. with
an air of injured Innocence.
a stable license"
mo and don't want any. They tried tC
get me on that once before, but beat 'em il
the higher court"
The man who made the alleged trade will
Ward was not present, The people at tn,
stable said his name was John Delaney. Tn,
man in charge refused fatty to surrender th,
mare, saying that she had been sold t
another party for $50. So Ward had to con
tent himself last night without any horse
Proceedings will DO begun to-day to get pos
session Of the animal. The detective state,
that these sharp dealings, amounting to out
right robbery, among certain class of horse
Traders in the city are becoming very com
mon. The traders generally occupy aban
doned tenements aud dilapid0ted establish
monts like that at which Ward lost his mare