Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-05-05
Told by 4 Horse Trader.

81 was tradin' with fellow one
| day the wiry man with the keen eyes
| remarked, ''and Il toun@ fellow he
| Tipped in and spoiled The trade. lie
wanted the hoss was tradin himself
/ 50 l traded with him. Now saws |,
after We made the trade. If this hvar
| hoSS of ynurn don't suit ne want -
! come back il he mornin' and pay vou
ten dollars and get my li,Ss back
/ All right he sayS. and want the
same l~iyilrge.' It's Yours. [ tells
him, an he rode away. Well. sir. next
mornin. just rs was putin on TIE
/ saddle to 90 an pay ten dollars an git
my own hosS, h" rode into the barn and
| paid ME ten dollars to rit his'n. That
was Il good hoS5 Ia trade. | Only paid
! ten dollars for him in the FIRST place. an
| made twcnty-cight on him hV them
, forfeit trades in less n six weeks.
II had Il powerful hi1 cream ho>s
One day couple 81 frllu,., met nr in
town, %roccrS they were ;ld thry VA,
drivin' right smart four-vear-"lt! colt
for a delivery hoS- They stopped me
and says:
"'ii"w Il You swap that Big cream
hosS of yourn Cor this roliH'
"'Oh.' says, 4 never trade ho>>rS.'
"'W"ll, they said. give us Il trad
on this colt. anyhow. can t Nc?'
"'Ncll, no. | said. j never trade
h">srS. But the cream i Zip ri the
barn: Nou can 90 look n him. if Won
want. and if you think vuu ,:;m make Il
.lIn k,..,l. | 4 u L. :
"Wrli. they ,irn;r UP to the hpu>,.
and | w""i on down town never
went ni@h he h"iI>,: jrS; let EN- 90 up
and mak, .i,.ir ovn trade. all alone, fur
both sides. Abn'ii noon e,.r ,.m lriy-
in about town with the cr.ain: splendid
ln"lin' hr,ic i" Wa,
"Wcll." ~ay>. how dye -wrp""
ON says they, we len the col! an
fetched away The cream hn~>'
We'll. was satisfied but the next
day met one OF the boys. lieW do
You like the cnli:' he says.
d" FuStratr. told him. he good
colt How do You like the cream ho>>?'
Wr-cll.' he said. 'wc'rr willin' Ia
trade back if You are.
1t kind o grayrlcd the boys. cause
You see 'd let 'cm do their own lradin';
hadn't gone around to urge the cleam
ho>S onto EN- at all"
" had Il mighty fine ridin' mare"
the ho>S man with the twinklinw ewes
wen, on. land old Seth Siringrr had Il
>plrn'lid-lonkin~ dapplr cray mare.
How II youlrtie fOr Your dapplc gray
asked him. lie wanted fifteen dollars
and gave it. took that mare home an
Sin~cd her manc until it curied and
crinkrd like moss. Il Was handsome
Then trimmed her feet and put on light
shoes. An fixed her up one way an
/ another till size looked like another hosS.
and when put Il saddle on her no livin'
man would have guessed She was the
same mare with weak back. When |
rode by thc ba!u seth hollcrcd ont:
Where yen going with thai mare?'
Il told him | was going TO take her
down to 81. Louis To- sell her to Bob
Staples. Hold on says Seth. Il be-
licve kin give You as much for that
mare as Bob Sta pies cam
"'Wcll. SAYS 'what'n you give ne
bctwiXt her and that bay riln' mare
traded yoH 'hc other day.
ooh. H. he said. TN give You
twenty dollars and sail. Make it
forty dolla :, and You Kin have this
mare w ell. he give il. and | took
the saddl"".I the gray an lHIt il on my
own old bay mare, an Seth hitchcd the
new mare r' 10 Il buggy. As we was
driyin' ont Il the gate. the sill WIS
pretty high. caught the hrrl an the
mare shrumk back little. Seth fetched
her pretty smart with tie whip. she
jumped. an away her hind legs went
under an Gown she Welt Well. sir.
he just give one look ut IL. mare. then
he saw il was his own old mare; he
looked at me. All right. he says. that
al right; just help me il her on her
feet agin.' She was jiSt >n;endid lco!l-
in mare, but if she made the least quick
start. her hind legs wouldn't come.
They say if 4 hoss has good fore parts.
his hind parts is suro TO come. hut hern
wouldn't.
=" 1t was hard work get,in' ahead o
him." the bright-cyed ''hoss man. went
on. reilcctively. and with an intonation
of admiration in his voice. ''1e was
Just the best man at tra,lin' hosses lever
see. He had hoss in his barn that he
GOT off onto me. Good looLin' ho>S.
, Well. when started out from the barn,
that hosS was fat. and before I'd gone
five miles. hope to die ii that hess
wasn't lean. You wouldn' think there
was Il bone in him. He was bowed
up hoss. That man beat any man ever
see iiNin' up Il hoSs. You could pu, the
lcancSt hoss You ever see saw into his
stable, an hope to die if in foriy-cigHt
hours that ho$S wouldn't be fat And
then he'd trade him off to You. an in
six hours that hosS ii be 40 lean You
couldn't girt 4 saddle tight enough to
stay on him. '-BHrdsHc, IN f,o Htwk-
eye.