The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-05-23

FL never knew. horses as scarce IS
they are this year." said q weQ-known
Portland street dealer yesterday.
Where do most Of the horses thai
are brought here come from?
"Nearly all our heavy draft-horses=
come from Ohio. We also receive q.
good many from Northern New York.
Minnesota, Indiana and Maine, and .,
few from Canada. A good many young
horses are shipped from Canada West,
when they are perhaps two years DID,,
and are kept there from two to four
years, and then shipped here. They
are breeding much better horses in the
West than they were. Fifteen years
ago Western horses were not considered
much account, but they have proved.
themselves to be first-rate in every par
ticular, and are now. on an average.
quite equal to Eastern horses Many
of our best driving horses come from.
Maine, Vermont and New York. They
bring, of course, all sorts of prices, ae-.
cording to style, weight, speed, etc.
Good draft-horses are worth from $500,
to $500 apiece. Come out here, and ].
will show you some beauties"
The ANIMALS exhibited were. indeed, $
magnificent specimens of horSehesh,
weighing from 1900 to 1000 pounds
each, and measuring upwards of sixteen
hands.
These" continued the dealer, .tare,
from Normandy and Clydesdale stock
| am very well satisfied to make profit.
of $50 on one of them. Very often /
don't make that. Such horses as we,
tn
S155 to $40 each delivered here. On.
these we calculate to make profit Of
from $40 to So each. ~
''How many horses are brought here.
annuallyp" 'AA
about $4,000 head came last year.
Formerly no horses were brought here.
except in the spring; but they now ar
rive at all seasons. They are very apt.
to have horse all or pink eye soon,
after reaching here. especially if they
stay in stables great while. They are
not nearly as liable to these disorders
if they are at once put to work. Per-
haps one-eighth of the green ones are
sold at auction and the remainder at
private sale. There are, at least. hun
dred men in the city that make BUSH
ness of keeping and selling horses of diff
ferent grades. Then there are good
many transient dealers from all parts of
the country. They are here today and
there tomorrow: and a good many of
them do not care to see their customers.
more than once. r.r..s..
lowing to the growing scarcity Of
horses farmers are generally keeping
their mares, old and young. for breed
ing. Fully three-quarters of the horses
that have been brought here this year
are geldings. Quite percentage of
the horses that are sold at auction here
are sold on account of some fault
Another large establishment was them
visited. .
LAST week." said the proprietor ''we'
received an invoice of forty-eight Shet-
land ponies, direct from Glasgow. We
sold them nearly all at auction"
what did they bring?''
about $50 apiece. They were about.
ten hands high, of all colors, and
weighed from 25O to 800 pounds EACH
not much larger than Newfoundland
dogs. We have one on hand now,
weighing only POS pounds, for which,
we have refused an offer of over 81 per
pound. Horsefiesh comes pretty high
sometimes, doesn't it? There is quite
a demand for donkeys now-from peo-.
pie, suppose, who have become accus-
toned to them abroad--but why they
buy them in preference to Shetland
ponies-they cost about the same-L
can not understand. ''-BOston Globe.