Daily Yellowstone journal., 1885-07-03
AN AUCTION SALE
OF BROKEN DOWN HORSES AND
CRIPPLED VEHICLES.
Rarus' Second Cousin on the Block The
Auctioneer'- Explanatiou-An Animal
OF some Sort Sold Every
Five Minutes-
New York Tribune.l

New York Tribune.l
Few blocks in this city are buster than
n certain one on Thirteenth street on
Tuesdays ard Thursdays from a III till
4 D. m. During these hours double rows
of vehicles, from the spruce and shining
dog.cart 10 The ancient and dllhpidated
family coach antedating the present cen
fury, line the street and encrOaCh upon
the sidewalk. Two auction stables are in
the block, and on sales days the voices OF
the auctioneers can be heard u iurlong
distant CRY ing out their bids. The stables
are tilled with shouting. busting, noisy,
tobacco chewing throng. bidding alter
nately on the vehicles and the horse. esh.
Here are gathered together the cast on
and spawned wrecks Of the street cars the
scrapings of other auctions; the crow.
bats the lame, the hamstrung and blind
animals that have been knocked TO pieces
over the cobblestones. and are sold 10
fruit pedd.ers, frugal farmers and pros
pectiye buyers for the glue and fertilizer
factories on Barren island The vehicles
are bought by second. class livery-stable
keepers and by carriage builders, who
knock their purchases 70 pieces as soon as
they get them home in order 10 get the
be valuable An animal is sold every
five minutes here. When one is led
up from the damp stables underneath by
one boy while another boy follows with
whip which he often uses with needless
brutality TO produce transient activity in
the plug" the hapless victim is sur
rounded by the crowd. One man ex-
amines the teeth TO ascertain the age,
nearly twisting the poor brute s lips
off in the operation; another thrusts
his hnger around the all OF his
eye 10 test the sight, still another presses
the spinal column to see If be exhibits
symptoms Of kidney disease, while hall
dozen In the crowd are feeling OF the legs
for marks Of unsoundness all at the same
moment The examination is thorough
and lasts but l.Jment, The crowd falli
back as the sale begins
There. gentlemen. cries the hard
featured auctioneer. this ere hanimal ID
a secon' cousin u Rarus. 'E's irotted .
mile mint on the Fleetwood track, and
cost $500. Who's agoin' TO bid for 'imi
Start il, Centleemenl Your price is mine.
In one sale that was witnessed by re-
porter the other day the animal had been
partly clipped but the great number OF
scars. blisters, windgalls aud spavins ex
posed had caused the owner TO desist In
The middle of the undertaking
you see. gentlemen. said the auction.
Ger, "the clip ing machine give bout ALI
way. Trot i'm bout Johnnie. The for
ward boy started out. the boy behind gave
the brute an admonitory crack with his
whip, and the three rushed out Of th,
door together. The tide of humanity
Toured out of the stable 10 watch thu
movements of larus' second cousin
They met throng pouring oct OF thu
stable across the way, and Tor nv
minutes the street was sea OF battered
hats, shirt sleeves and beerhushed coun
tenances. The horse and boys darted VI
and down the narrow passage between The
| double rows Of vehicles and then passed
through q cbasm in the crowd into thu
stables again. The crowd streamed IL
after them and the bidding began. Fol
short time nothing was left in thu
street but the vehicles. The auctioneel
got bid of s. aud asked the bidder II ht
was not ashamed of himself: he got an
other Of $40 and cried. wild excite
ment!" and finally the brute was knocked
down for $3j and the buyer was requested
90 step up 10 the desk and settle with thu
red nosed man behind the counter.
Fa'ely doe an animal al these auc
tions bring over $50. Now aud then |
western man brings on a carload o.
horses, and finding that he cannot dis
. pose Of them at private sale has recourse
| TO these auctions