Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-09-12
At THE POUND.
How the Authorities Varnish up
old Steeds.

old Steeds.
/ When sale Of impouDded horse
takes place under the management
of the city authorities it is wei
worth witnessing. For a week o
| so prior to the sale they are PLACED
under the management of Office
Furlong. Mr.. Furlong is an adep
at the trade of equine dissemination
and can make an old horse over
much after the manner of an up
holsterer who can fix an old, batter
ed, WORKOUT clearinghouse sofa
until it looks fit for the bridal cham.
Der of the Palace Hotel. Animals
that get into the pound are not as
a rule such kind of horse-fesh as
fanciers seek assiduously. They
are generally the original property
of people who hate to purchase hay
by the bale to feed horses, and ac-
cordingly turn them loose in the
street in the hope that they may
pick up surreptitous living off the
little patches of grass that nestle
in the back streets.
1t is the object of the officers to
realize all that is possible out of
the sale, and with this idea in view
they circulate rose-colored reports
about the value of the stock. Sher-
if Crisler mysteriously hints that
the bay gelding is a descendant of
Flying Childers, and the little roam
granddaughter of Flora Temple.
Ullrick will wink knowingly and as
sure one that there is horse in
there with a movement that so
nearly resembles Maud S., that two
months training would. put it in
the 2:3O class, sure. While the
Sheriff and his active deputy are
busy on these reports and exciting
the populace with the idea that
So, 600 horse can be picked up there
for song without any chorus, Of
fcer Furlong is busy vanishing up
the beasts. He stuffs them with
oats to give them a lively movement
and feeds them old carrots to give
the hide a gloss. Ii they are too
old the teeth are filed down or re-
touched with nitrate of silver, and
all the 37-year-old animals are re
juyenated to a seven or eli ght-year
approximation, If there are any
hollow spots over the eyes, indica-
tive of the early epochs of the State
they are blown up with a quill On
the morning Of the sale they are
washed up with a hose in good
shape, and BY l O'Clock the crowd |
collects.
The fence is swarming with a
hive Of boys, all good judges of |
points in hoyse-fesh and adopts in |
:haff. As the time arrives Crisler |
ambles into the yard and looking
critically at the band of horses re-
marks in an undertune, that can be |
heard by all in the block -
What a d pity to see such
lorses as these going at pound
,ale =
Then the bidding begins. Here's
IN animal gentlemen, that speaks
5or himself. Hes a good, steady
carriage horse in the hands of a
.areful man, he's little spirited
rom being idle but can soon be
Iuieted down"
Here the the horse rises on his
lind legs and drags Ullrick and
'urlong all over the place.
{" \ little playful, gentlemen, but
veil broke. Fifteen dollars do [
My hear =? Fifteen dollars for this
magnificent Arabian charger! Look
t his chest, gentlemen, and see his
orelegs move.
"Oh, oh, oh hear the faker fam
lis fam doodle" shouts frecAle
aced boy. |
Pull down your vest, Ullrick."
"Quit scarin' him, Furlong"
Poke him up with stick.
Girls. give US some more wind,
nd such like irreverent remarks
reak from the CORRAL,
Better tie his hind leg up with
balm rope"
Those last oats he got are slftin
trough his ribs" |,
Nov, gentlemen, we've quoted
he animal down, and you can see
ust what he Is. Do [ hear any
1ore bids. Sixteen dollars did you
ay, sir ?"
mo, sir [ didn't"
Il" Oh, you didn't; beg your par
on, sir !; thought [ saw We wink
his way. Don't wink at me unless
gu mean business. You've got
lenty Of time to get these horses
xed up for the Reno races"
A loud blast of derision is blown
rom the top Of the fence, and the
oys grin like monkies at the re-
roachful look the functionary casts
them. :
Meanwhile the horse goes down
t fifteen dollars, and In a few sec
nds another animal is dragging
Tllr;oL ond Eurlonp all over the |