St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-07
The Late Breeders, Sale.

If the horse breeders of Minnesota expect
or hope to make the annual sales of trotting
stock in this state success it will be neces-
evils connected with the sale. The prin-
cipal complaints we have heard are two,
both of which are of a very serious char
acter, and if allowed to continue will de-
stroy the sales, root and branch.
and ought to. These complaints
are, first that the pedigrees
of some of the horses offered for sale were
not correctly given, and the horses were
not as represented; second, that some of
those who sold their stock had persons
present who bid the stock in because it did
not 60 high enough. How far these charges
are correct it is not within our power to de-
termine. The breeding of the stock can be
reached, and that part of the charges can
be determined as true or false, providing a
person has the time to examine into the
matter. The charge of bidding is more
difficult to establish. When. however, a
person who is known to have no money,
stands by and bids off one horse after an
other at $500 and $500 piece, and subse-
quently this stock goes back to the farm of
the person who put them into the sale,
very strong case indeed is made out in
cudIptu
that at the late sale by-bidding was in
obliged in by one of the persons who had
horses for sale. This is q very serious mat
ter, and one that should claim the immedi-
ate attention Of the breeders, and no person
who is guilty of arranging for by-biddng
should ever again be allowed to put his
stock into the sale. The breeders of this
state have started to make reputation for
the State Of Minnesota, and claim that
they can raise as good stock here as they
can in Kentucky or California. This is the
problem that they propose to demonstrate.
This can never be done by such means as
are referred to. Some of the dealers in
the state have some good stock, stock
that without dispute stands among the yery
best in the United States. There is none
that is better anywhere. This stock has
often been mentioned in these columns. and
all horsemen know what it is, where it is
and who owns it. The pedigrees of this
stock constitute part of the printed record
OF the trotting world. and horsemen would
GO many miles to look at these animals
and why? Because, when they look upon
them they know there is no fraud there
They know the animals are the pure gold
and good and true. ready and able to back
up every word said in their favor. and do or
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of this article to mention who has departed
from the proper course in this matter, but
1t is for the breeders themselves. who need
no further information to apply the remedy.
One of the horses sold at this sale, and pur-
chased by gentleman of this city as a good
roadster or driving horse. has, after trial.
been thrown back upon the hands of the as
soclatlOn, and is now in possession of Capt.
j. d. Wood, the secretary. 1t is proper to
state in this connection that in this case
there is no question of pedigree. The
trouble is that the horse was represented as
good roadster, and on trial it was demon
strated that he was not as represented. 1t
is understood that the breeders propose
hereafter to correct the evils complained of
and not hereafter admit to their sales any
one who has been guilty of doing what is
above intimated. The sale was in most re-
spects very successful. That this was so
is due to the large amount of work per-
formed in preparing all the details for the
sale by Capt. j. d. Wood, who prepared
the catalogue and arranged all the pedi-
greeS.