The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-03-13
HORSES FOR 4 TRIFLE.
OLD MACS OocToRED Up BY JOCK
EYS AND SOLD FOR \ SONG.
GotkaEl's Only Opsn-Air HORSE Market
All sorts of Dscept;ons rraeIiced Upon
Un>uspsetiu. Ones-Hor>e> sold and
Owners AtSo-BerSh's Men at Work.

II Is related Of one Of the men of early New
York that when he drove a cart be one dav
expressed a rash discrimination u take 5i
cents and 20 over 10 the horse market and
tuy horse, Whereat neishbor chhled him
for his want Of thrift, saying: While YOU
are at it why don't YOU take $3.50 and hay
good one.~
He took the advice AMI bought a risky
stsed for Sis. He had driven about three
blocks from the market with his hay when
the horss fell down. refused IL -,eJ up, ami
lay there in the street and ,lieSi Seeing
which, its owner Put his hand In his packet
and exclaimed Indignantly: Here, John.
here's ~ shili.ne>; 20 hack and buy a roarer.'
The market where such bargains wers
driven when New York Of TODAY went %
infant s'i.0ol. WAS On Fourth avenue, at
Eighty-sixth street. Upon the city statute
book there stands still an ordinance. that has
Bower been REPEALED, forbldding the sale or
offer for >tle al auction OF any animal or
animals in any pubic street or place, except
In the Fourth avenue, az the corner III Eighty
sixth street, un'lor a penalty Of $40" The
present residents If that rather exclusive
neishhorlood would probably he stricken
dumb With alnazrElent u, any attempt to
obey Ii to-day.
GOrHAMS orEN- AIR HORSE MARKET
Many year ago the Central railroad tun-
Lol irove the aEnnals" away, the cattle
westward to the NoiSh river, amt the horses
east a. far u Tia. foot Of Seventy fourth
street. Thrre, in n classic locality known
variously As the Slaughter house. from Ger
tain not unfamiliar scenes ~ bionlshcd that
occur periodically within its precincts, the
Rocks" AMI tE" skin market Gotham's
only open air Torso market i now estai,.
lished Perhar@ the Rocks" has some hidden
reference To the money weekly wasted AMI
wickeily won here twice a week, perhaps 1t
refers 10 the character II the ground. Which.
ever is the fact at any rate the title Of
Skin market is not misplaced. From first
To laS. NOR people are metaphorically AMI
mnt horses actually skinned at tho Rocks
than probably in all the rest Of tho m,trop-
Oils put Together, the bunkO tenS and Tia,
otfal dock not excluded The halt, the blind,
the deaf Of the cQlinc tribc comes here. u
temporary cur. wrought u,on them BY the
jockeys art, and then sold AMI bought for t,
song. Tho father Of lbs pitches his tent in
the market twice u week on "Wednesday ami
SATURDAY afternoon, AMI does rushing
business
A reporter who looked at the market dur
ing hu>in.,S hours Saturday found Mr..
Rcrsh'> men there. stroling about and crti-
cally examining the animals offered for sale.
One rather handsome least was auctioned
off in n corner and hung fire at s!@9 A
critical examination by the buyer would have
shown it e. h. hopslcssly foundcred and not
worth -. coats for active use Scattered
about the yard were trucks loaded with stone
and carts Of all kinds. The Stone-trlcks are
the standards Of the narkc, by which
horses ability To pull when hooked up b
judged Between them men were galoping
horses up AMI down, o,tensibly to show on
their points to groups of critics gathered here
and there really in most eases to keep them
from getting stlf and sore from unwonted
rest, IL Wa, plain that some of them were
kept going only by forcc " habit, or bc.
cause they lacked the strength to make tho
effort necessary Ia stop. II was n question
Of time merely when thet would drop like
Jakc's $50 purchase, and say where they
fell
BOUGHT AND SOLD BEASTS AID OWNERS.
One horse that strobe glngcrly ahou, with
peculiarly light AMI airy step and was the
object Of hot contest between two men in
Jumpers before it was knocked down for sl1.
had been ruined by use on hard payemcnts,
until absolutely worthless for any but the
lightest service in n" field It., frrnfrtt we're
81 sore that putting them IT, the ground
was agony II the poor b.a' whence tho
pcculiarity Of it, step \ piece of soft leather
fitted under the shoe, betrayed It's condition
but the buyer did not see it, and thought he
h1l secured a bargain
Some horses We're brought ina very few
About which there was no prrteilsc. Their
working days We're clearly over, ard they
came to I've handed over 10 the skinner for
tho value of their hides SINNERS from .Jer.
sey AMI Long Island were in attendance TO
appraisc them on the basis, perhaps, Of the
extent of tanning their hides had received
in life niththo whip From 81 Ia g. was the
price thoy brought Some If those that sold
lor = "a - to do many hard day. work
yet With plenty of abuse and short feed
were not mu h better
As twilight approaches on sale DAYS AMI
long contested bargains are struck, there arc
little tight in sheds and corners between dis
appointed t"uiHs, "hich the policeman on
duty dos not Nn', az least not officially.
Blpk eyes and bruised noses aro usually the
worst outcome Of thes. .'rinnagos Then
the hOoilun Is in his glory, and Is amply ~
paid for his long afternoons tame wait The
tavern at the head Of the yard fills up as bar
gains are ratified, AMI the prpession Of
bought and sold including beasts and their
owners, moves westward toward the avenue.
where simultaneously the outside jobbery
ceases. As tn boom is made fast behind the
last goef's, a lti. knot Of men maj hap il lie
serted down Mt the waters edge, behind the
shell, and n pi,tul-snot rings ont welcome re-
lief 10 som" vermont TEA. that has lten
repaid with iasrli'tuir for II life " hard
work. Bercis men nre NJ work there
New YORK Mai ami Express
four-1houSand- Dollar Dy.rcoat.
What Is undoubtedly Tia, most expensive
overroat ever sold in this city is one male by
Edward kakas for Boston gentleman. The
yalua # the coat j. said to tn ii ppl though