New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-12
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ALMOST DESERTED
AN AUCTION SALE TO FOLLOW.

AN AUCTION SALE TO FOLLOW.
Madison Square Garden is an arid waste In tho
small hours OF yesterday was begun the WORK. oil re-
moving the horses exhibited I'm the ring during the
show week, and with such business-like expedition
was the task accomplished that by midday every an
mal had left the building. Only those catalogued
for sale this morning remained behind When tho
horses had gone the hail quickly dsmanfled OF
its decorations and soon presented Its customary
bare and cherries aspect. Not vesge OF the sho"
or ANYTHING connected with II IS left, ana the carmen
has been handed over TO the American Horse IN
change to administer the death-stroke this morning
The scene presented yesterday morning was one
OF remarkable life and animation, and the long string
OF egbandagcd warmly clad horses probably oXci'cd
feelings of dire longing and envy In the mind oil
the night wanderer shvering In the bleak morning
wind. Among the earlier departures, A D. oassa',
lot of fourteen, including Bend Or, Freedom Lazy
Sykes Lady Lonsdalc, Pirate, Comet, Chitabob, Pearl
Evening star, Patti and Snap were most prominent
They we're taken down to the Pennsylvania Railroad
station, thorc TO be shipped for Mr.. Cassatts stud
farm at Chesterbrook The private horsecar used
by Mr. Cassat for the transport of bis animals over
thIs line is about fifty feet long and can
comfortably accommodate as MANY as sixteen horses
The perfectly appointed carriage is parttioned OH
into two parts, each containing six or eight boxes
arranged that the horses on one side OF the com
partment shall face those on the other. Each oo4
Is supplied with every mOCcTn iHlpIoNoHoH',' ohu
the comfort of the beast is rgdly attended to- The
animals are guarded night and day during railway
Journey, and Zone but the men IN charge allowed 10
20 near them Robert stecle's lot of eight followed
the Chesterbrook horses to the Pennsylvania station
whence they Will be taken back to Germantown. At
few minutes after 10 c. J. Hamlln's long string OF
trotters nearly all first second prize winners, filed
out of the Garden into Fourth-ave. and were taken
down to the New-York Central freight station at
Forty seventhst for transmission to the village STOCK
farm at Buffalo. The rules applying to the care OF
Mr. Cassatts horses strictly followed out In the
case of those owned by Mr. Hamlin.
The long Island Floor Cloths team OF six heavy
draught horses made fine, If somewhat ponderous,
show as they strobe down to Thirty fourthst ferry
and r. d. Morgan's string OF five were early trans
feIred to their homo at Hampstead. FREDERICK CcO-
bard's Leo was, OF course, tie focus OF attraction
when. with his stable companions, he went away 10
his Jerome Park quarters, and IT does not need 10 be
said that the gallant little Filemaker-who TValled
the champions performance lacked Looming on me
score OF attention. Among the many other notable
strings which, by one bade farewell to the scene
of their tIiumphs failures, were those OF a. Il.
Darling. the Cation Stock Farm, including Don Cos
sack-who has to be proud OF HE achleNcnents
of his sons and daughters during the Week-lL l..
Her bert ". f. d. Stokes and James Hefiernan;
AS already stated. the American Horse Exchange
will al this morning. open their great sale OF ex-
hibitlon horses I'm the Garden