Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-12-04
The Custer County Horse Sales
Association is Now IN a Fair
wa of Being Organized.
Washington Dispatches Describe
the Entry OF the New Members
ofCongress-No Change
at Helena.
THE HORSE SALES ASSOCIATION,
A Practical Move Made To Secure iisOrgan.
izatIon.

The movement that WAS inaugurat-
ed last summer by Custer county
horse breeders ana Mil-s Citv mer-
chants 10 establish horse sales sssoci
alton at This point, aud which YVES
laid on The table ly the more exciting
w"lk t the political campaign. has
again been taken mp hy Mr.. Jepp
Ryan, with every prospect "i being
carried to a successful conclusion IN a
short time. Although considerable
progress was made in the preliminary
work last summer, the actual work
was mu h retarded by inabil ~ IT, So
cure sufficient attendance Of outside
parties AZ any of the meetings to ad
nit OF any definite steps being taken
toward incorporation or organization.
Realizing thst this feature must al.
ways exist 10 n greater nr less extent,
Mr.. Ryan boldly decided To take the
bull 10y the horns and see what he
could do personally toward setting the
ball in motion. To this end he yester-
day set about acc bmplishiug the most
important part If the program, that OF
raising the money necessary, aud
heading the list himself by subscrip-
ton Of $500, he occurred Mr.. o. Ii
Wallop's Dame for like amount, and
in short time had the names Of q
number OF our best citizens - guar
antee fund aggoegating $1,000. He
expresses himself as being confident of
raising 5000 or IS 900, with which
sum the ground will be bought and
the work If er citing the necessary
buildings and sheds commenced as
sarly la the spiiug as the weather will
permit With thi- accomplished there
would be 10 trouble t. raise as much
more. when the driving park aGjunct
can be undertaken, so that 10y next
May 'r June we can have an esiab-
liShment thor ughly equipped for N
horse market nn scale cOmmensur-
ate with the olse.breeding industry
Of Custer county, aud a good mile
track f,r the breaking ami training
of the better class of driving horses
and roadstels and Tor such races a. we
can get up among ourselves. 1t can.
not ( course be expected that we can
get any Of the flyers here for year or
two, as their movements are governed
by large PURSES that are hung up, but
as the prosperity and importance Of
our local association increases these at
fractions will come. For the present
II is enough to know that we shall
next season be able TO start In on the
long cherished idea OF masking Miles
City q prominent horse market, to
wh ich buyers from the east will come
in large numbers and where they can
see large assortment Of the horses
of the country from which to make
their purchases. While the scheme
has long been ripe and only in need Of
such an impetus, Mr.. Rysn's public
spirit In the matter Ia much 10 be com.
mended. He has the most complete
faith in the future of the plan, aud his
large acquaintance and Influence with
the leIding men of the county IL a
guarantee that he will he successful in
enlisting enough capital TO carry IL 10
succ, s.ful conclusion. Horsemsn
and Others throughout the county who
are desirous Of taking an Interest in
the enterprise are requested to COM
municate with him. Subscriptions in
any amount may be rendered, but
none have yet been taken OF less
amount than 500. 1t is a matter that
every man who Is breeding horses TO
sell should take an active interest In i,
as II will bring the purchaser TO the
seller, whereas heretofore, the seller
has had TO seek the purchaser, and as
all who have tried II know, they have
generally fallen into ;ne hands of the
Philistines. As soon rs the amount
necessary TO start with is subscribed. a
meeting Of the subscribers will be
called, at which meeting the plan OF
organization will be discussed and de-
clded upon, and the organization duly
In corporated, officers elected. aud
thenceforward the affairs Of the com.
xanU oondurtad nv ifs nroner offlcara