, 1889-02-09

THE LEADER office yesterday and last
evening:
$l20-He sells the horse for $50, in
buying back for SO he makes $40; selling
again for 800 he clears $50 more. making
$40, and if the horse cost him nothing
and did not throw him and he have to
pay a doctor bill, he makes in all sl2O.
In THE soUP.-In answer to the meal
ticket query he could cat it up in one sit
ting in his soup.
Forty DoLLARs-You ask for answers
to that horse puzzle question. L
enclose one. If there is a prize
to be given Cor a correct answer
and | am right please send me the prize
to the w. G. T. U. A sold his horse for
$50; that probably made him square on
the deal. He then bought it back for
SO thereby making $40 and sold it for
800 which is $50 more, making $40
profit. l tried to convince some men to-
day to that effect but they said | was ex-
cited.
ONE HUNDRED AND TEN DOLLARS
| am in from Horse Creek and heard 80
much to-day about your hose puzzle that
thought | would write you my answer
as | broke horses and sold them for ten
years. If A sells his horse for $50 land
the cost of the animal is not to be taken
into consideration he must have stolen it
and it probably had no brand. I'say if he
got $50 he is hat much ahead. Then if
he bought it back for so he has horse
and $40 in his inside pocket (the SO are
in his pocket, not the horse,) Then he
sells it for 800, and if he didn't spend
the ten in selling the horse for a hundred
he could show up $40 profit.
WANTS A TIP-I have almost worked
out you problem about the meal ticket. l
have figured that problem for six hours
and got down to where it says the number
OF meals on the ticket cut no figure, then
l was a little puzzled to know how to
finish the answer. Say Ed, if you will
let me know on the quiet how many
meals there were on the ticket not punched
out | think | can give you the correct an
swer.
DIsGUsTED.-If he sells a horse for
$50 he makes $40 by buying back at $40,
and sells it again at $lO0-well, what's the
use! Ask hin when he gets through
serving his time.
THIRTY DoLLARs.-I bet $40 to-day
that l am correct in my answer about
that horse. | say he made $50. He sold
the horse for $50. Now we don't know
how much it cost him. but he would not
sell 1t for less than it was worth. He
then bought the horse back for so Tor
say he bought another horse for 500, and
sold it for 800. He would make $50,
and, as | said before, I'm betting $40 he
does.
ALL WINTER Answer to meal ticket
problem in LEADER of to day: If the
ticket is on S. w. it will last all
winter.
JUST Sl20.-Here is a solution to the
problem in yesterdays LEADER: If the
original cost Is not considered by the first
sale A gains $50. Then if he buys the
horse again for $40 he gains $40 on his
money; again, if he sells the horse to C
for 800 he gains $50 by this transaction,
as it is just $50 more than the cost. His
total gain, therefore, by the two sales
will be the sum of $50, $40 and $50, or
SI2O.
Nor FORTY am sorry | read that
horse problem. | got the profit of the
sales fixed in my mind at $40, and went
over to discuss it with some men near
the corner OF Sixteenth and Ferguson
streets. | argued my cause for a few
minutes with some SO and $50 men,
when n of those present inferred that l
had not the proper regard for the truth.
L still insisted and we quarre,ed. Then
my eye resisted the touch of a handful of
knuckles, and | was convinced that | was
wrong. | have a dark bay shadow under
my eye now, which is my admission that
A, did not make $40 on hat horse.
CLEAR AS mud say the
horse dealers profit is $40. The
problem states that the original
cost of the horse does not enter into the
proposition" | an inclined to think
that the catch is in this sentence, as it is
s%uperiuous, Al sell b a horse for $50,
he buys it back for $40, he sells it again
for 800. The original cost being I'm
known and not to be taken into considera-
tiop the profii nm tho fret soIo :,