Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-04
OUR HORSE MARKET.
RIcHMoNp's PROGRESS IN THIS M
DUSTRY IN RECENT YEARS.
The Auction business M Seen by Dis
pitch Man-saIes Reached 10000 Last
Year--some OF the Dealers.

Richmond Is the largest horse market IN
the South. This may be a somewhat sur
prising statement, but It Is none the less
true. Few Of her own citizens realize the
extent to which this industry has grown
among them, or to what extent this busi-
ness has advanced, or assisted in adj
vancng, the material progress of the city.
One OF the most prominent dealers IN
horses and mules in Richmond yesterday
remarked TO Dispatch reporter thar 'iie
sales here for the twelve months ending
February 2Sth would aggregate s,Do u
1e.coo head. OF this number. or course
the larger portion were OF worK-norses
and mules. 1t Is true, however, that 'he
city has now a larger business IN goou'
blooded stock than ever before.
HOLDS IT'S OWN.
Horse-nesh. like everything else, Is regu-
lated In price by the demand. 30 lar
the Richmond market has held us own
with the other markets which have COM
peted with IT for its custom. In the place
OF losing its foreign patronage, Richmond
has steadily built up its market untii nov
her buyers come rot only from all over
Virginia. but from North and South Caro-
lima and Georgia for work horses anu
mules. and from New York, Pennsyi-
vania, Massachusetts,, and other northern
States for fine stock.
In the matter OF producing piooueu
horses Virginia is still at the head. for
gtyle. action, grace, and beauty her HORSES
can compare with any In the world. Inc
best animals of her own production go "
New York, Philadelphia, and Boston ana
are put ON race-courses and DouieNdrus'
where they show 70 greatest ndFantdsr'
The common stock disposed OF on TINS
market come from the western sta'es'
principally from Illinois, Indiana iowa,
Missouri, and Ohio. These nags are sou
To buyers from North Carolina ana sou'h
Carolina mostly. The prices they ptins
range from $50 TO $780, while the virginia
blooded horses sell for from SD TO N'-Vo'
a REMARKABLE GROWTH
Richmond's growth as horse market
I'm the past few years has been reilarh-
able. From annual sales amounting 10
only few hundred head she mas de-
yeloped into a market selling several thOu-
sands of horses and mules year. Inc
year just closed was considerably larger
sold more than a thousand horses during
the months Of January and February.
About three years ago the hOrSe-auctlon
WAS introduced here, and IL has Infused
much life and activity into the business,
The new feature has by no means lhJureu
the private business. as the auctions at
tract persons who did not come mere pe-
fore II is an interesting and instructive
sight to 20 down to the Great Southern
or the Richmond Bazaar on sale days any
witness the crying OFF, OF the ahliiiaiS
as they stand under the hammer. lhey
are led up 10 the box and under whlp are
shown 10 the assembled bidders, VINO reSu-
late the prices i'm accordance with their
desire for the article" being sold.
A SAVING TO BUYERS.
Dealers from the nearby southern states
find that they can purchase their STOCK
here at n considerable saving 10 thein-
selves. They save both time ana money,
as well as "A long and faugueinS rhlroau
tourney. By coming here they patroniza
Richmond hotels. dry-goods and clothing
houses, her wholesale grocery stores,
and encourage many other industries
thereby beneGtinG the whole community.
In this respect Richmond's horse market
is n material factor In the city's develop
ment.
The gentlemen I'm the horse business
here are men Of reputation and good
standing. Among them are Mr.. ii. H.
Kline. proprietor of the great southern
Horse and Mule Bazaar; Mr.. y y. sea
bright, proprietor of the Rlchmohi
Bazaar these being horse-auctioh eS-
tablishments): Messrs. Joseph iasltter'
Peter Paul. Samuel j. Nelson, Preston
Bradley. and others.
Tod gaYa
Nearly all the stables are located OF,
ErapI,IIn street between Thirteenth and
Nineteenth. and this thoroughfare pre-
sents quite lively scene, especially on
gale-days.