New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-09
HORSES ARE CHEAP.
TROLLEY AND CABLE CARS HAVE LES
sDNED THE DEMAND FOR THEM.

AND THE WAGES OF sTABIEMEN AND
coAcHMEN HAVE BEEN CIT down.
BUT THE RATES OF HORSE HIRE
AND KEEPING REMAIN AT
THE OLD FIGURES.
If you want to buy horse. now Is your oppor-
tunity The horse-dealers say that If you wait
until next year the prices will be considerably
higher than they at present, even II the haru
times continue. The introduction OF the capie roa"S
in this city and trolley lines in Brooklyn ana subur
ban towns has greatly reduced the demand Tor
horses and at present the market Is overstocked
with animals OF this class The farmers are shrewd
observers of the situation. and they are breeding
fewer horses that the supply VIII not be so nuCh
greater than the demand next year. the bIoad-
way road before the cable was in operation used
TO buy good class of horses for its road. inc
price paid was about $500 pair. but the same
horses to-day be bought for $40 or $40. me
other lines IN BROOKLYN and in the surbubah towns
that have introduced the trolley system purchaser
a cheaper grade of horses. The price OF TINS ciaSS
of horses has fallen even more than the best OF
street-car horses, and the market Is consideraoIg
oyerstocked with this grade of animals
The price of nrst-cass trotting horses remains
stubborny at the top notch, but those lhdI nav
not come up the highest marx nave peeh SUI"
for considerably less than the average price laS'
wear Mr. Doerr Of the firm Of fiss & Doerr' one
establishment occupies many blocks IN west
Twenty-fourth-st. between Third and lexington
ayes said to a Tribune reporter yesterday
THE price for the best coaching ana rottins
horses is about the same as it always has been
There will always be a demand for sound Nrai-
class all-around horses. The price has fallen OH
considerably however in the lower gradeS Oh
horses The chief agency in reducing the price mas
heen the Introduction of the cable ana trOIieH NE
TENS in New-York and its vicinity ms OF Tou.sC'
does away with enormous dehldAu Iol iii,,r
tie supply The introduction of the troIe! ;! SUI
has been so rapid and widespread thar larneIs
have been taken by surprise NeXt XSath ar nan il
10 say the price will be considerably nlgner 'na ~
Is to-day There be no question nut tIidt iioM 10
n great opportunity to buy horses cheap ! NJ DaI
gain counter is literally loaded win great oppoi
tunties in horse flesh , , hos
In view of the fact that the price OF horses mas
deprecated much in the last Jew months, - pa
pie beginning to wonder why the rduts u 49, rc
Ing horses and caring Tor them nave iO ,,oi ~,
this subject said to Tribune reporter ~ Is d
fact that the price OF oats. hay ana other ,o tv,
months. that tho cost OF maintSlhi"S "o niH,
is much less than it was year ago; NJ o, nAA
this but the wages of coachmen stab!eni ' az: az
stable hands have been reduced tremendous! eco ~
wages of coachmen have been reduced from $pv "
s45 a month vet we do not hear OF any supSlahtal
redncion in the rate Of hire of horses, or III stdp
stable EMPLOYEES have been reduced from $i anu slo
20 ri and SO week Besides this. the price or shoe
ing horses has been perceptiby reduced: IN , Sa
OF all these reduced expenses II seems Eeen m
the price of board and or the hre OF 49, ators
for pleasure and for work. The staDle pToltleton
are simply growing rich al the preSshtt ra hos
charges In some cases the price or horses mas
faiien from $3.50 to s125. This may be an extreme
case but II shows that there mas oeen q "e'e''
dous falling off in the demand LOT hiose'