New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-23
Two FARMERS AND 4 HORSE IR4DE'

cooMREs HELPED THEM OFT AND THEY
LEARNED A LITTLE BY EXPERIENCE
man named Coombes was q recognized authority
IN horses not. only In a certain lumber region IN
Pennsylvania where he carried on DrisK business
trading and selling horses and hitting OUT the iuoe
mo, v,,,h teams but also In the adjacent county.
which vas an agricultural district, ne hau saine'
Il reputation for shrewdness anu square uea''"s'
When the county fair held In September ne
ms an rho snot and IN front of the little store
which no made his headquarters there was AWAY
A line of horses htched to the fence whVh '"e o"'
srs had driven from different parts OF 'he cou''! "
be- sold or traded. according to the pressure VI ''
Coombes one day, az Coombes was Iea''"s "e
49, door-nos, discussing the merits Of a promising
,brae ve,r-old with the enthusiastic owner OF '"e
animal wagon entered the inclcSnre III iro'' =,
tho shon and stopped at the door. A man coVeted
with dust with a red face and wilted appearance
tlmped from the wagon and addressed MI. No0'n''
"yyau am glad to see you. Mr.. Coonbes. BusI-
ness looks promising with YOU iooK'ns ''o"'.N "
rho hors.s on the grounds. perhaps am not ""s''
a., ho, and uerhaps | don't think deal OF you 10
come twenty miles in this weather 70 MAKE ',"1'
utb van lust take a look at that on morse. re l.
- ut. ~. "a There isn't another like him IN the
,,,,,trv but the fact t. he Is too speedy Tor me-
I want a horse that Will go well with '"e o'"',
something not too fast. something s'to"s a"'
steady" A., ,,ar
Nr coonbes showed much interest III t"e maj
and the farmer became more and more co"''n''
that ne had acted wisely in seeking MS Ser''oe''
while thav were talking he saw MI CoompeS es =
49,. -, D., dre,rnv way on a pair OF horses that were
h,,.b.l n.ar the door The instant he saw the oo
loot Of Coombess attention he exclaimed ""'' 81
I think we have struck the very horse "al', '''
of horse-thai bay there. Look MN over. - ~, 20
s,,,ud ana kind he will DO for me. III 'raue '''"
How does that strike YOU? .,,as aouhtfully
In.
"Ua il an especially fine animal -, 49,. ,o, quar-
t.wu viii throw in 80. | will Just step over
M"i, ~ ,rnunds and YOU can think IT over
Presently another man appeared the owner u
IN" "m found what I want" he asked i
must he .etting home again. Twenty miles oeio's
look at this horse said coombns pci ,no
,r, IN rho animal that the owner had ca.'eu ~, ~,
speedy He is Just WA "a You yor " Other horse
The farmer looked At the horse. compared
his own horse had IT hcns p @I First rate is
a! own in SO and You can have him" answered
'oi1 PIT. bargain said the tarmer a se gave ah
mni he iroye his other horse and is new ,y MAT
H int The dusty street When he had rave ave 81
p"n, a mile one Of the horses cast snoe am ~,
anou, otllred TO stop at a blacksmths shop bsside
tho road While ne was chatting wiz. NE a. ,he
lSanSn ,S h eF rompetcd he saw wagon stop at
no door and an acitatcd voice exclaiinsu.
n9r want tho to n knST a %GTh animal
., 90 am ~ enop and answered. win, pIi.i
lie is nne pe OF n, amt 1t n afopped a ABB
a tfn.' - his ev" rested on The OF horse IN Ms
rnnp,htihor's team and he in 1t his la'ey u'S-
carled property. - o,hor
iiIoy much did YOU pay 10 boot" asked the man
I'm the wagon. a.. .h.r. "a,d vou,"
Ten dollars" answered the o'ne'' W
Ten dollars IT,, ouar.er ~ n
,H'S y, -, "a r.ber and they drove home slowly
ii hy aide thinking no doubt OF the long twen1y
miles over the dusty road, OF the q" ol e''"' "
sometimes ~ Coombes