The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-04-18
HOW TO SELL HORSES.

HOW TO SELL HORSES.
A New York Dealers Advice to a Madison
County Horseman.
The great proposition which Mon
tana horse breeders are confronted by
is how to dispose of stock. It's solution
means money for them. The following
letter from a New York horse dealer
to a prominent Madison county breeder
containt valuable suggestions, and we
reproduce it with pleasure:
could not afford to take such green
wild animals as a gift for it would be
but short time before 1 would loose
all my customers very much doubt
if any man can take on average of one
horse in hundred that has run till
five years old before being driven and
break them in less than years time
what we would consider east safe
we'll hammered, enjoyable family beast
Your people seem to think when they
have horse that they can drive out
2 miles and back and return alive that
they have broke horse. I have yet
to see one Montana horse that would
stand when asked him to, or had the
least idea Of backing. You hs|o plenty
of land to turn on and do not teach your
horses to walk, stand or back, in fact
the horses do all the driving and the
one who should drive is simply at the
mercy of the wild beast. Now as to
what your horses or any horse would
bring, I haven't any way of giving you
any idea if you wish to sell to the con-
sumer, but if you simply wish to ship
in load and have them sold at auction
as you would so many steers, then |
might give you some idea as to prices.
The facts are that the style of horse
which is now most in demand, but few
people own. You might have two
horses which looked so much alike that
I could not tell one from the other
when standing, and when in motion one
might be able to show 2:40 clip and
the other five minute gait, and the
one that could not beat 5 minutes
might be worth three times what the
2:4O horse was. 'Tis the way they do
it. Style and action is what they want
and fine knee,actor will out sell speed.
The size horse that is best suited to
Eastern trade for carriage and road
work is horse from 1872 to Is hands,
weight 1850 pounds to 1850 or 1850
pounds. We do not like those coarse
high hiped ragged fellows, but good
smooth round turned horse.
If your Montana horses were broken
like our Eastern horses your country
would be to-day secured with buyers.
The right kind of horses are hard to
get, and you have in Montana plenty
of good sellers if they were hammered
right Mr.. Larrabee had a New York
dealer who wanted to go on for a few
sample loads, but he wanted just what
every other man does, we'll broke
horses, and Mr.. Larrabee'cOuld not tell
him where he could find such. Now
if you and your friend had 200 head Of
we'll broke horses, you could get 100
men to come and see them next week.
If had your horses I should do this:
would get some good man, if they are
to be had. and I would take up ten
horses, the very best could select and
if l found mean one in the lot let him
go and take good one in place, have q
good man or two to help him and 90 at
them to handle, and after l got them
so could work them nicely, turn them
over to some good man to drive and
take ten more, the best l had. When
I got 20 horses we'll broke and fat l
would ship 10 of the best OF them to
New York and put them in w. d.
Grand's hands at American Horse .Ex-
change or some other good mans
hands. Why say 20, and ship l8, is
that at least 2 out of 20 will get wrong
so you will not have over 18 fit to ship.