The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-06-24
Rules of Auction Sales of Horses.

mules OF AUCTION Sales OF Horses,
Without invidious comparison ths
Chicago horse market is the largest
place in the world to buy horses, either
at private sales or at public auctions.
Every animal is sold under a guaran-
teed representation, and is tried by the:
purchaser before being accepted, and
must be in all respects according to-
the conditions of the sale. All kinds
OF vehicles and appliances are at hand
10 SHOW horses according to their sey-
eral uses, either as drafters, drivers or
saddlers, and all sales are void if the
ANIMALS fail to perform according to
the recommend.
A morse sold sound must be so jn
every particular, free from vices and
able to pass perfect veterinary exam
ination.
A horse sold serviceably sound must
virtually be sound horse for all useful.
purposes of his class. He must be per-
feet in eyes, wind, not lame, not a
crlbber, and be able to do as much work
as perfectly sound horse. He can be
serviceably sound and be little round
ing on the curb joint, but not curbed or
branded. He cannot be SCARED from
hstula, or have a hip down, but may
De slightly cut out at the knee, OF
puHed little about the ankles. He
cannot have scars or blemishes that
constitute deformities, or blemishes
and scars that deteriorate his value
more than trife or that in any way
impair his usefulness for work. Car
bruises must be of a temporary nature,
A horse sold to wind and work must
be sound in wind, a good worker, not a
raooer or weaver, and everything else
goes with him.
A horse sold for a worker only must
be coed worker, and all imperfections
go with him.
"A horse negotiated at the halter is
sold just as he stands, all imperfec-
lions, blemishes and unsoundness go
with him. He is sold without recon-
mend, the title only is guaranteed.
Whether the animal is sold to work
single or double, he must have all other
qualities recommended by the auc-
tioneer at the time of his sale. Any
horse proving different from the rec
ommend on which he is sold can be-
rejected, but the purchaser must exam
Inc and try the animal on the day it
is sold, or within the required time
specified by the rules and regulations
governing sales adopted by the Horse
Commission Union at the Stock Yards
The prices quoted in the horse auc-
ton reports are for horses sold on the
block to the highest bidder. The sales:
made at retail are not published un-
less they are for extra choice animals
that sold considerably above the regu-
lar auction quotations, says Drovers'
Journal Domestic and foreign buy
ers carefully inspect all the arrivals as
soon as reported, and as many animals
as possible that will fill their orders
are purchased privately, dealers pre-
ferrlng this method, as it gives them
more time to examine and try their
purchases than can be accorded whe1 G
horses are sold under the hammer at
the speed Of sixty to eighty offerings:
per hour. Horses sold at private retail
generally command better prices than
horses negotiated in the auction. al
though there are many exceptions to-
this rule. the spirit of the bidder Gre
ating competition, and buyers, relying.
on each others judgment, bid the offe>--
ing up to price above his retail value.
There is no uniformity among SINNERS
as to methods in disposing of their con-
signments, one shipper selling all the.
horses he can privately out of his load
and another shipper reserving all his
horses for the auction, with the expec-
tation that the better offerings win
help sell the plain and medium kind.
Buyers, however, prefer purchasing at
retail and for the superior advantage
it gives them to find out the quality Lf'
their purchases they are willing to.
pay higher price privately than they
would bid in the auction. The excep-
ton to this rule is in those instances
where prospective buyer has thor
oughly inspected and tried a horse be-
fore he is put up under the hammer
A Berry Picking Army.-A report
from Sarcoxie, Mo-, May IS, says the
strawberry picking season has opened
here with great and picturesque
gathering of people. The Sarcoxie
Horticultural Association controlling a
farm of 1,400 acres in strawberries, ad-
vertised for 10000 pickers. Their cir
culars we're responded to by fully 90
900 people, who are now besieging the
hotels and lodging houses of Sarcoxie.
The overflow has been so great that
thousands were forced to sleep UPON
the ground and prepare their meals in
hastily improvised dugouts or shan
ties constructed of branches and leaves.
The line of campers extends for ten
miles along the shores of the Spring
river. Men representing almost every
known avocation are here. Some of
them have seen better days, but pow
erty has forced them to leave cities
and they have sought the field to keep
soul and body together.