The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-03
Ru,o, o, Auction Safes Of Horses.

without invidious comparison the
Chicago horse market is the slaeEest
place in the world to buy horses. either
at private sales or at public auctions.
Every ANNA. is sold under a guaran-
teed representation, and Is tried by the
purchaser before being accepted, n
must be in all respects according to
the conditions of the sale. All KINDS
of vehicles and appliances are at hand
to show horses according to their sew
eral uses, either as drafters, drivers or
saddlers, and all sales are VOID II the
animals fail to perform according TO
the recommend.
A horse sold sound must be SO IN
every particular, free from vices and
able to pass a perfect veterinary exam
ination.
A horse sold serviceably sound must
virtually be a sound horse for all useful
purposes of his class. He must be PEI
feet in eyes, wind, not lame, not a
cribber, and be able to do as much WORK
as a perfectly sound horse. He can be
serviceably sound and be a little. round
ing on the curb joint, but not curbed or
branded. He cannot be SCARED from
fistula, or have a hip down, but may
be Slightly cut out at the knee, or
pulled a little about the ankles. he
cannot have scars or blemishes tnat
constitute deformities, or blemishes
n scars that deteriorate his value
more than a trifle 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
ribber or weaver, and everything elsa
goes with him.
A horse sold for a worker only must
be a good worker, and all imperfections
go with him.
A horse negotiated at the halter Is
sold just as he stands, all imperfec-
tions, 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 rifles 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-
ferring this method, as it gives them
more time to examine and try their
purchases than can be accorded whe. e
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 a price above his retail value.
There is NO uniformity among shippers
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 will
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 CT
their purchases they are willing to
pay a higher price privately than they
would bid in the auction. The excep-
ton to this rule is in those instances
where a prospective buyer has thor
oughly inspected and tried a horse be-
fore he is put up under the hammer,