The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-06-28

upwards per month for having ponies
and horses boarded in the country have
very strong strings hiJChed to those
animals. They use them as enticing
bait for hooks thrown out TO eaten
country suckers. They find plenty Of
suckers who easily swallow the bait
and part with their hdTd-edTned dol
lars The countrymen generally pay
from four TO ten times as much as a
horse IS worth, and invariably fail TO
secure the pony or horse as 'boarders,
for which the party advertising offers
to pay so literally.
Another case similar IN character TO
that OF the down east clergyman oScurs
to mind. There was smart man down
iu Maine who had neard that certain
set Of fellows generally knowa as
'Eyps up in Boston, were sWindling
couutry in horse deals. He saw an
advertisement OF very valuable horse
country. and the seller would give ~ n
month apiece for keeping. two horses
his friaadS that them Boston fsllsrs'
couldnst get the best Of him. He would
go up and show chem trick that they
He came, he saw, but. alas! he was
conquered. He could have the valuable
-horse for 1925 cash in hand. He could
have the others to keep at the price
advertised. bat ne must pay cash for
the animal offered for sale. He tried to
negotiate payment ny getting credit on
account in advance tor keeping the pair
at $44 per month, but the parties could
not sea it in that light. They must have
horse bought together with the pair, al
the cars ready for shipment
Smarte finally paid the $l25, and left
instructions where and when 10 IellYer
the horses. He then went to the freight
yard and arranged for transportation Tor
three horses. lie instructed the mdu In
charge to refuse to take !ess than three.
Having arranged this to his satistd tioI 4
he Went back TO the vicinity of the stable
lars rnfr h. T-lF n
proceedings The Darties got sight OF
him, and at the time Jgreed upon lad
toward the station. ne ourcha7eI Inen
.triumphed. but his triumph was short.
CpQn reacnlng the lrelSnJ yard Ihe man
with the horses rendered the one sold
to the railroad man, who, acting upon
instructions, refused 10 take less than
the man on horseback coolly threw
down the rope attached 20 the halter Of
for. and rode off. leaving him there in
the yard loose, remarldng as he did 50
that the horse was paid tor and had been
delivered.
Someone finally caught he animal and
led him to a stable, where he was found
by the smart man, who had parted with
Sl25 for morse not worth more than $15
I'm order 10 give the Boston fake dealers
q lesson aAd show them trick that THY
had not seen" He went home wiser but
sadder and poorer than he came
This incident was related to the writer
and was knowing to the facts. He was at
the stable where the horse was brought
from the yard when the purchaser who
had been OutWitted came Tor him.
Now. there are places within twenty
miles of Boston where horses are kept
and have Plenty of good feed, too, for Sl1
month and ponies are kept for s. a
month at any time in the year. Just bear
this tact Ia mind. readers and when YOU
see an advertisement offering so a month
Tor keeping pony or horse in the cOun-
try. rest assured that there is always a
string concealed that is securely attached
and viii prevent such animals from leev-
ing Boston.
Beware of advertisements stating that
private families or widows or business
mon called from the city by i'll health or
any other cause, are so anxious to secure
good homes for their faithful and val
liable horses that they viii sell trOUters
and PAGERS which can show anywhere
from go to 2.t5 and are worth from $s,Gg
TO $1,000 for the paitTy sum of $50 70 $50,
and throw IN a pedigree Of the most i'm
prObabi sort made to order.