The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-10
AUCTIONEER A FUNMAKER
''TUDE" HAMILTON DISPOSES OF
HORSES AT STOCKYARDS.
Objects of Interest at the Sales of
Horses-Western Range Horses
TO BE Sold Here.

There were lively times in the big auction
sale stables Of Warman, Black, Chamber
lain & Co. at the Union stockyards yester-
day. A horse sale was in progress most
of the day. and IL was unusually active
for the month of July. This is the time of
year when horse and cattle sales show
quite a falling off, but by some freak OF
the general prosperity prevalent through
out the country these events refuse to re-
lax their activity during the present sum-
mer.
The animals sold yesterday were of a high
order of merit. The unsophisticated re-
porter, judging from his observation of
the horses as they appeared in the ring
in rapid succession. thought they must be
about the finest lot that had been sold
this sunme Mr.. Warman did not. how
ever, share this view. These horses we
are selling to-day are not the finest we
have had here during the present season.
he said. but they are a splendid lot, much
above the average"
To sit through one of these horse sales
watching the wild-eyed animals dashing
about through the crowd of buyers and
listen TO the stentorian. raucous tones of
the auctioneer and catch the shrewd OBJ
servations OF experienced horsemen as to
the various points of merit and dement,
of the horses offered for sale is an OK
p~erience filed with fascination to one UNI
accustomed to such things. Col. "'Tude"
Hamilton, of Charlottesville. acts as
auctioneer for both Warman. Black, Cham
berlain & Co. and the Blair-Baker Horse
Company, and Is as interesting a character
as one could wish to meet. Colonel Hamil-
ton is an autocrat, a natural wit and an
all-round horseman of no mean degree
uninitiated. After Keeling off his '~'patter'
with lightninglike rapidity for a few sec
onds he begins to shout Are you all Gone.
gentlemen, all done. all done, all done?"
and it matters not how ~pitifully the owner
of the animal that is ION the block cries
out No. my God no. they are not all done
down his section Of garden hose on the
wooden square in front of him and utters
with a irmness that is crushing the single
word Sold A horse owner showed signs
OF temper yesterday when Colonel Hamil-
ton. knocked down an animal at a SEEM
ingly ridiculous price and proceeded to re-
monstrate with the auctioneer.
demanded Hamilton. THE brute is sold.
isn't It? That ends it. Bring on the next
prize"
Colonel Hamilton delights In having fun
with w. B. Blair. of the Blair-Baker
stables. Mr.. Blair was present at yester-
days auction in the rival stables becaus.
he had a number of orders for horses from
his customers that he had to Ali quick
ly. An animal was going for s95 when the
idea seized the auctioneer to force Mr..
Blair to raise the bid. Make it a hun
dred, shouted Colonel Hamilton, pointing
his bit OF hose straight at Mr.. Blair. The
latter shook his heed negatively.
by the eternal I'll make you raise it."
roared the auctioneer, while a merry
IWlnkie danced in his beadlike eyes.
whether he possesses the power of hyp-
motto suggestion or not, Colonel Hamilton
succeeded in having his way and the ami
NAL was ultimately sold to Mr.. Blair at a
considerable advance over $95.
Here's an animal that is plum sound
slight splint on his right hind leg" said
Lon Young, who had a number of horses
Lots of people wouldn't call out a little
thing like that" interposed Colonel Hamil-
way ' any
AT intervals the auctioneer paused to sip
iemonade from a glass through a straw.
in a sinkhole." he exclaimed. after an
ts1' long pull at the straw. Il
t ts,s y0p aom ~hensye do,nv touch that straw
Mr. Young remarked frequently. when
one o OF his horses was brought Into the
NAL on my farm and l know he is a work
err" Occasionally he would vary the OBJ
servatlon by saying, "one of my boys has
- Nboh ilAiiid Ou II ldIm anu Il KNOW
he's all right" After he had listened to
these remarks for some time Auctioneer
Hamilton called out in his droii style. Ion
so many horses on it. Ell, boys?"
A horse of unusually beautiful color and
nne general appearance made a strong i'm
preston on Colonel Hamilton. "Ah, there,
now, is an animal that lis a pattern for you.
II you get into trouble just hitch him to
1t and he will pull you out all right"
BOOKKEEPER'S WORK
Anntbar oh3act 80 i,toro~ -
horse sale is the bookkeeper that sits by
the side of the auctioneer and keeps a
record of each horse as it is sold. Book
keeper Simpson keeps this record for War
man, Black. Chamberlain & Co. He was
pretty busy yesterday. for Colonel Hamilton
auctioned off the horses about as rapidly
as Mr.. Simpson could make the entries of
sale. AS soon as a buyer is notified that
he has been a successful bidder he is re-
CURED by. the rules of the Horse Auc-
tioneers' Association to Immediately enter
into some satisfactory financial arrange
ment with the firm that is conducting the
sale. He must pay a part of the price of
noon of the day following. If in the mean
time he finds the animal is not as repre-
sented he may declare the sale off"
During the rice back TO the city after
the sale yesterday two men were over
heard discussing Auctioneer Hamilton.
That fellow that sells horses is a good
one" remarked one of the men:
His voice sounds 10 me like a corn
cutter that needs oiling." said the other,
but | guess he understands his bust
ness all right
well. l should say he does said the
first speaker, for he has accumulated
quite a neat sum of money. He owns a
farm of forty acres of the incest land YOU
ever laid eyes on over in Montgomery
county"
Did he make it all off the 'block?' in
quired the. other.
Every dollar of it," was the reply.
"Why that fellow Hamilton gets SIS a
day for auctioning off horses and cattle, l
am told, and he conducts a sale or two
every week in his own neighborhood. be-
sides these he manages here at the stock
yards"
WESTERN RANGE HORSES.