Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-09-06
rake Hor,e Dealer.

horses and the improvement In M.
for choice horse stock has seemed ~
inspire the fake dealers in this yicir;tr
with renewed courage, says Americas
Horse Breeder. They are patronizir.
such OF the daily and Sunday papers 90
will take their advertisements mors
literally Of late than they have 80
several years past.
Following is copy OF an advertise
ment which appeared in Boston Sun
day paper few weeks since:
FOR SALE.
PRIVATE FAMILY wishes to sci, 49,
family road and trotting horse, vsa e.r
road miles an hour and tro.s a miI.
better than minutes. safe for LADY VIC TO
drive t,aa With perfect safety; also rubber
harness: fur robes. street and stable blan'
kets, all for s12s; sell horse alone for sss.
worth s1so for fam lilly use weeks trial
ter's pony team or 5 months with ra-
sponsible parties; will pay $40 month. Can
ond big house on left hand side Roxihsseec,,-
Mass; take any Forest Hills car at Snyy.
way. 10 minutes ride. Boston, Mass.
Sud5tsmy5
= farmer living some distance from
Boston sent us the clipping and init
mated that he would like to board thu
pony at the price named. This called
to mind an incident that came under
our observation a few years ago. Wa
went down to the wharf to ship
horse to the provinces and there saw
an elderly gentleman holding a mare
by the halter. We walked around the
animal carelessly and The man who
ha1 hovs 81
WORTH"
ooh, somewhere from $3.50 to $500,
Been buying?''
well, you see it was this way. NV
son-fn-law, who is clergyman in the
provinces. recently buried his wife.
He has daughter who is fond OF
ponies. Coming to Boston on the
boat he picked up paper in which
was an advertisement of a very valu-
able mare that would be sold cheap to
go into the country, but the party Of
fering the mare had a pony outfit
which he wished to send to be kept
with the mare. The pony could be
used for driving and $50 per month
would be paid for his board.
my son-in-1aw thought the pony
might help divert his daughters mind
from her bereavement, so called at the
place mentioned in the advertisement
He did not want to buy this MARI, as
he has no use for her. but in order to
get the pony he did buy her and paid
for her. They sent the mare here by
negro sometime ago, but the pony
has not come, and the boat is about
ready to start. We don't know what
to do"
Well, my friends, your son-in-law
has evidently bought horse. Now
would not worry about that pony team
It is probably safe. The man who
sold the horse will look out for the
pony. Put your mare on board the
boat, and tell your son-in-law to sell
the mare as she is for what he can
just as soon as possible after getting
her to her destination"
It was very shrewd way of getting
few dollars from an honest, unsus-
pecting, well-meaning man for an
animal that looked fairly we'll, but
was probably worth more to convert
into fertilizer than for any other pur-
pooO" 4ACA III dOt I4Sc " Pay 1EOm
$40 upwards per month for having
ponies and horses boarded in the coun-
try have very strong strings hitched
to those animals. They use them as
enticing bait for hooks thrown out to
catch country suckers. They find plen-
ty of suckers who eagerly swallow the
bait and part with their hard-earned
dollars. The countrymen generally
pay from four to ten times as much as
horse is worth, and invariably fail to
secure the pony or horse as boarders,
for which the party advertising offers
to pay SO literally.