Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-05

FAKE noRso Dealers-
The increased demand for good
horses and the improvement in prices
for choice horse stock has seemed to
inspire the fake dealers in this vicinity
with renewed courage, says American
Horse Breeder. They are patronizing
such of the daily and Sunday papers as
will take their advertisements more
literally of late than they have for
several years past.
Following is a copy of an ADVERTISE
ment which appeared in Boston SUM-
day paper few weeks since:
FOR SALE.
PRIVATE FAMILY wishes to sell their
family road and trotting horse years
old, 15.2 hands high. weighs 1850 pounds
road miles an hour and trots a mile
better than minutes, safe for lady to
drive with perfect safety; also rubber
tired Goddard buggy. collar and names
kets, all for SIPS: sell horse alone for SIS
worth $3.50 for family use; weeks trial
given; also would like to board my daugh-
sponsible parties; will pay $50 month. CAN
at the Cedars estate, Guild street, Sec
ond big house on left hand side Roxbury.
Mass: take any Forest His car at SUBJ
way ~ IAdC. AootShy
Sud5t'my5
A farmer living some distance from
Boston sent us the clipping and init
mated that he would like to board the
pony at the price named. This called
to mind an incident that came under
our observation a few years ago. We
went down to the wharf to ship a
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
held her queried, How much is she
WORTH"
"oh, somewhere from $3.50 to s., 800.
Been buying?"
well, you see 1t was this way. My
son-in-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 a paper in which
was an advertisement of very valu-
able mare that would be sold cheap to
go into the country, but the party Of
fering the mare had pony outfit
Which he wished to send to be kept
with the mare. The pony could be
used for driving and $40 per month
would be paid for his board.
my son-in-law 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 mara, 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-la W
has evidently bought a horse. Now l
would not worry about that pony team.
1t 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"
1t was very shrewd way of getting
a few dollars from an honest, unsus-
pecting, well-meaning man for an
animal that looked fairly well, but
was probably worth more to convert
into fertilizer than for any other pur-
pose. Men who advertise to pay from
$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
a horse is worth. and invariably fail to
secure the pony or horse as boarders,
for which the party advertising offers
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