Semi-weekly herald., 1908-02-27
Blooded Horses and
Cattle to be Sold

the big cities have. The plan is go
ing to be inaugurated by Wood & Nor
gan. and the first sale is advertised
for Thursday, Friday and Saturday
March .. 6 and Z.
The first sale will include about
f25 head OF horses, few mules, 25
thoroughbred Shorthor1 bulls and a
number OF old wagons, harness and
saddles.
AS the date of this sale approaches
interest in the event daily Increases,
and many people from both town and
country are calling to inquire about
the sale and examine the stock.
A reporter called at the Peoples
corral yesterday the place owned by
Wood & Morgan, and where the sale
viii be held and looked over such OF
the stock as was in the barn at that
time.
The grade OF horses and cattle being
raised by this firm is already well
known by residents OF Durango and
surrounding section, but for the i'll.
formation OF those not so well ac-
quainted here it may be of special in
terest 10 know that the horses are all
highbred.
In the bunch will be twenty colts
sired by Cedar Hoover, standard
bred trotter This horse is well
known in this southwest section hav-
In n
his fine colts.
Arrowpene is another well known
stallion, having trotted on the Duran.
go track at the fairs the past few
years. There Will be four OF his colts
put up at auction, and no one who has
seen him on the track can fail 10 be
interested in his colts.
Eight horses sired by Mambrino
Joe VIII also be put up. These are
coming five years old.
There is one pretty black stallion
six years old, being of Lexington and
Black Bart running stock. that should
cause lively bidding.
There are number OF Polar Wilkes
colts. and he is a trotting horse OF
great renosd5gin this section.
There VIII be numerous draft
horses, some as young as three years
old.
There are four fine 2-yearold mules
that viii certainly strike the fancy OF
some buyer.
All the horses to he put up at this
sale are broke to drive either single
or double and some of them to ride.
1t only takes glance TO see that the
entire bunch is of high grade. This
fact has caused the Impression here
and there that the prices will be too
high-so high in fact as to discourage
some from attending. But Harry
Pearson, a member OF the firm, is au-
thority Tor the statement that this is
not the case, and that no one should
get the idea that prices are going to
be out OF sight. This is the first sale
of the kind ever held here and it is
somewhat of an experiment. Wood e
Morgan are raising horses to sell, and
they are determined to sell them, and
if anybody who wants to buy horse
or horses, mule or mules, or Short
horn bulls, fails to attend because
they fear the prices will be beyond
reach. they may be sorry for it when
they learn OF the bargains gotten by
others.
great many of these horses have
been broken in dray work about town,
and after horse serves al appren-
ticeship on a dray wagon he is a wise
and well broke horse Such work
makes horse gentle quicker than
farm work could possibly do, for he
soon learns to be afraid OF nothing.
This is accomplished by putting
green horse in with an old one.
1t will be interesting to know that
Wood & Morgan recently sold a s.
year-ald Arrowpene colt to Roberts
brothers of Pennington for $500 and
Polar Wilkes colt TO Pennington
parties for S225.
That fine team being driven by
George Logan is Cedar Hoover stock.
and this team took the first prize at
the fair last year as being the best
and most stylish driving team. These
facts are mentioned merely to show
the value placed on the stock raised
by Wood a Morgan.
Another thing worthy OF mention is
the TACT that this firm has been here
many years and is one OF the old AID
substantial fixtures OF Durango. They
have been here long time and Will
be here long time to come. They
have built up a reputation for fair and
square dealing and have that reputa-
tion to maintain. Their word Is good
and when man does business with
them If he is not satisfied he knows
where to find them.
They hope to be able to hold sales
at frequent intervals. and should such
sales become regular thing. 1t VIII
undoubtedly be great convenience