The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-03
YANKEE REEVES
HORSE SWAPPING
Old Tom Turner Goes on Trad
ing Tour to Win Bet
of $500.
RETURNS WITH SIPS PROFIT
TRAMPS OVER COUNTRY IN AN
GENT STYLE.

New York, Aug. with his face as
red as the sun that was sinking behind
the horizon, mis- shoes dusty and his
collar wilted, but with a smile on his
Wrlnkled V1sage as broad comparatively
as the before mentioned horizon, I. +.
Turner. 20 years old. and a revivalist
IN horse trading, entered Greenwich,
Conn, in triumph last night, leading
spirited chestnut-cOlOred horse, on
whose back in barking glee rode Hap
Ply. the old mans pet spaniel.
Turner is the owner OF q large stock
farm near Albany, and in days gone
by was a horse trader on the road and
a Snowman as well. Entering Green
made 10 show that the art or science
or horse trading was still a live one il
the right man with the right ShreWd-
ness and activity got into il. The con-
ditiOns OF his bet were that he should
start from Stamford, Conn, with a
capital OF $50, tramp about the country
in the Old-fashiOned way and return
to Stamford in two days with 500
profit 10 show in horse trading.
He tramped more than fifty miles in
the course of his trading. part of it
under blistering sun yesterday, but he
was in fine physical form, as we'll as
IN fine feather over his triumph when
he got 10 Greenwich.
The discussion that started him on
his gypsylng arose at a Stamford hotel
the other evening. He has been stay
liAS there lOI several months Win his
wife A guest asserted that with the
automobile and trolley interest in
horsetlesh was almost dead, and that
the old-fashioned horse trader would
find piclings so dry he'd starve il he
tried his vocation in these days. Old
man Turner denied that. and the wager
was laid.
Turner left Stamford at noon Tues
gay with Happy at his heels and the
$50 in money belt about his body, un-
der his clothing, in the fashion he had
used 20 carry his money generation
ago. He walked eighteen miles 10
Mount Kisco, arriving there al in the
evening. He looked over horses, and In
the morning bought one for $40. He
moved on TO Milwood with the horse
and there met Harry Gerney. He
traded the horse with Gedney for an
| other animal and $40 TO boot.
Going back TO Mount Kisco. he sold
| his new possession for ss5 TO a Mr.
| Williams. Then he moved on to Tar
| rytOwn and there bought a horse for
| $40. At Pleasantville he sold that steed
/ 10 Danbury man for another horse
i and $50.
Next morning he exchanged his
latest equine acquisition for another
| spirited and classy but vicious nag that
the head of the Brace farm school for
/ boys desired greatly to lose. Old man
| Turner valued this animal at $500, and
wanted to keep him. But the provi-
sions of his wager called for him 10
/ keep on trading. He laid his plans
| accordingly, and in the course OF -four
| more dickers he traded his find" away
and traded him back again.
And this was the horse, acting not al
/ all vicious under the old mans hand
| that Turner led into Greenwich last
| night. He had cleared 1925, and had
| the good horse besides He put the
| animal up at a local livery stable
| tucked Happy under his arm and went
| TO demand his 800 winnings and a re-
| traction of the statement that horse
| trading wasn't as lively and profitable
/ as ever If a man knew the game.
/ Ride the long roller coaster at
| WANDAMERE.
Chute the chutes at beautiful WAN
nAMERE.