The New York herald., 1921-06-19
Seen and Heard
in the Horse Market

Buying or selling harness horses Is
difficult business these days. Only those
good enough to win in the show ring
are readily salable, and they are so very
scarce and hard to buy that no dealer
can live by this trade alone. For those
not quite so good there are so few
buyers that the dealer may have to wait
until his stable king has eaten his head
off before the right man comes round
When he does come, he is apt to pay a
fair price, because it is just as difficult
| for him to find what he wants as it Is
for the seller to find him. The limited
number of buyers is what makes 1t pre-
carious to put a good horse of this type
in the auctions, for unless there are two
or more earnest bidders he is bound to
be sacrificed.
Work horses are very different
proposition. For these there Is a steady
demand and so many buyers that one
can safely put any horse in the auction
unless, as at present, temporary condi-
tions are operating against a particular
type. Shippers who know the game can
gauge the market prices so closely that
when they buy carload in the West
they know within a few dollars what
they can expect to- get for them in the
Doerr & Carrolls mart in New York
Sometimes they miss their guess and
lose money. but the next load may more
than make 1t up to them. The element
of uncertainty makes the business fas-
cinating, and men who like to back their
judgment often spend their lives at 1t.
Shipment OF fresh Western horses to
these sales in the last few weeks have
been the heaviest ever known for the
month of June. Six carloads were on
the market on Monday at the Twenty
fourth street mart. and receipts this
week promise to be almost equally large.
1t is buyers market just now, and
users OF horses seem to be making the
most of It,
The Bergen Horse Company In Jersey
City sold two carloads of the Western
workers In the regular Wednesday auc-
tion at their stables last week. There
was good run OF seasoned horses from
local consignors and one OF the largest
sales of the season resulted.
Godfrey Preece OF westbury. l.. T..
has sold to J. IS. Phipps the thorough
bred horses Waldo, Jr., and Kimono.
both winners. and has purchased for
development as a steeplechaser the four
year-old Gray Rump. by Aeronaut, that
has raced on the flat the last two sea-
sons.
James McCashin's Irish horses are at
tracing many hupting men and polo
players to the Cooley stables at West
bury. One chestnut gelding of enor-
nous size and power Is typical heavy
weight hunter. and there Is bay mare
that looks like a future winner In the
lightweight class and the thoroughbred
saddle class at the autumn shows.
NJ. y. Newcomb has lately added to
his stock several high class Kentucky
saddle horses, one or two OF which are
show prospects Of unusual promise. lie
is selling a few each week at his Sew
enth avenue stable.
Charles r. Hamilton OF Philadelphia.
whose hackney ponies won so many
prizes at the recent Devon Horse Show,
Is gonS TO sell the promising three
year-old Fairview Wonder Bov. half
brother to Charles n. Hancher's blue
ribbon winner Belle Fern Brilliant.
w. Kaufman & SON io3 Division
street. arc sending away lot cf Eng
lish riding iiaddies, new and used, on
orders from the summer resorts.