The New York herald., 1921-02-20
SEEN AND HEARD
IN HORSE MARKET
100000 Horses in Cities and
ToUns of United States.

Ihe new census will show that 90 nor
cent OF all the horses and mules now
IN the United States are on farms, while
ehe other III per cent are in cities and
towns. This means that something like
Z5oo,OOO horses are used for commercial
and pleasure purposes. as Compared
with 22,500.000 for agricultural purposes
More than 90 per cent. of all horses and
mules are raised In the ten States of
Ohio. Indiana, Illinois. Iowa. Missouri,
Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, North
Dakota and South Dakota. New York
and New England no longer produce
one-fourth of the horses they use.
For the first time in years the mule
Is the most unstable animal In the
horse marl,cts of the country. Frank
Mckay. a Western shipper to Fiss.
Doerr G. Carrolls auction sales, said
yesterday that the demand for mules
in the West had declined with the price
Of cotton and that nobody is now buy
ing them Some of the big dealers and
feeders Of Southern mules have lost
fortunes in the market In the last few
months, he says. Mr.. Mckay, who now
represents Hull Brothers OF Des Moincs
has sold eleven carloads of Iowa horses
in the Monday and Thursday auctions at
Fiss, Doerr e. Carroll's since the begin
signment tomorrow which includes ten
riding horses.
w. J. McKinty. who sold a car lot OF
big. seasoned workers on Monday at the
Twenty-fourth street mart. Is now n full
fledged Virginia planter. He was the
busiest salesman in the old Bulls Head
district fifteen years ago. when identi-
fled with Fiss, Doerr g. Carroll. Willie"
has been operating on his own hook in
Kansas and Missouri since 1872 and
lately retired.
A series of weekly horse auctions will
bo held at Durland's Riding Academy
this season. beginning on Thursday
evening March 3. Saddle horses, hunt
ers and harness horses will be offered
for various owners who may wish to
dispose OF them.
L. r. Acker, once prominent in the
Parkway Driving Club and now in the
theatrical business in Canada, has pur-
chased OF A. c. Cornwell. Mineola, L. l..
the four-year-old trotting gelding Peter
Verde that won a heat in 2 :16 at the
Nassau Driving Club matineeS last
season.
Richard Newton, Jr.. has purchased
Of Leslie B. Keifer the gray saddle horse
Grand Parade that won at the Riding
Club on Thursday evening. He was
first In his class at the New York spring
Horse Show last spring. soon after NJ.
Il. Newcomb sold him to Mr. Keifer.
Surplus horses from some OF the big
industrial and commercial concerns in
Jersey City made up an attractive lot
OF offerings at the Bergen Horse Com
pany's weekly auction on Wednesday.
The Communipaw avenue stables were
crowded with buyers.
A. NJ. Stein & Co. the Oldest dealers
in Brooklyn. report an improving de-
mand for heavy draft and farm horses
such as they sell at their Washington
street stable.
Waller & Potters had carload OF
fresh Western work horses In the regu-
lar Tuesday auction at their Rutledge
street stables in Brooklyn last week
Fair prices were obtained for them
Heilbrunn & Kahn OF West End ave-
nue. and Sixtieth street have their
stables filled with big, rugged work
borses fresh from the West. Dave
Kahn says the market Is on the mend.
George watson's Paradise Farm. at
Teaneck. n. j.. is attracting many Wis
TORS these days. The largest stock OF
,addle horses In the East is there.
II Kaufman & sons arc well fixed
20 eupnlv the demand for saddles har-
ness and horse goods at their pew
building in Division street.