The New York herald., 1921-04-03
SEEN AND HEARD
IN HORSE MARKET
TI0enty-fourth Street a Veri-
table Horse Fair.

IWenty-1ourth street Is q place TO see
on Mondays and Thursdays this spring
With the cost OF keeping horses liter
ally cut in two in the last few months
there is rush to buy such as old
timers have not seen in many years
Prices are advancing rapidly under the
broadening demand and are bringing
out local as we'll as Western offerings
in large numbers. Between the hours
OF and IL on sale days there Is string
OF "hitched rigs"-horses and wagons
extending from Lexington to Third ave.
nue. and from Twenty-fourth to Twen-
ty-fifth street standing In line, await
ing its turn to enter the auction ring
and be sold. Ponderous draught horses
and lighter business chunks coming in
or being led away make veritable
horse fair of the block where Fiss,
Doerr s. Carrolls big stables are To-
Gated. and the street is crowded with
dealers traders, buyers. sellers and
spectators. Five hundred horses some
times change hands in a day. The
spring season Is now at its height. and
to-morrows sale will be featured by
the offering of fifty dappled gray and
roam draft horses, all fat and finished
for the New York market. that have
just been shipped in from Iowa by Bob
Adams of Des Moines. Not In ten
y
of big horses been sold under the ham
mer.
George Watson's coming sale at Dur
lands Riding Academy promises to be
the largest offering OF imported Irish
and English hunters and saddle horses
ever seen in New York. This enter
prising dealer is now regularly en-
gagged in exporting American trotters to
Britain and bringing back the kind
that are so much wanted here. he
says he has no time to dispose or
them by the slower process of private
sale, as he is going back to LONDON
next month with another shipment OF
harness racers, hence the auction at
Durland's next week. 1t will occupy
two days. with the hunters on Tues
day evening, the riding horses on
Wednesday evening and special sale
Of fine English saddles. brides ana
horse clothing on Tuesj>y afternoon.
Shelby T. HARRISON & Co. of Lexing-
ton will sell their first spring shipment
of Kentucky saddle horses at Durland
on Tuesday evening. After the weedy
looking offerings marketed by other
shippers this spring 1t will be reier
to see the HARRISON type In the auction
ring again. Several OF them are show
horses, ready to enter in the spring
exhibitions, where they have always
given such a good account OF them
selves in past years They are due 10
arrive here to-day
The Bergen Horse Company sold
good run of fresh and seasoned workers
on Wednesday, the regular auction day
at the Jersey City mart. Prices were
more than firm for the good second
handlers.
Godfrey Preece of westbury, l.. l..
sold last week to Mrs. George A. An
derson the promising registered saddle
mare Bona French, just under lo.2
hands, by Highland Mcdonald out OF
Red Mary by Squirrel King Her new
owner expects to show her in Brooklyn.
M. b. Newcomb will be represented at
the Brooklyn and New York spring
shows by several novice saddle horses
recently sold to exhibitors.
Heinbrunn & Kahn are selling draft
and wagon horses In large numbers
this spring. Their West End avenue
stables are filled with good ones.s
A. M. Stein & Co. Of Brooklyn have
sold a lot of farm horses In the last
few weeks to buyers from Long Island.
Waller a. Potters are holding success
full horse auctions every Tuesday and
Friday In Brooklyn.
Fl. Kaufman & Son are showing
large and varied stock of Eng!.sh rid
ing saddles, work harness and horse
clothing at their new building In Divi-
sion street.
William H. strang's booking orders
every day for moving horses to the
spring shows In his fleet of motor vans.
Shetland ponies sold up to $425 pair
IN the special sale at Fiss. Doerr and
Carrolps on Tuesday evening. There
was large crowd. including many
women and children In attendance, and
the newly decorated auction arena, with
the national colors everywhere. made
most attractive setting when the bal
conies filled up with spectators and the
ponies came under the hammer.
John Tierney has the two crack saddle
ponies. Glorious Glow and Jack Spratt.
at Durland's Riding Academy. Both
were prize winners in their classes at
the Garden last year A.
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