The New York herald., 1922-07-23
To Debate Relative Merits
Of Horses and Motor Trucks
Team Owners to Hear Both
Sides of Question.


automobile are going to debate the ques-
tion Of commercial transportation Of
freight and express in cities at the an
nual convention Of tho National Team
and Motor Truck Owners Association at
Cedar Point, Ohio. on August Z, and
8. Wayne Dinsmore, secretary Of the
Horse Association Of America, will
be the champion OF old Dobbin. while F.
W. Fem. secretary Of the motor truck
division of the National Association of
Commercial Clubs. is to speak for the
machines. Horsemen expect to see the
fur fly in lively fashion.
Meanwhile the records OF the market
in New York and vicinity indicate that
men who do the hauling are holding on
to their horses and replacing the worn
out ones with fresh teams. At Fiss,
Doerr & Carroll's auction mart in East
Twenty-fourth street, which is the larg-
est distributing center in the East, the
sales of fresh Western work horses have
been the heaviest in years for the first
six months Of 1922. Consignments of
seasoned, or secondhand, workers from
fallen away below the average this year.
Market experts say this means that
truckmen, expressmen and other users
Of wagon horses are keeping their old
ones and buying green ones as they need
more equipment for their work.
The Bergen Horse Company's weekly
auctions in Jersey City confirm this
view. Good seasoned horses are becom-
ing constantly scarcer while the num-
Der Of fresh country offerings has stead
iiy increased.
George Watson has purchased for
Importation the English saddle mare
Lighthouse that won the reserve cham
pionship at Londons International Horse
Show few weeks ago. The enterprising
New York dealer may show her at New
port on August $3.50.
Fred Stone of Wild West and Wizard
of Ozr fame has about thirty we'll trained
saddle horses and ponies on the market
at Amityville. Long Island. Like his
old partner, Dave Montgomery, Mr..
Stone is an enthusiastic horseman.
William III. Strang transported his
first horse by motor van ten years ago.
1t was a trotter of his own that he
wanted to move from the Parkway
track in Brooklyn to the Mineola fair
grounds. Taking a wild chance he put
1t in one of his Packard moving vans
because the railroad could not handle
the shipment promptly. The expert
ment was so successful that Earl Pitman
engaged the van to take trotter from
New York to Monroe. This was the
beginning of business which now runs
a ND
fleet of ten specially built horse vans
busy for Mr.. Strang.
The Glenworth Farms of Burgin. KY.
are supplying some beautiful saddle
horses to buyers from New York and
vicinity.
Summer rates for saddle horses are
lmaking Durland's Riding Academy q
popular place for the stay-at-home con-
tingent this season. Nearly fifty school
horses are kept busy.
Sceptre, one of the most famous mares
in the history of the British turf. has
been sold by Lord Glanely to go to
South America. Her new owner, a
Brazilian breeder believes that she will
prove fruitful again in the new climate
and changed conditions. Sceptrc is now
23 years old. She has been barren for
several seasons.
NJ. 3. Newcomb Is having busy sum-
mer season at his Seventh avenue sales
| stables. near the entrance to the Central
Park bride paths.
III. Kaufman & Sons, 1913 Division
street, report a steady demand for
English and American saddles. brides
and riding equipment. They are among
the largest dealers In the trade.
Beautiful country roads, free from In
vading automobiles. are attracting many
equcstrians to the Plainheld Riding
Academy these days. Well trained
saddle horses are always ready for the
visitors.
w. II. Madison OF Glenvillc, Conn, is
supplying n lot OF fine saddle horses TO
buyers who come across the Sound from
Long Island. Mr.. Maddison's type OF
horse has become exceedingly popular
there. winning repeatedly at Piping Rock
/ and other shows.