The New York herald., 1922-05-14
Relative Depreciation
Of Horses and Tractors

The American Railway Express Com
pany is working a wagon horse pur-
chased as a six-year-old in 1909. and he
looks good for another thirteen years
of service his feet and legs being In
excellent condition. while he has gained
In weight from 1900 to 1.525 pounds. This
horse affords a striking example OF the
slow depreciation in teams as compared.
with tractors. A survey of 35 tractor
farms in Kansas. Oklahoma and Me-
braska made by the United states De-
partment OF Agriculture only last month
showed that the average oge of tie
tractors was twenty-thrse months. and
the owners estimated that six or seven
years would finish them.
Fiss, Doerr e Carroll have not often
sold q more varied lot Of offerings than
were in their regular Monday auction
last week. The sale opened in the morn
ing with hitched rigs chiefly for delivery
work, heavy trucks. fine carriages. har-
ness and few harness and saddle
horses. From IL o'clock on the CONNER
cial horses had their innings. with two
carloads Of extra good draft and farm
chunks featuring the consignments.
Some of these brought the best prices
Of the year so far. one roam gelding
weighing about 1850 pounds. going to
$500 in the bidding. This price was ex-
ceeded, however, when q seasoned
draughter of extra quality and condi-
ton made $500 in the same sale.
The next sale of saddle horses at Dur
lands Riding Academy will take place
on Wednesday. May "a. when T. $.
Glover Of Aiken. s. c.. is going to offer
his second spring shipu1ent Mr.. Glover
reports lot of useful and well broken
hacks in this consignment.
E. q. Mcvitty's California polo ponies
have arrived at East Willistbn, l.. L..
for the special sale on Saturday at the
polo field Of William Post & Son. They
are to be exhibited on Thursday afte.-
noon in what promises to be a notable
and interesting demonstration of the
Spanish msthod of breaking and train
ing.
The Bergen Horse Company of Jersey
City sold a big run of fresh and sea-
soned workers under the hammer on
Wednesday. the regular wsekly auction
day at the Communipaw avenue stables.
E. c. Burdick. the auctioneer. says he
has seldom seen better demand than
at present for good second hand horses
11enTy SCHaDSr, tne veteran auCIlOneer
Of the Raymond street mart in Brook
lyn. reports an improving demand for
draft horses In the Wednesday auc-
tions. Wagon horses and delivery
chunks are still the best sellers, how
ever
| William II. Strang's specially built
motor vans for the transportation Of
horses are competing successfully with
railway express between New York and
Baltimore. Many valuable race horses
for the spring meeting at Belmont Park
| have come in this way.
Boats on the river, tn, Sound and the
bay are carrying away a lot of horses
after every auction this spring at Fiss.
Doerr 4 Carroll's. The Monday and
Thursday sales in East Twenty-fourth
street have come to be the distributing
MEDIUM for a large territory reached
by the boats, owing to the low cost OF
transportation. and great manv coun-
try dealers buy their stock there.
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II. Kaufman e Son are filling a los
OF orders for English saddles brides
and riding equipment at their new build.
ing in Division street, now that the
spring season Is in full swing.
M. B. Newcomb is kept busy these
days showing and selling saddle horses
at his cozy stable In Seventh avenue
near Central Park
Men and women who ride at Durland's
are already reservng their fayorite
school horses for the outing season IN
the country. Mr.. Durland expects to
hire out more than 100 of his wei.
trained saddle horses in this way thi,
season.