The New York herald., 1922-03-19
Farmers Buying Horses
in All Western Markets
Prices Relatively Higher
There Than Here.

The corn belt farmers who sold every
horse they could spare last fall to pay
up their loans in the country banks are
now buying heavily for spring work.
with the result that prices have ad-
vanced rapidly at all Western trade
centers in the last few weeks. There
has been no corresponding advance here
as yet, the local dealers say, SO that
shippers buying in the West to sell
again In New York are taking some
substantial losses.
Fiss. Doerr & Carrolps auction sales
on Mondays and Thursdays have been
well supplied with fresh Western work
horses. notwithstanding these adverse
conditions. but the run of second hand
ers is nothing like what 1t ought to be
TO supply the present demand. Good
seasoned horses sell better than the
green ones. Mr.. Fiss says, yet compare
lively few are coming In.
William Durland has arranged a no.
table series Of special sales for the
month of April at Durland's Riding
Academy. The season will be opened
on April with s. r. HARRISON s. Co.'S
annual spring shipment Of high class
Kentucky saddle horses. r. E. More
land of Lexington follows one week
later with another select lot of riding
horses. On April IL IT. S. Glover OF
Aiken, s. c., will sell a consignment of
polo and riding horses ard on April is
George Watson's recent importation Of
Irish hunters will go under the ham
mer.
The first special sale Of saddle horses
this season will take place on Monday
evening of next week at Fiss. Doerr &
Carrolps big arena in East Twenty
fourth street. Matt Biers of Mendoza,
H., an old time shipper TO the New
York market, end two other Western
horsemen have assembled fifty clancy
saddle horses and ponies for this sale
and will have them on exhibition there
next Sunday afternoon at two o'clock.
The Fasig-Tipton Company OF New
York has formed an alliance with the
British Bloodstock Agency OF London
and will hereafter represent that widely
known concern In the sale OF English
race horses in the United States.
The United States Department OF
Agriculture has published a sixty page
booklet showing the relative cost Of
farm work by horses and tractors. In
every department OF operations the
horse is found to be more economical
and dependable.
Larry Fitzpatrick. who trained the
American horses for the international
polo matches OF 1914. Is due 10 arrive
at Hugh Gormly's riding school in
Flushing on Thursday with a carload OF
good ones selected by him In Wyoming.
The Bergen Horse Company reports 4
brisk demand for seasoned workers In
the Wednesday auctions at its Jersey
City stables. The supply Is not nearly
up to requirements, DR.. r. 9. Burdick
says.
waller & Potters Of Rutledge street
nroolSlyn. held three horse auctions last
| weC. These dealers report big de-
mand for farm horses on Long Island
this spring.
Henry Schafer OF the Raymond street
market, I'm Brooklyn, Is selling both
horses and motor trucks in the Wednes-
day and Saturday auctions.
III. Kaufman & Sons are well prepared
for a big spring trade In English sad
dlery and riding equipment at their new
building in Division street.
NJ. y. Newcomb says the increasing
number OF Inquiries for well trained
saddle horses of late gives promise OK
busy spring trade.
Godfrey Preece has twelve polo
horses by thoroughbred sires N his
stables at westbury. Three are by Hor-
ton. grandson OF the Derby winner Her
NIT
4 Adolf Spreckelss California bred two-
year-olds are to be sold by the Fasig-
| Tipton Company on May ~ nt the
Jamaica racetrack. A full sister 20 Nor