. Illustrated history of the Union Stockyards; sketch-book of familiar faces and places at the yards. REJECTED—BALKY. vate signs, nods and winks. They can tell at a glancethe merits or demerits of the lot they are selling, usinggreat judgment to please both the buyer and seller,which they do with marked success, as seldom a com-plaint is heard. Sixty horses an hour is the generalaverage. Sometimes seventy-five are sold in thattime; 740 horses is the best record for one days classes of horses are sold. One minute a Clydes-dale weighing 1800 pounds, then perhaps a dimin-utive pony or so
. Illustrated history of the Union Stockyards; sketch-book of familiar faces and places at the yards. REJECTED—BALKY. vate signs, nods and winks. They can tell at a glancethe merits or demerits of the lot they are selling, usinggreat judgment to please both the buyer and seller,which they do with marked success, as seldom a com-plaint is heard. Sixty horses an hour is the generalaverage. Sometimes seventy-five are sold in thattime; 740 horses is the best record for one days classes of horses are sold. One minute a Clydes-dale weighing 1800 pounds, then perhaps a dimin-utive pony or some well-known race horse. OF THE UNION STOCKYARDS 65 The ring (or bull pen) is never, during the sales,without a lot of horses in front of the auctioneer. Im-mediately after a sale the animal is sent back to thestables, and men engaged for that purpose give it a trialbefore the buyer, and it is left to his option if he ac-cepts or rejects the purchase. Horses must be as represented, and are sold under. BUYERS FOR BELGIUM. the five following conditions, according to the guaran-tee of the consignor: 1. To be sound. 2 Serviceably sound. 3. Windand work. 4. Worker only. 5. Halter. A horse sold under the hammer can be rejected bynoon the day following the day of sale if it does notcomply with the warranty. A horse sold for sound must be perfectly sound inevery way. A horse sold as serviceably sound must bevirtually a sound horse; its wind and eyes must be good,
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