. Illustrated history of the Union Stockyards; sketch-book of familiar faces and places at the yards. BELGIAN BUYERS. the yoiiDger horses fit for export trade. This care inselecting has attracted the attention of the eastern400, who are among their largest purchasers. Theircombination sales of high-class horses are the Mecca ofmany foreign buyers, and the firm can be trusted tomaintain the standard of style and all-round merit inits exportations. Close upon the heels of Newgass & Sons came Wil-liam Locke. M. Locke had always been a large ship-per of horses, and was the first man to ship a carl
. Illustrated history of the Union Stockyards; sketch-book of familiar faces and places at the yards. BELGIAN BUYERS. the yoiiDger horses fit for export trade. This care inselecting has attracted the attention of the eastern400, who are among their largest purchasers. Theircombination sales of high-class horses are the Mecca ofmany foreign buyers, and the firm can be trusted tomaintain the standard of style and all-round merit inits exportations. Close upon the heels of Newgass & Sons came Wil-liam Locke. M. Locke had always been a large ship-per of horses, and was the first man to ship a carload ofhorses to the stockyards. The yards were a familiarspot to him and he was a well-known figure there, andbis advent as a commission man was hailed with pleas- 84 ILLUSTRATED HISTORY lire by a host of friends. Coming, as he did, when thebusiness of the market had reached a high notch, henevertheless found a place for himself ;and his executiveability, his keenness and never-tiring activity madehim a valued factor in the personnel of the yards, andplaced him in the front rank of the great
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