. Illustrated history of the Union Stockyards; sketch-book of familiar faces and places at the yards. FOREIGN BUYERS LOOKING AT A RARE SORT. ities and anxieties to the plane of tlie A B Cs by sheerforce of push. Success is not gained nowadays withoutwork, and the work of these young men has told to anadniirablo extent, resulting in a local and eastern client-age than which no firm at the yards has a more ex-tensive one. In short, they are a couple of hustlerswho work together like the Siamese twins. A youi]g firm of equal standing is that of Blair &Evans, the partners being two young men whose
. Illustrated history of the Union Stockyards; sketch-book of familiar faces and places at the yards. FOREIGN BUYERS LOOKING AT A RARE SORT. ities and anxieties to the plane of tlie A B Cs by sheerforce of push. Success is not gained nowadays withoutwork, and the work of these young men has told to anadniirablo extent, resulting in a local and eastern client-age than which no firm at the yards has a more ex-tensive one. In short, they are a couple of hustlerswho work together like the Siamese twins. A youi]g firm of equal standing is that of Blair &Evans, the partners being two young men whose insightinto the countrys commercial future directed them tothe horse market as the most promising field for in-vestment. Messrs. Blair and Evans are the youngestcommission men at the yards, but they are old in ex-perience and their success is already enviable. Theirlove of the horse and their understanding of him as a OP THE UNION STOCKYARDS 87. HORSES FOR EXPORT. commercial commodity leads them to deal only in thebetter class of animals, and as a result they have at-tracted much attention from foreign buyers and frombuyers for the East, and they have a knack of mak-ing both consignor and buyers happy. With such anobject in view it is needless to say that their businessis on the increase, their receipts frequently amountingto fourteen carloads weekly. These young men willmake a high mark for themselves in the annals of thestockyards and of the commission business. The last, but by no means the least (he measures sixfeet five) man to start into the business at the yardsis whole-souled A. O. Elder. Elder is a true type ofthe western man, and what he does not know aboutthe horse and horse market wont tip the scale. Healready employs several buyers and salesmen, and isably aided in conducting his growing business bythat well-known judicial personage, Judge JamesBlodgett. His stables are always filled with fresh 88 ILLUSTRATED HIS
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