FOREST PARK, -1884. 



the legitimate manner of so many words to the inch and at regular adver- 

 tising rates. 



Now I have, from time to time, been the recipient of many kindly no- 

 tices in the leading newspapers of the country, and for which I feel highly 

 complimented and thank my friends, the editors and correspondents, and 

 am sincere in my appreciation of their kindness, and know that friendly 

 motives prompted them, as the articles were unsolicited and not a mere mat- 

 ter of dollars and cents, but were written voluntarily and through true 

 friendship. 



From the above, it will be seen that:! DON'T.PAY WRITERS FOR BLOWING 

 AND MISREPRESENTING MY STOCK IN. PRINT, and am not, as some breeders, 

 fearful that when the stock are led out for the inspection of visitors, some one 

 should say, they look better on paper than on the ground, which, I imag- 

 ine, would cause the owner to feel rather cheap and necessitate a considera- 

 ble effort on his part to find plausible excuses for the stock not appearing 

 as represented. 



Another point which I desire to call attention to in this card is this: 

 As is well known to all proprietors of stock farms, gentlemen of means, 

 who desire to purchase, are frequently accompanied by a so-called friend, or 

 judge of horse flesh, and feeling that thej are not competent to judge for 

 themselves, rely principally upon what, this pretended friend and expert may 

 advise in regard to making a purchase, and if he should say buy this one, or 

 that one, they put up the money without. the least hesitancy, relying upon 

 the superior judgement of their experienced .companion to select that 

 which will best answer their purpose. .Perhaps, by giving a history of the 

 ''inside workings" of such cases, it may be the means of saving some gen- 

 tleman of capital from being robbed out of a handsome commission -in this 

 friendly manner. Now, it is frequently the case that this experienced 

 friend will tip the proprietor the wink and calling him aside, inquire in 

 an undertone what is the price of such an animal, and being informed of 

 the price, \iill say to the proprietor, "Now,see here, I would like to make a 

 tittle out of this myself,; this man don't care for the money; you jnst 

 add ten or twenty per cent, on your price for my commission, and I will 

 be instrumental in making a sale" .In such cases the additional per cent, 

 always comes out of the pocket of the buyer, as the seller can well afford to 

 pay a handsome commission and still realize more from the sale of the ani- 

 mal than it is really worth. Now, the above I know to be facts, as I have 

 been approached on this subject and- given to understand that by entering 

 into an arrangement of the above nature, would be the means of accom- 

 plishing a sale, I am happy to sa\ , however, that overtures of the above 

 kind are never made to me more than once by the same party, and I am 

 well aware that in these instances [ have missed making sales, but I have 

 the satisfaction of knowing that I have never been guilty of practicing this 

 system of robbery, and gentlemen who negotiate with me for anv thing in 



