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a dispute between the buyer and seller 

 as to points of unsoundness, the matter 

 shall be referred to a duly graduated 



Fig. 153 DEVICE FOR LOADING SWINE 



INTO WAGON 



veterinary surgeon, whose decision shall 

 be final. Age and weight of horses are 

 not guaranteed. Consigned horses are 

 paid for by cash or check, less commis- 

 sion and feed, at the expiration of the 

 guaranty. 



Rule 5 — All horses should be at the 

 stables the day previous to the sale. A 

 commission will be charged on all 



"If wind and work are guaranteed, 

 the horse must be sound in wind, a good 

 worker, not a cribber or heaver, and 

 everything else goes with him. 



"A horse sold serviceably sound must 

 virtually be a sound horse for all useful 

 purposes of his class. He must be per- 

 fect in eyes, wind, not lame, not a 

 cribber and must be able to do as much 

 work as a perfectly sound horse. He 

 can be serviceably sound and be a little 

 rounding on the curb joint, but not 

 curbed or branded. He cannot be 

 scarred from fistula, or have hip down, 

 but may be slightly cut out at the knee, 

 or puffed a little at the ankle. He can- 

 not have scars or blemishes that con- 

 stitute deformities, or that deteriorate 

 his value more than a trifle, or that in 

 any way impair his usefulness for work. 

 Car bruises must be of a temporary 

 nature. 



"The prices quoted in the horse auc- 

 tion reports are for horses sold on the 



horses entered, whether sold at auction 

 or private sale. Rate of commission : 

 Home consigned horses, $3 a head 

 western horses, $5 a head; feed, 50 cents 

 a day; single feed, 25 cents. 



Chicago horse market — One of the 

 greatest horse markets in the United 

 States is Chicago. Horses are sold both 

 by auction and by private sale. The 

 following information, based on the 

 practices of the Chicago market, is 

 quoted from Prof. C. S. Plumb: 



"A horse negotiated at the halter is 

 sold as he stands; all imperfections, 

 blemishes and unsoundness go with him. 

 He is sold without recommendation and 

 the title only is guaranteed. 



"A horse sold for a worker only must 

 be a good worker, and all imperfections 

 go with him. 



"A horse sold sound must be so in 

 every particular; free from vices and 

 able to pass a perfect veterinary exami- 

 nation. 



block to the highest bidder. The sales 

 made at retail are not published unless 

 they are for extra choice animals that 

 sold considerably above the regular auc- 

 tion quotations. Domestic and foreign 

 buyers carefully inspect all the arrivals 

 as soon as reported, and as many ani- 

 mals as possible that will fill their orders 

 are purchased privately, dealers pre- 

 ferring this method, as it gives them 



Fig. 155 — simple farm gate 



more time to examine and try their 

 purchases than can be accorded where 

 horses are sold under the hammer, 



