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Horsing around at New
BY PAT KAUFFMAN
NEW HOLLAND - They
came by buggy, by car and
by foot. They came to buy, to
look, and to spend the day.
But they came...to the
Friday New Holland horse
sale.
The special Friday horse
auctions at the New Holland
Stables are very different
from the regular Monday
horse auctions here.
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Broad brims and clouds of
cigar smoke were the first
indicators of the difference
to greet the visitor. And
farther inside, the
predominance of bays,
chestnuts and sorrels, the
length of the ears and the
breadth of the backs told the
story.
The goods offered for sale
here were the backbone of
the plain man’s livelihood.
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They were not the quick
stocky quarter horse, or the
gray sloped shoulder hunter
or the occasional
thoroughbred. These
animals were the sixteen
hand Saddlebreds, the
matched mules, the giant
work horses.
In the stands, spectators
and bidders, mostly male,
assesed the animals one by
one as they entered the ring
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Holland special auction
Buyers and lookers cram the alleys at the Friday auction. Mules and work
horses were in the most plentiful supply with only a scattering of driving horses.
and the seller hawked his with a shout out of the path of generally speaking the
wares. They checked the a hoof. higher-priced horses were
mouth, they watched the What ladies there were, not there, and that prices for
rhythm of the feet for flaws, talked animatedly m the the qualities available were
they kept a wary eye on stands to friends they could steady
fellow bidders. not call on the phone. And
Behind the stands, they business associates settled
pressed through crowded outstanding hay bills, quoted
aisles, scanning the goods, prices on supplies needed, or
checking pedigrees, detailed stock they had for
skimming the legs with their sale at home. To all of them,
hands, talking Dutch to their the special auction was more
friends, waiting for the than a sale, it was an
horses they’d decided on to ingathering, a time to renew
be brought in. acquaintances, a social
This was a day for function,
decisions. There were fields Sprinkled among the plain
to be plowed soon and many sects were “English”
miles for their carnages to people, mostly in their later
travel. Here the horsepower years. Some came to
burned hay. reminisce with friends on by-
While movement in the gone days, some came to buy
stables was mostly slow and a horse to till the garden and
resolute and the horses stood plow the little field. Some
rump to rump with came for something to do.
astounding patience, the A few buyers came longer
signs warned buyers to enter distances to purchase the
at their own risk and large horses for pulling
spectators to stay clear. And specialized parade and
the familiarity of these ceremony vehicles,
people with the beasts here While the candy vendor
Jut home as an otherwise said horse prices were down,
quiet, slow-moving Amish Paul Snyder, auction
gentleman leaped nimbly manager, said that
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Attendance was not as
heavy at this recent special
auction. Veteran auction
goers stated that most
fanners who use the animals
have already purchased
their pulling stock.
The top price for the day
was a pair of work horses
which brought $3900.
The next special horse
auction is scheduled for
Friday, April 11.
Prices paid Friday were
as follows:
There were reported
receipts of 235 head of
horses, mules and ponies.
Market: steady.
Load of driving Pa. 725.00-
900.00 smgles. Load of
driving TN. 950.00-190.00
singles.
LOCAL; Work horses
650.00- singles; mules
600.00- singles,
1675.00- pairs;
Driving horses 600.00-
1325.00.
Load of work horses, Mich.
950.00- singles,
1700.00- pairs; Load of
Canadian work horses
1200.00- singles, one
pair 2575.00; Load of TN.
work horses 900.00-2000.00
singles, 2400.00-3900.00
pairs; Load of TN. mules
925.00- singles,
2000.00- pairs.
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