Good Horses In Demand

It has been generally believed that the introductlon of eleutric cars, furnishing rapid tranfit to all parts of the city and suburbs, has had a depreclatlng effect upon the prlce of hoi-ses, but the facts do not bear out this assumption, says the Philadelphia Times. Good homes are In good demand and they bring high prices. There is but llttle demand for undeslrable horsec, good drivers are scarce. Nowadays nearly all hornea are sold at auction, comparatively few being disposed of at private sale. The scareity of good horses at present is explained by the fac.t that dealers stopped breeding a year ago, when the prices were low and there was but little demand. TM? yeir it Is a noticeable fact that p?op!e are now buying who were sellers last year. The reg-jlar sales at the differeiU stables art well attended. Yesterday Herkness had a list of eighty horsas and nearly all were disposed of at good prices. There were some exceptions, but on the good drivers, which were B"!d on guarantee, the bidding was sr!"l. indicating Rn active deman.5. Hortes that ars "up on thelr knuckles" or )n any way stiff are not considered delirable at these sales. Yesterday sorne horses, whic.ii to a man not a jurtg-e would anDear psrfectiy round, solci as low as $20. Others sold up to $1.25. A handsome bay cob, very styli?h, a ni?e stepper and a "high bltcher, brought $75 and was considerad very cheap, but hls owner was goingr awüy for the summer and was anxious to lispose of him. A bay horse, 6 yea.rs oM, tralned to drive single or doublé, and believed to trot in 2:50, was knooked down for $97.50. A well-bred Barrel mare. with a mark of 2:36, brcmfM o.ily $57.50, whlle ies rtyllsh-lookir-B ■ n horse, 6 years old, and broke to single or doublé harness, brought $102.50, and a bay gelding, 5 years old and a high knee ewtor and front stepper, wíj sold for $94. These prices indicie & 0DDáition of the market. Fan.y breedtng does not count Cor so mucn w " actioti. Horses that can Btep a.lona at a fair galt and are fearleíü oí Btam or electric cars are the onft that are most desired and they ftiways bnng good prices at public sale.