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Show ! THE CITY "JAY." B. Ii rtenerally Worn Than nil Countrj touxiu An Inntrfuce. "The city 'jay' is aheap more or a lamb than ihe worst 'hayseed' that evel walked," said a business acquaintance "I've just had rresh proof of it. You rec member the horse sale held here a short time ago? I made np my mind to buy a horse, and went down there. A friend of mine, who knew that I had good judgment judg-ment regarding horseflesh, asked me ir I would help him in selecting one, and I said I would, so we went down together He had a buggy horse, but he wanted I better one, and didn't wnt to be swin died. We looked the horses over somewhat, some-what, and I became interested it. a mare ' or One condition and blood and bought her. A short time afterward a 3-year-ol' colt was brought into the ring and I caught my friend's eye at once. H asked me what I thought or it. I lootcei. the borne over and told him it was a very fine animal and that he would make no mistake in buying it. The col1 waa put up without any especial attention having ! been given it, and at an off moment and before my friend knew it, the horse had been knocked down to him for the ridk ulously low figure of $S5. I told him ha i had a good bargain and went away. "The other day I ran across him and asked him how he liked his purchase. He looked at me kind of sheepish and made a confession. Said he had weakened weak-ened somewhat of the purchase after he had taken possession of the colt, and ii had occurred to him that an $85 lion wasn't exactly what he wanted. While he was me'litating, with more or less regret, re-gret, on tne purchase, he ran against a man who asked him if he had bought the colt. He told the stranger he had, and the man naiiled and said the colt was vicious and plenty dear at $85. Then the stranger said he had a spanking good driving horse, and if my friend would give him his stable address he would drive around next day and siiow him the animal. Thu was done, and the man came with a fine animal and took my friend for a spin on the boulevard, lis left him at his door, and called on him the next day and tried to negotiate a sale, but mv friend, having two horses, diiln't want another. The upshot of it all was that my friend traded his two horses for the one or the stranger and gave him an order on the stableman for them, the understanding being that the man was to deliver the horse he had exhibited ex-hibited when he took the other two a way. My friend called around at the stable in the afternoon to see his hew possession, and was floored to learn that bis two horses had been tfiten away and nothing left in exchange. AnJ he didn't know the swindler or anything about him. He la now mourning the loss of the horse he owned in the first place and also th colt, which was worth $:iOO of any man', money. When the city man enters the chump class he takes the blue ribbon." Chicago Heraid. , |