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Show "A HORSE!" "A HORSE!" New lork Stork Brokers Pick a Victim and Have Fun with 111m. New York, July 28. Ambrose Leonard Leon-ard of the Stock Exchange, who was buncoed on Thursday into buying for $110 a horse whose wind gave out after it had walked a block, appeared on the Stock Exchange today for the lirst time since the transaction. Ho did not wish to meet tho boys, but it was evident that they . wanted to see him. Mr. Leonard had lots of business to attend to, but they would not permit it. If he appeared in the New England crowd and shouted: "I'll buy " "A horse!" would be tho stentorian response res-ponse before ho completed his bid. If he rushed over to the Pacific Mail crowd and shouted: "I'll sell a " ."Horse!" would be thundered back at him. It was go in every crowd, and Mr. Leonard was cut up. Not to stop at this, the guyors sent out and bought toy horses, flaunted them in his face whenever when-ever he wished to buy or sell stocks, and besides got strings for reins, and in pairs scampered aroiind the floor. Business Busi-ness during some of the racket was practically suspended, and at the close Mr. Leonard confessed that he had been unable to do a single stroke for himself. But it is suspected that it was not difficult to get other brokers to execute ex-ecute his orders, and then he stood by and accepted the guying. |