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I 1 ex exOgtOD exngton exED f are ure beY hey and rhird fhlrd Third a avenues venues , . , Twenty Twentytd T\\ T Tent T \ ent entiS OgtOD ngton rd td and IlDd T\ T \ Twenty Tcnty Twcnty ' cnty fifth streets AsodeD Asoden As h- h he h'1\e h'1 h1 e h'tse htse - ' done tbey they tbeyar theyark they.L theyL oden odeD Horses al"IlVs alIlVs nlwavs nl " avs ' \ e ' ark . . } . the tbe sites of harness shops sbops They TheyBold Theyre Theye ar the shop shops . nre fire old oldD oldha and nnd , e Bold old horses tshops aremono mono monoa andents and shops are arc monueots monu hor&es hores hor.es horses & : . fact tact face . , ' D a former formu times and it Is slg sig slgDcant sigscant sigilficAtit eots ents nts to the three stand whel whereey wlicie where wlicieh.r e eer Dcant scant Ih'lt Ihlt that ( hit ' h.r hr . do In I " tlle the llorse horse dlus dass da \ ' ) tlle the great greatorse Kre re\t re t retorse ' \ < ltinrse er ey In Inthe ine InAe market , one of 01 the nrgest 11rest largest ; orse In thattrict that thatstrIct thatnstrtct nas \\as as was situated right rlglH the e Mrldas Borid Mrld ciorld \ fteck week eel . auctIonsuc auctionsere auctions Three times a \ strIct ! trict . . - uc ere held hcld and nnd tlioiisind thous'1ndQ thous1ndQ thous'lndq thouslndq ' ' of doU'lrsorth dollarsorth dollirs doU'lrs doUlrs dollars dollirsforth ' forth orth ot of hmse hOrse nesh flesh changed " hands handsHI 11 the tbe horses barses u used < ; ed on the s , canons arlOus arious canonsitreet arlOustreet arioustrect itreet treet trect car lines hnes were svere sold there But Bute Buthe e horses were not confined conllned to work workmals workmais workahnals a means mean9 There were wereoroughbreds wereoroughbreds wereboroughbreds mals mais by airy cy Y oroughbreds ' ilso 1lso also Including fineounts fine fineounts Onenounts ounts that had come from dIstant dIstantuntrles distantentrleS distantfmntrles untrles entrleS . . . e . . . , iA part of the"sr6et the thetosAet building was wns a &A A & A bit bIg tosAet "sr6et sr6et - " sr.et sret } . . In 1 K It wns was a track nnd and a Ka\ffl Ka ffl gal galtry al alert } \ ert try Prospective purcliasers purchasers sat Inhe InDe In Intles&llery tles&llery tlesllery he De gallery & andatched and \ ftatclied \\atched atched watched the horses go gorough gorough gotbroTieh rough their pices p1ces paces Tint Th'1t Th1t That ' \ vias was as a aurce aurge aSource urce urge of profit to youngsters of tbe the tbeelghborhood theelghborhood theneighborhood elghborhood While the blue bloods bloodsoo.cd bloodscoked bloodsooled ( oo.cd oocd coked ! . on , , they'd theyd ' ' earn spending mone3 mone3nn'lob mone3any mouesUany nn'lob nnlob any ) ' W lark employed nearby would slip slipver slipver slipoMr ver at luncheon time and nnd earn e'1rn e1rn ' a quar quarer quarer quarter er or so The . " horse hor.e hore : . show " was as al also alsoeld alsoheld so soeld eld In ttnt th'lt thlt that ' amphitheater ' ind 'lnd lnd and In th'1t th1t that th'1tthe thatthe thitaiy ' the horse sliow show was an attraction attractionfor attractionor or society tint that rivaled even the operaany operaany opera operainy iny any an old New MW ew Yolkcr YOIIer Yoiker , goes o\er o er oser \ toe to toe tothe e site of the horse market marhet now a aI'S afps aflays I'S IS fps ) ' Just to prowl around amon among amongi amonghosts ; i ( hosts of his 3outli 3outlil } oiitli outh l . . . Speaking Spea1.lng Spea1lng . of ghosts gh05ts , there ' ire 'lre lre are theost theoat the thehost host ost oat writers . . In times past . , the thehost thehost thefchost host writer-as writer as writer - as hI his " name might insatewas In Incate"II.S InBicate cate-"II.S cateII.S cate "II.S IIS sate-was sate was - - " was . a furtive furtrse furtn e sort of a per perD pern perIon D n No matter what ft \ hat happened he heever heever heiherer ever came out Into the open HI His Hisecomplishments HLiccompllshments : . ccompUshments ecomplishments might bring brmg a lot of ofraise ofraise ofrtls ; raise < an an'1 an1 anil ' . ' publicity , but never for forBut foriln forBut . But times have chinged ch'H1ged chH1ged changed ' Ue Re Uetlf Retly Reiently tlf tly . , I J noted another ad of a bureaughost bureaughost bureau bureaufhost fhost ghost ( writers wflters , an organization ren ready readysupply readya y ysupply upply supply anything from an article to tospeech tospeech toi speech or from a short story to a ak awok _ k . k . . 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The foregoing has nothing to do dotb doth doirith tb th the fact that a broken brol.en brolen . leg madeene madeene made madeene ene Byrnes an artist , since he needs needsghost needsghost needsno chost ghost to help him turn out ' Reg'Iar RegIar Re'lar Relar Reg'lar Reglar b " ' 4 1 I < , t-ellers t ellers cHers - ' ' Bvrnes stal star staited tet ted ! life Ute In the theshoe theshoe th thshoe < shoe business An accident caused him himto himto himto to be rushed to what whllt is now Reconstruction Recon Reconstructlon Reconstructlon structlon struction learnedIt hospitll hosplt'll hospltll lrospitil ' There he learned It would be necks weeks ' \ . elks before he could couldwalk couldwalk couldwalk walk again So to pass away the time timehe timehe timene he dayhe took tool , up drawln drawing " , , and now each day he tm tuins turns ns out a comic stup ship stop * . . * . , | streetbook Stopped In a Forty [ ' Fort 'ort ort ) seventh seventb street book store--one store one store-one store - - one of those nan nart nanow ow little littleshops littleshops littleshops shops tint t1l'1t t1l1t ttiat ' are so numeious numelOUS numerous In mid midto midtownand mdto\\n mdto n ! to\ to tonnud town-and town and ' \ . \ \ n-nud n nud - and noticing a n garden in the therear therear therear rear , \ wandered andercd on bick b'1ck b1ck back ' . . 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' 30U Sou ; \ \ rains rnins Without Wltbout a aword a\\ord a ord word \ \ ord , . , sht Shl she pointed pomtcd to a lirge luge large " sign "Ign Ign , "We We "Wetnhe "Wetake "Wetake Wetake " tnhe take them in " Maybe \ Ma L\1n L 1n be . , some day , I'll Ill I'lllearn I'lllearn ' I'lllearn Illlearn ' ' learn something about New YorL York . . . , . , . + Add signs of the tbe return of prosper prosperIty prosperrty prosperity Ity rty : New e\V e V \ York cheese makers mahers report reporta reportn n a 20 per cent increase in sales The Thelarger Thelarger Thelarger larger demand comes for the strongerbrands stronger strongerbrands strongerbrands brands Beer is given as the cause i < : ) H3S 1933 Bellsndicato-NUService Bellsndicato NUService Bell S Syndicate ) ndlcato - " ttNUSorvlco % to . U ServlcG . . . |