Show alir end H s days washington at the auction sala sale ol 01 condemned animals held at the office of the depot quartermaster in this city the horse billy a great army favor ite which has been on the govern ment ments s list of public animals for over thirty years was after all possible de do lay put up at auction with other rel fes rather than allow billy to tall fall into the hands ot of some bidder who might abuse him in his old age the older clerks ot of the depot quart ermas ter s office who were attached to the horse banded together and bought in billy I 1 |