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Show Wanna Buy a Horse? i 1 A few months ago this question, if addressed to an automobile owner, would bring a laugh. Today the horse has the laugh. Out in the W est and the Middle W est horses are still plentiful, but in the East they are scarce. And yet there is a firm of horse auctioneers auction-eers operating in Greater Iew York Potters and Greenberg where private sales on horses are held every day of the week and special auctions on Fridays. Photos show you what goes on. ! . 5 1 I ' 'i rj , -i This might pass for a picture of the Axis high command, hut actually it is one of some of the steeds waiting to be auctioned off. A'ot a git horse. Deftly the buyer takes the horse's tongue in one hand and examines the teeth, to determine age. Horses have many foot ailments, ail-ments, and seasoned horse traders trad-ers knoiv all about them and just what to look for. 114 4 1 k " i j ? k , . . J l fk'- "V Frequently a piece of harness goes on the block instead of a horse. Here you see a halter going to a bidder for three dollars. Auctioneer Greenberg is knocking it down. h -" ' v't" ; .t ! J Tn's man ia5 taken on the dif-ficult dif-ficult job of selling a horse to t the auctioneer. I R- ien bidding lags on a horse the animal is made to strut his stuff, as shown here. li . - ,v-st:-&! ' . . .. .... . : |