1905 - An Amusing Episode in Horse Jockeying - Attempts to "Get Even"

NORTH TROY.

An amusing episode in horse trading occurred here Sunday, November 25. A young man from Montgomery named Manosh, visiting in town, had a good work horse for which he wished to trade for a free driver. Blacksmith Allen informed Manosh that he had one that would fit the bill, and, hitching up a worthless old mare, owned by George Brooks, stimulated for the occasion, succeeded in trading even, afterward boasting that he had made $100. Manosh soon found that head had been cheated, and consulting a lawyer, learned that a Sunday trade was void. Meanwhile Allen and Brooks, becoming nervous, went to Jay and swapped off the Manosh horse to a horse trader, named Morse, getting beaten worse than the Montgomery boy. The next Monday and Tuesday found the beaten parties in an excited state of mind leading horses to and fro and demanding returns. Morse remained cool and undisturbed. Finally, hearing that legal proceedings were to be intituted, the horses were returned to their original owners. Morse getting $5 in cash and two little pigs, and Brooks and Allen a quid of tobacco and a chew of gum besides lots of experience.