10-16-2007, 06:26 AM
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|  Vendors must find new home for their retired horses
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The Baltimore institution of vendors hawking produce from colorful horse-drawn wagons is about to receive a major makeover, but some involved with the city's 19th-century tradition are unhappy with the proposed changes.
In August, officials condemned a West Baltimore stable housing 51 horses and ponies, but pledged to help the quaint practice endure. A team of city officials began working with the street peddlers, known as arabbers, to find a suitable place to board their animals.
Now officials are overhauling the loosely regulated practice of arabbing, enforcing permitting requirements for vendors and their animals, and replacing the ramshackle stable with a new facility to be built near the B&O Railroad Museum in Southwest Baltimore. Horse owners will be required to pay to board their animals at the new facility, and only working horses will be allowed to reside there.
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