The New York herald., 1872-10-23

horses in their water twice day. but it can also
AND ye = aaS
Ia,e oi Two giils day-one in the morning ana
OF TINS disease will probably be felt by all the COM
munity, as. Judging from the present aspect OF
and stages viii be running, or how soon we shall
De reduced TO an entire dependence upon shoe
leather A walk from Harlem TO the Battery TO
business In the morning and return the same night
may be conducive 20 health. but the larger portion
o. the community will find 1t pretty hard work.
Although none OF the horse-car railroads have as
vet taken on any OF their cars they VIII be forced
to do so before long. The Twenty third street line
ofstages made only ,.
yesterday instead OF seven, and to-day they will
be forced to take on some Of their stages The
do the same, and the Fifth avenue stage line, al
though they persstently deny that there Is any
thing the matter with their horses are in no better
condition than their neighbors. The first day
Of the disease only brings out is' midcst
that has not been deemed OF sufficient Importance
to send the animal to the hospital The cough is,
however. followed by q now OF tears from from the eye
nose. accompanied by general weakness and de-
bility. It IS then about
THIRTY-SIx HOURS
after the premonitory symptoms that the animal
Is sent TO the hospital for medical treatment. Yes
the iirst symptoms but to-day there win probably
be more advanced stage OF the disease TO contend
with. and the proprietors aud managers OF the
the diseased horses or the cars and stages
THE STREET CAR HORSES.
Yesterday morning l commenced business at
noon with visit TO the President OF the Third
Avenue Railroad. and after a pleasant conyersa-
'a au
pretty badly since Monday afternoon. The cough
had originated with only few, but had
as it was ~ far a greater percentage
change Of weather. They did not believe 1t to be
the Rochester epidemic, as they had not observed
were rather puzzled with the symptoms, but did
not expect any serious results. They had about
two Thousand horses IN all, and at that time 400
THE SECOND AVENUE
Railroad stables were then visited, and after
talk with one OF the gentlemen connected with the
management of the horses, found that up TO that
time (halfpast twelve p. NJ they had not noticed
had been coughing good deal, but they attributed
that to the season OF the year. about this time
q horse generally sheds his coat and Is very liable
to catch cold. then walked down to Fifty-ninth
street, and, taking the Belt line OF cars, rode down
to the
and Belt line stables. Here the officials in
clincd to be rather reticent on the subject of the
disease, and stated that there was nothing the
matter with their horses. Some or them were
coughing little, but there were no symptoms OF
discharge OF any kind they, however, stated that
they heard the disease had attacked the horses on
the Twenty-third street stage line. l then walked
over to the
horse car stables and received courteous reception
from the foreman, Mr.. walsh who volunteered
charge. Mr.. Walsh stated that passing through the
stables on Monday night he noticed a good deal OF
coughing and sneezng, and yesterday morning II
ft to break his back. They were not, however
OF their feed, and up to that time two p. NJ he
had not noticed any discharge. He was satisfied
however, that 1t was the first symptoms OF the dis
ease, as he knew it was all around the neighbor
hood. Mr.. Walsh said he had been dOctering his
horses lOmeODatiIiC
system, as he had given up aoFothy some three
years since Walking across to the
EIGHTH AVENUE
stables found the foreman In conversation with
some other railroad officials, and they were discuss
Eighth avenue stables heard the dry cough on all
sides, and the foreman told me that he thought
they have about seven hundred horses in the
stable, and OF them nearly one hundred were
coughing. The next objective point was the
BROADWAY AND SEVENTH AVENUE
line. There found the disease in an advanced
state. The officials in charge volunteered every
Information, and candidly stated that out of some
eleven hundred horses 1t would be hard to find one
M seven horses in the hospital, with watery
eyes and greenish discharge from the nostrils.
xs o the N se my IN
distinct and unmistakabe symptoms of the disease
There was whtish matter OOzing out from the
corner OF Its eyes, greenish discharge from the
nostrils and the animal also appeared weak and
Immediately removed to the hospital. Walking
across to the
stables found that there the disease had only ap
peared in mild form. The Superintendent of the
road took me through the stables and, walk
ing quietly between the lines OF stalls, could only
now and then detect the dry cough which had
now become confident was the precursor Of the
disease. At half-past three p. NJ there wefe not
more than forty OF these horses c0ughing-abOut
five per cent Of the stable. short ride brought
'''e w porRrH AvrNur
horse railroad stables, and there l found the
horses in pretty bad way The foreman told me
afternoon and they now had 400 out Of 700 aected.
None had as yet shown any symptoms OF dis
badly. He said they were applying strong iini.
ments to the throat and injecting IN the mouth
q solution @ q tar, alcohol and belladonna.
in the morning. but that would probably be
accounted Tor by the close state Of the atmosphere
at that time, before all the windows and doors
were opened and thorough current Of ventila.
tion let In.
that the horses OF the cross-tOwn lines were also
affected and the greater part OF them coughing
badly.
appeared to have suffered, comparatively speaking,
even more than the horse cars. as in some in
short walk on Broadway and look at the horses
in the stages told the tale without further invest
Of the progress Of the disease paid visit to the
stables OF the
TWENTY-THIRD STREET
line OF stages In Ninth avenue. The gentleman in
charge there was candid in his statements, and
said that every horse in the stable, some five
hundred in all, were affected. He noticed the
coughing first Monday night, when some of the
horses came in from the last trip. Yesterday
morning 1t was very bad, and the discharge at the
n0strils was also plainly discernible In fact, the
cough was so bad with some Of the horses
that they actually snOrted blood. They were
using Taylor's compound food as q medicine, as
they had always found 1t very cficacious In cases
Of cold and other incidental diseases OF the horse.
They were giving 1t in water twice day. He also
added that they had been Obliged to take of one
trip OF the stages, and that to-day they would have
to take of some stages. The horses OF
THE FOURTH AVENUE
line Of stages are also badly affected with the
disease, and are all coughing badly. Several have
the discharge ut the n0strils. These horses are
being treated with a tar paste and applications
the neck Of strong liniment. The Official In
charge OF the stables OF the
FIFTH AVENUE STAGE LINE
stated that there nothing the matter with