The New York herald., 1872-10-26
The working Horses,

Vn manu- IA oo1c " cFkcucys
The Working Horses.
IN the lower portion OF the city, particularly
along West and South streets, the Inconvenience
caused BY the disease to shippers and Others whose
business requires considerable carriage between
the warehouses and the vessels, was Bit
terly lamented. Al least One-thrd OF the
were unable to work, and the cartmen whose
horses had not yet become afflicted had everything
their own way as far as charges were concerned
tnat ls, such was the case among those cartmen
who do . ''hoating" business and are not bound to
any particular firm. 1t was said by some persons
that not less than twenty-five hundred working
horses are down with the disease, but the number
Is undoubtedly really much greater. No deaths
among them however, have as yet been reported
The Horse Marts.
or all places to get reliable information about
horses, sick or well, the 'sales stabes In Twenty
fourth street are the worst, at all times and under
all circumstances, disease or no disease. 1t Is not
surprising, therefore, that the 'sellers should at
the present time affect to believe that the horse
disease is myth-in fact, something that the
newspapers have gotten up q sensation about,
simply to spoil the business.n Yet yesterday they
had to admit, despite themselves, that the myth
was o rather troublesome one.
The reporter quietly gave hasty glance about
one Of the stables where several "sellers''
were lounging, when one Of them, in reply to o
question, remarked
ut taint nothin' this disease what they're
talkin' Of In the papers, There's those stables
forty-twO. We've only got three out Ov about the
same number and there's those folks over yonder
lpointing to one OF the stables they've got six
nifty altogether But you See taint nothln' at all,
notnin' unusual. The hOsses hes caught cold that's
all. i've seen lem Olcn 'afOre that way when
J0oy're Bnedull' their COatAn
not exactly satisfied with this explanation OF the
condlsiOn OF the market the reporter made the
round OF all the stables, but, OF course, had to de-
pena upon The owners Of the establishments for
reliable" information. They all had the same
said, and the sickness was nothing out Or the
way" However, 1t Is reasonable to suppose that
Wnen the men In the market who want to sell their
conclude that one in every ten Is sick with the
disease, that they do not overrate the number
The Way to Treat the Horses.
The reporter, in his rambles about town to find
some horse authority as to the best treatment OF
the disease, as well as to the best means to pre-
vent its spread came across Dr. Gilbert OF ele.
waited railroad fame. The Doctor OF course, is not
veterinary surgeon, but is considerable OF an
authority IN horse matters, and was in the army
when the horses in his corps were afflicted with a
disease somewhat like the one the horses in the
city are now suffering from. He gave it as his
opinion that the disease is maarial one. In other
words, It Is OF zymodic character, and its germs
it was imported from Canada The best way to
prevent the disease, he believed was to thor
oughly fumgate the stables with burnt sulphur
or something equally as good, the horses mean
while TO be taken out and properly covered. The
coughing and sneezing OF the horses in the first
stages or the disease showed clearly that the
disease was malarial one, and, in proportion
as the disease increased, the germs from the
horses throat were spread about, tainting the
a m hat thnRh hAe,A
catch the disease. Judging from what he had
learned about the disease abroad he believed that
the treatment Of the horse should be OF q tonic
those who claimed that the system Of the animal
ongst to RH reduced he contended, we're on the
wrong tracE uhe past Summer had been very
considerably reduced, leaving them more than
usually open to the reception Of all kinds Of dis.
external and internal remedies: One Of the best
embrocations.and one within the reach Of
aMWas snn ordinary kerosene ,psa OIL, rubbed
AS the disease, he says, depends upon malaria!
causes, one Of the most eflicaci0us remedies was
Fowler's solution OF arsenic administered in doses
Of ten drops every three OF four hours small doses
Of Quinine and suphate OF iron should be given as
q tonic. There also should be change Of diet, Sc
better than carrots or potatoes Il carrots cannot
be had. The Doctor also stated that II the mana
o. ans large % e ar and 9
ever the floors the disease could be headed or
easily.
The Hack Drivers' Ex0rbitant Charges.
While the rain yesterday fell with tropical vio-
lence, soaking to the skin any luckess pedestrian
who happened to be unprovided with an umbrella,
the drivers Of hackney carriages made q brilliant
harvest In spite Of the horse plague and its fear
ful ravages, small band OF this enterprsing class
found their way into the streets, in many cases
with horses suffering more or less with the all
prevailing disease. Wall street bankers and
brokers In several cases paid
TEN DOLLARS TO THEIR JEHUs
to be taken as far as Twentieth street, while
shorter distances had to be paid for at proper
tionately high rates. Several funerals which were
to have taken place were delayed, and In several
cases carriages which were hired to 60 to the
cemeteries Long Island had to be paid for at the
rate OF $25. Another case Of high fare which came
to the writer's notice was that OF q lady
who had to disburse SIS from Eighty-sxth street
Beecher's church in Brooklyn. Opposite the Astor
House carriages were frequently hired out to the
ghsst oddef sb rng o. ten OF twelve people being
the horses used were in terribly exhausted con-
ditlon and plunged along in painful fashion.
HACKNEY COACH ORDINANCES IGNORED
In the present state of panic the city ordinances
regulating rates OF fare, stands, driving &c, are
tn the 9ss
fare from Eighty-sixth street to the Battery; but
yesterday hackdrivers whisted contemptuously
wOuld-be hirer who offered less than S., and that
for the shortest possible distances.
In conversation with the driver OF a hack he
said, Its a shame to work diseased horses on
day like this. The masters want to make every
cent they can ana don't think tnat they may lose
but that's not our business. All we get is $14
week and what we can pick up. This accompanied
by a sly wink.) Some OF our men have made forty
to fifty dollars to-day, and will perhaps turn in
half There's good deal of knocking down done
in our business; it's about the same thing as on
Qnns ara
deserted, and, mark my words, II the disease
spreads as it's doing now, in three or four days
there will hardly be horse 10 be had
FOR LOVE OR MONEY!
The total number OF hackney carriages In this
city is about two thousand, while OF transfer and
other cabs there about five hundred and 1t Is
computed on good authority that not more than
fourth OF that number were available yesterday.
The Board Of Health and the Ilarse