Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-11-01
THE HORSE DISEASE HERE.
a Mild Form Of the Bpihippic Pre-
yai1tDg throughout the District,

hepoIters oi HE STAR visited all OF the
lyrge stables in the District again to-day, to
ascertain the progress OF the horse disc ase. The
result Of their investigations Is embodied below
Messrs. Price & Brother. who have a stable
full OF horses on 9th street, have the disease
RppaI emily among their stock, but IL is yery
inuI as yet-tle animals having it being
troubled with O slight cough only The propris.
tors are iii injecting the premises and keeping
the horses from drafts Of air.
AT humphreys, on T. street, nearly all the
horses are slightly affected, and this morning
the employees were busily engaged in sprinkiing
dslnfectants, wrapping the legs and bodies of
the horses, &c. There are about 40 head already
nTn.SSIng rsmonItSry symptomS OF the disease.
lev. But few of the horses here have shown any
syn IONS other than a cough.
At FlemiDg's, on Q street, near * street, five
out of forty eight horses are affected with
coughing. As at other places, every precaution
IL being used to prevent the spread of the dis
ease, and bandaging is being resorted to. There
i no fe ar by Mr.. Fleming OF losing any horses
by Tie disease, proper care being taken in feed
ing and tending them. Mr.. Fleming has adopt
Cd the sIraw-bag procsss-Dlacing the feed in q
canvas bsg, filling up with baiing water and
tying II around the mOzth OF the animal so that
II Rets the full benefit of the straw. As soon a.
the legs get cold they are rubbed down from the
knees with dry mustard and wrapped with dry
flannel, DO warm water being used as at other
places Blistering OF the throat is also resorted
10. with this treatment the horses taken yes
terday are much better day. They have i'm
,
tite.
At Waters. corner of 9th and C streets. there
are three horses showing symptoms Of the dis
ease te-dav.
A. the stables of the Washington and George
TOW n railroad company, rear the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad depot, at one O'Clock, there were
about 40 horses showing symptoms of the dis
ease. Some OF them were taken while at work
at these stables there nearly 400 horses
The greatest precautions have been taken by
using disiDfectants, &c. The treatment here
used is rubbing with ammonia, linseed oil and
turpentine, and burning tar, leather and hay
teed to iumigate the stables Burning the hay
the horses subsequently coughed up a yellow
mucous, followed by white matter, and the
coughing then becomes rarer.
Mr. Andrew Beamer, near the depot, has two
ofhis horses showing all the symptoms OF the
disease.
Mr.. Thomas Gesry has all his stock-25 in
nnsibeI.with the exception Of one, under
At Huguely & Bowen's, New York avenue,
there is no sPpearance yet OF the epidemic.
Nj. Leadingham, metropolitan Hotel sta
streess,) has ten out Of eleven horses under
treatment. He uses the smoking process and
Tyson,s Condition powders.
At tie Howard stable and Matlock's, on G.
street, there are few coughing horses
MI ant reports his stable on Sth street, "a
containing no case, although q large number of
ne heres res SeTe coughing yesterday MI olcott
under treatment, and with careful treat
ment snc homeopathic remedies be is confident
OF bringing them safely through. In Mr.. Kelle-
her stable opposite, there are some coughing
horses.
Ia one case only have the reporters heard of
case ID Which the mucous ID green, and that is
one IN v hich the cough was first noticed ON
Wednesday.
At the stables of the METROPOLITAN railway
company, on 18th street, there are ninety horses
and not cough was heard. No cases there a.
At Washington Majors stables, on E. near
IA street, several horses out OK ninety have
slight coughs.
At Allison Esilor, jr.'s stables, next door, a
few hOTses-three OF four, perhaps, out of sixty
thTee-aTe coughing.
A horse attached TO street car of the Wash
iDgton n Georgetown railroad was noticed with
a violent cough.
4 horse belonging to the War department
mail wagon was also taken with q cough to day.
At GOdey's lime kilis, near Rock creek, two
horses show signs of the disease.
At the government corral, on N street, be-
tween 18th and 10Th streets, there are about
seventy-fve horses and mules. few horses are
slightly.
NO CASES IN GEORGETOWN.
AT Gladmor's stables, on Bridge street.
Georgetown, where there are seven or eight
horses, none are sick
AT r. Ii. Darnes' stables, on the same street,
out OF fifty horses not one is coughing. Mr..
barnes says he has seen and cured one case, but
VIM. e. Hazel has sixty horses at his stables.
on Beall street, Georgetown but none show any
signs of the prevailing epidemic.
AT Marcy x Payne's stables, on Congress
coughing was heard, and one of the proprletors
said he had not had single case thus far.
There are no cases in Hackney & Norris sta
bles, On Aqueduct street, near Rock creek.
SUMMARY.
To sum up, Ii may be said that the epidemic
Prevails II Washington. but at present in a very
mild form As we stated yesterday, every pre-
caution is icing taken to check the disease If
20 sible, o. to prevent itfrom assuming serious
phase. All the livery stable men say they are
the epidemic is coming in a more gen
eTh form, and are preparing for the worst
Probably every stable in the city has been thor
ouehly disintected, and in almost every one
Veterinary surgeons are closely watching the
animals and applying remedies as soon a. the
hrst sy mptom of the disease Is discovered. 1t is
hoped in this way that the disease will be less
serious than in the northern cities.