The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-11-02
HUNTING THE HrPPoRHIHORRHKA'

A HIppopathaIogIcal Tour or inVesu-
ratIon-swInRingR Round tho Circle Oh
tho Charleston Stables-No mnisria
yet Discovered.
There was a vague but alarming rumor yes
terday OF the appearance in Charleston OF one
case of the dreaded Hippozymosis, or wnat-
ever the Northern horse fever may be calieo'
and a reporter Of The NEWS accordingly
started out with the full determination tnat
he would find that hlppozymosistlcal beast IL
he were to be found in Charleston, or perish IN
the ATTEMPT. Alter some hours OF patient In
yestigation, however, In the course OF which
the reporter interviewed some hundreos OF
horses, of all varieties Of physical condltion,
from the frisky young colt to the spawned and
broken .wlnded cart horse, he was forced 10
the conclusion that this polysyllabic epidemic
had as yet failed to find Victim IN this iau-
tude, and that the runners Of Its arrival mere
were either cruel conspiracy against Inc
stable. keepers and the reporter, or else SIMPLY
heartless delasIon and snare.
The stables visited were Grahams, YAK
mana. McCoy's, Kessers, Piokets, Hogan's,
Hocksdays, ChrIstopher's, and hall dozen
ohers and the number OF horses, mules,
,ackasses, &c., inspected was something 1888
than a thousand. On several occasions the
reporter got close upon the track OF what
I'prom,sed to be good genuine case Oh tne
real. original Jacobs, but after following Tue
trail of the suspected brute, sometimes ior
hours. he would finally spot him, anu nnu "
b,a ,netfable disgust that the terrible eplsootlc
MAS only some wretchedly simple case OF cold.
some of these adventures had an amusing
phase, but they were none OF them without
their very disagreeable features, as, ior IN
stance. In one case where the reporter was re-
ferrea to downtown stable, where It was
sa,d well.known farrier had been sent tor ID
haste to attend an aggravated case OF tne
genuine hippo-malarla. The reporter hastsned
to the stable and found the farrter eiaoorateiy
inspecting the horses mouth, prying open his
eses. blowing into his ears, poking his riba,
and going religlously through all the other
ceremonies affected by the modern horse
doctor, while an assistant was caressing with
s. stable shovel another brute who was trying
To interfere. The reporter opened h's eyes
and hi, note book simultaneously, and pro-
ceeded to interview the whole party. He
opened fire frat on the farrier as follows:
Reporter. Well, doctor, have you got q case
of the hipporhinorrhea here?
Farrier. NJ, sir, guess not.
Reporter. What are the symptoms?
Farrler. Well, he has some cough, little
discharge from the eyes and nose, dislncina-
tlon for feed, lazlness, general debility, &c.
Reporter Enthusiastically taking Eotes.) Those
are exactly the symptoms they find In the
New York cases, aren't they!
FarrIer. Yes, cir, believe 30.
Reporter. Aud yet you don't think ne has
the epidemic
Fsrrler. No. cir, guess not. A good many
horses have colds, &C., Just now.
Reporter. How long since the horse was
attacked?
Farrler. don't know, sir. Here's tne
owner perhaps he can tell you.
Reporter TO the proprietor of the stable9
How long has your horse been sick, sir
The proprietor latter long look at the
horse and an evident wrestle with his men,
ory.) Well, I don't rightly remember. I've
owned the horse about three years, and he's
been that way pretty much ever since I've
known him. I bought him out In Georgia.
and you might flud out
The reporter didn't wait to hear any more.
A horse car was going by, and he remembered
an engagement that he had down town, but
Just as he was going out of the stable that
brute OF horse that he had been 80 solicit
ously inauirlng about broke out into the most
malicious horse-laugh that ever emanated
from the lungs Of any equine devil since the
days of Pythagoras.
After half dozen false alarms, similar to
the last, the reporter worked his way upto
one of the largest uptown stables, and looked
into that institution in the expectation OF fnd-
ing the latest news about the epidemic. Meet
Ing an unbleached citizen, whe had evidently
been to tie circus and was balancing manure
fork on one section OF q nose which was admit
rably adapted to that purpose, the reporter IN
quired
''Got any sick horses here!"
.sYes, sab; got one sick hoss, sho. He's
blind mare"
The reporter asked TO have the animal
brought out for inspection, and she was &C.
cordlngly produced. She looked sckenough,
certainly, to be guilty OF hip .ninorrhes or
any other jaw-breaklng maIady, and she
looked very sheeplshly out of her we'll eye as
though ashamed of being caughtin the act Of
epozootlcism. Her head hung down, and her
eyes were filed with big round tears, her
mouth had q watery look about 1t, and
rheuny streamlet Issued from her nostrlls;
her knees played q tremulous tattoo against
each other, and seemed hardly able to sup. |
port her attenuated frame, and her un-
kempt coat looked as though 1t might be full
of mouse-nests. The reporter felt convinced
that he had at last discovered the genuine |
hippozymosIstical brute that he had been 80 |
energetically searching for, and he gazed upon
that venerable and afflicted qusdruped with
feelings OF affection, such as patriotic citi- |
zen Of Chicago night entertain toward that
historic cow of Mrs. oLearys. He again
commenced his inquiries as follows:
Reporter. Whatdo they say ails this animal
Othello. Well, some says one thing and
some saya another. Some says Its the strangles
and others says its the blind staggers. knows |
,ybot n Ia thou1h ond Til foil unn If uon WON'T