The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-10-25

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thirty horses all on the sick Inst.
The East Broadway Stable (Whitebread's) has
fifty horses. All Of them are 50 sick to be unfit
for use. The first symptoms OF the disease were
observed on Tuesday evening, aud the contagion
rapidly spread among Them No cases are ex-
pected to prove fatal in this stable.
At the stable l25 Norfolk street there are forty
horses. The disease first appeared in this stable
Wednesday morning and in twenty-four hours half
the horses had been attacked. None OF the horses
are allowed to go out with the exception OF one
employed in newspaper delivery
Clark's stable, Third street, doing little business.
Six horses-hal those in the stable--sck. The
condition OF those noticed yesterday seems to be
improved. horse, quite well yesterday, was
driven out for half an hour to light wagon, and
on returning was found TO be in a very bad state
lie was well cared for during the night and is now
recovering rapidly.
At Henderson's stable, in Ninth street, but two
of the eighteen horses kept there are able 10 work
The disease appeared there first on Tuesday.
There are sixteen horses at Davis stable, 1873
East Twelfth street. and four at his stable No. 90 ia
the same street. OF the whole number three
fourths are sick. The disease was frst observed
on Sunday. and the horses were given warm
mashes and tar water. The latter seems to have
been very etfectral remedy, as the horses are
now all able TO do moderate work.
AT the Havana stables, 204 East Twenty-iourth
street. there are twenty-sx horses, all sick. Some
OF them were attacked by the disease last week.
few were free from IL till Sunday last. Some
have been compelled to work, aud they are in a
better condition than those they have tried TO
nurse.
At Straus sale stables next door to the Havana
stables there are SIX horses, ali suffering rom
the disease.
AT Dolman's stable. 209 and I'll East Twenty
fourth street, there are $50 horses, only two or
which have the distemper. The proprietor states
he has never had so few sick horses.
Post Nichols National Sale Stables are in
Twenty-fourth street, just west OF Third avenue.
They contain 1856 horses. All OF them cough fear
fully, but have yet refused to eat. They feed
only hay. The distemper first appeared there on
Monday last.
AT the fity.thir street livery stable there are
about two hundred horses, all sick. None OF them
have been used for the last three days. The disease
first appeared among them on Monday last and no
cases. II is believed, will prove fatal. No grain Is
fed, but warm mashes and tar water are freely used
At Pepard's stable, In Mercer street, between
Amity and Fourth, there are thirty-nve horses.
Only five OF these are considered at for work,
though but twenty on the list OF those afflicted
with the distemper. The treatment In this stable
includes feeding warm mashes and the admins
tration OF tar water, and adds the burning OF sui
phur In the stalls
At Canary 4 Norton's stable, in Mercer street,
there are seventy-seven horses, all affictebwth
distemper. About forty are worked, and they are
all getting along finely
At the Wheeler a Wilson Sewing Machine Com
panys stable In Mercer street there are about
twenty horses. All OF them are AFFLICTED with the
disease prevalent. One OF three horses reported
In dangerous condition is worth, IL Is said, over