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

The poor horse never attracted so much attention
and observation in Brooklyn as at the present
time. The carriage horse, the cart horse, the car
horse, and In fact every horse, no matter to what
he is attached, underwent more or less scrutiny
by the citizens, for everybody seems to be in.
terested in his late. II the head of the animal
hung down and his ears
DO NOT POINT sKYwARD,
and II he looks as II he has been overworked, it
is certain evidence that If he does not have the
dstemper he is going to have 1t. II he coughs
1t is a sure indication that he has it and his
owner is Immediately advised to lay him up and
doctor him. II the owner OF every horse was
asked once how his horse was yesterday, he was
asked one hundred times. If the horse had the dis
temper hundred remedies were suggested, and if
the horse had any
CHANCE OF SURVIVING THE DISEASE
the remedies were quite sufficient to put an end to
him. But his case was the all-absOrbing topic.
The candidate for ONCE instead OF being asked
what his chances for election were. asked yes
tcrday how his horse was and II he didn't have
any horse, what he thought oil the disease which
was now prevailing, and what erect 1t would have
upon business.
All horsemen were. OF course, greatly alarmed,
and watched their horses closely for the appear.
ance OF the distemper
INCoNvENIENCE TO CITIZENS.
In many cases yesterday the bakers and the milk
men were compelled TO dlsappoint their customers,
their horses having been taken with the dstemper,
and they being unable 10 hire others. SO even those
who did not own horses nor were not compelled to
patronize
THE RAILROAD COMPANIES
were subject TO an inconvenience by the appearance
OF this disease among the horses.
One OF the conductors on a Greenpoint car, to
which "A team OF horses were attached which were
coughing, said to passenger, al believe have
also got the disease for have been coughing ever
choked up. Nearly all or our horses have the dis
temper. | think we have lost several or them.
We have about thirty at the Greenpoint stables
that are UNIT 10 use. On
THE FULTON AVENUE LINE
the number under the care OF the doctor is much
larger Nearly all the horses that line have the
distemper, but they still continue to drive them.
They keep them going as long as they eat. When
they refuse their food then they are allowed to re-
main ia the stable"
THE BROOKLYN CITY RAILROAD COMPANY
Mr.. sullivan, the President OF the Brooklyn City
diton o. tue horses was improving. II may say"
he remarked. "that we are better OF this morning
than we expected We have few eases
were attacked first are now getting
around again and We are able to them. We
have from one thousand nine hundred TO two
thousand horses, and more than half OF these have
been attacked. There are now 200 not able to
work. The consequence il we nave been unable to
run the cars on the old time table. on the Gates
avenue we have taken eighteen trips on, and so on
IN proportion according to the extent OF the dis
ease IN the dlfferent stables.n
THE CoNEY ISLAND LINE.
The Jay and Smith street cars, running to
prospect fark anu COneY Island, made their usual
number OF trips yesterday, but the disease was
worse among the horses than 1t was the day
previous.
THE DE KALB AvENrE LINE.
Nearly all the cars were running yesterday on
the DE kalb avenue line yet about half the horses
were ai1icted with the disease.
PARK AND VANDERBILT AVENUE LINE.
About sixty horses on the Park and Vanderbilt
avenue line have been attack with the distemper,
and the trips OF the cars have been interfered
with.
THE FIFTH AVENUE LINE.
The horses on the Fifth avenue line have been
remarkably free from the disease and the trips
have been made on time.
THE CROss-TowN LINE.
The distemper among the horses the cross
town line has not as yet put the company to any
serious Inconvenience. Most OF the horses, how
ever, have the disease but they will, tits thought,
soon be over It,
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Only few OF the horses belonging to the Fire
Department have been attacked with the disease.
Should any become too i'll to drive arrangements
have been made by the Fire Commissioners to I'LL
their places.
THE KNIcKERB0CKRR ICE COMPANY
have been forced to keep about eighty out OF 100
horses In their stables. But two ice carts were
sent out yesterday m0rning-the remainder lying
idle In the company's yards The best OF care has
been and 10 being taken OF the suffering animals.