The New York herald., 1875-09-20
EQUINE INFLUENZA.
Ten Thousand Horses Sick in
New York City.
SYMPTOMS OF THE DlSTEMPER

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Within few days serious disease broken oud
among the horses in the many public and private sta
bles throughout the city II borders on the nature OF
THE FAMOUS EPIzoorIo,
which two years ago carried of many valuable ant
mails 1t is calculated that there 10 900 horses suf
erng in degree from colds throas at the
present time in New York, the symptoms being pre-.
cisey those manifested when the epzootic first showed
itself
The leading feature Of the present attack is constant
hacking and coughing, with throat and a slight
running at the nostrils. Not single line in tho
city but has suffered from the malady in some degree
In fact during the past two weeks many Of tho supern
tendents of public stables became considerably aarmed
Most Of the private stable propretors acknowledge that
their horses also affected can be ascer-
tanned there laid up 1000 suffering
from the disease and UNFIT for duty The caI
companies say that with but a few excepI
tons they have worked their horses right along,
but they have had to watch them very closely
that they we'll taken of as they came
in from trip Strange to say the disease to ba
found prevalent the side Of the city than
tho east
One OF reporters paid visit to the railroae
stables yesterday and CLEANED the following facts
STREET
Tne men IN cnarge (Mr. hOurke, the superintendent
OF the stables being absenp that for the past
four FIVE days they had noticed continual cough
the horses, and in it settled on their
lungs The horses seemed to be affected just they
were when the epizootc broke out among them
| two years ago. Still, they all working, with
the exception of about twenty. The were OF tha
opinion that yesterday they than upon any
day previously. No serious running at the nose was
yet apparent yet they kept those that ang we'll
banketed, so that if anything should result
from it. fault would befa them for not having been
taken good care Of
THR NINTH AvENUE LINE.
Mr. Wallace, the superintendent of the Ninth avenue
stables said that he first noticed the disease on tho
14h inst among his horses and for several days had
| very serious doubts whether or il was tho
epizootic- His horses fearfuIy attacked
with coughing and sore throats He imme-
oasey asGr = gave them medicine cine and applied
| great relief Out Of two hundred horses he had
about forty or fifty at present suffering with the dis
ease About twenty horses were in the hospital and
Mr Wallace was attending them when our reporter
called He said that they all seemed to eat about
usual He attributes it TO the great change in tho
weather Some of them cough than others and
on Thursday night last he said 1t was painful to be in
heavy that It seemed as II they would
burst their sides He could compare the disease
at present to nothing more than influenza He stated
that four weeks ago the horses in his stable all
tackled with Inflammation of the bowels, and he was
then moro alarmed than at present He believed that
soon as the weather changed they would get it.
THE EIGHTH AvESuR LINE
None of the officers of this conpany we're to be found
at the depot Even the superintendent of the stables
| Mr. BENJAMIN Everett, was away but the stabiemen
stated that about half the horses had affected by
heavy cough during tRe past few days. several being re-
rHE SEVENTH AvsNuE AND BROADWAY LINES
Il sc AootQf the above fosppanss vas the general
remark that it was ieare9 tnat the Old disease-the
epizootc-would soon make its Ieappearance, as the
symptoms among their horses were the same all had
suffered more or less from severe cough ana as YET
showed little Improvement for the better
THE SIXTH AVENUE LINE
Superintendent Bidgood WAS at the depot, and had
just finished around the stables He stated that
all the company's horses had been suffering from
the cough, and at one time he felt quit,
.he epizootic but is Of the impression that
is hot He says that he thinks he has bu
real case of epizootic and that horse belong
ing to gentleman who was driving him down Twenty.
eighth street last Friday He believes that the present
of the disease is in the and that they will al
get better just so soon as the weather clears up
| THE FOURTH AVENUE
Very few OF the horses this line have been affected
On Friday last quite number of them coughed con.
tinually, but very few Of them were affected with il
yesterday.
THE THIRD AVENUE LINZ
Mr. George Fields, superintendent Of the Third
line stated he had noticed nothing very serious in
the cough. He admitted that the horses had beer
somewhat troubled by cold, but it did not worry
him. He had cold himself and horses were just az
likely to get cold as he was The stablemen how.
ever gave avery different story and stated that the
horses did nothing but cough all day long In tact
they have never seen anything like 1t before.
|
Mr Murphy, the superintendent Of the Second Ave
Railroad depot informed reporter that he had
noticed but very few cases His attention was first
called to the matter by Mr.. Mcneil of the Third Avenue
stables but he happy say that nothing Of serl
nature had yet presented itself He great
hopes that the epzootic would visit the poor beas
again.
THE BELT LINZ
and all the cross line companies made about tho
same statement
Mr. Philip Bodine, Seventh avenue states that he
has had two real of epizootc but both OF hts
horses much improved. Mr. K. Van Ranst
who the coaches at the Asor House. Earies Hotel
and Brandreth House, that several of his horses
taken with coughing yesterday, and bad
they that he had to lay them up.
Many other stable keepers make the statement,
and are Of opinion unless the weather changes that
something more serious will follow.
MEDICAL MEN WHO HAVE WITNESSED THE
healing and purifying action Of GLESN's SULPHUR Soar