The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-15
HORSES WORTH sss,ooo BURNED.
eixty-seveu Valuable Autunia Lost IN the
TafferanIla Rfnhio EIra.

eixty-seven Valuable Autwuia Lost In the
TattersaIIs Stable Fire.
Multltudes stood around the ruins OF the
New York Tatersalls stables yesterday. watch
ing rs best they could the work Of removing the
dead horses that perished tho night before In
tho flames. Dead horses lay everywhere.
was up stairs not Ave minutes before the
fro WINS discovered" said Mr. d. Cooley we'll
known trainer and driver. who has had his
headquarters at tho stables for some time. and
who knew every horse there When tho man
came running down saying the stable was on
fire. ran up and began to try to get the horses
down. l think | unhitchcd twenty aud sont
them down the gancway. and stationed men to
keep them from coming up again. but 1t was no
use. The smoke and the fire scared them
so that they came tearing back. and
regiment Of men couldn't havo stopped EN-
On the Forty second street side thcre were the
three trottcrs Of Mr.. James d. SPEAKER Broad
street merchant. They wore the bay gcldng
Ticondcroga. worth $500 and for which Mr..
Speaker wouldn't take $4,000: he could trot in
2:2l or 2.2j; another bay gclding called the
Hartford horse, almost ms iust ~ Ticonderoga.
and worth 81 800; aud a fye-year-oll green
horse. very fast. and worth t2,OnO. Then there
were twenty horses on the FOrty.thrd street
side. Mr.. Perkins. who lives ut tho windsor,
lost q bay and brown gelding that have troitcd
together In forty. and were easy worth Sl.9OO.
Jay radHr 'N woaR sGGo Mr ornRbys bay
horse saltwater. with Il record OF forty, and
worth 81 800. was burned. SO WAS Mr., Have,
meyor'sl team of Norwegian ponies. lie had
| Just imported them. and they cost him
| hero s2.5o0. They were beauties. about
| fourteen hands high. and n sort " mouse
color There WASH I another team like them In
| tho city. He said he wouldn't have taken
! $4,000 for them. Eph Simmonds lest two good
/ oncs-his black mare Girly. which had
record Of 2:3G as u three year-old and for
| which h. refused 5000. md u three year-old
q q NNa NF..N HrFN
! worth $4,000. Both were ont of George Wilkes.
| and they looked Just alike. Samuel louden.
! the builder. lost his chestnut gclding Pat. Pat
| could trot in thirty. and was worth S2.Jup. Hg
| also lost big sorr.l business horSe, good
square Hotel lost his bueksk road horsr.. a
very good one, worth nj least 500. Mr.. Clark
| son lost saddle horse worth s3ooi MI Luther
| bay horse worth $500; Mr. Cook his hny mara
| Ticondcroga Maid. mighty good road mare.
worth $500; Mr.. Campbell u bay marc that
s s@HH iFy wdf 4 wn Ehs 3 Tnf '6bR @
morse worth $500; and Dr. Ollin a bay coach
Mr.. ". briggs. the owner Of the stables q"
| Mr.. Cooley continued. lost four horsrs--H
! brown grlding worth $500. a gray mar, worth
| and his little black mar. Nnncy." She was
me pet Of his family for hc had had her good
| while. She must have been 20 years old. |
| think Mr. Briggs would rather have lost any
| other horse than old Nancy. Mr.. Cuvrrt lost a
sSsp ,y r narc bsJ ro6 ar H ga
| AMI worth s2.Olu. and chestnut mare. very
last. worth, oon II. Osirand"r lost a gray
! horse worth. $500. and G. N.B. O-trandcr a bay
| horse worth. Stun. Three good ones belonging
e. james De- Forrest wcrr burned. His buy
! mare KITTY. worth. 81 .jll. the bay mare Dido.
| worth 81 300 aud n luc brown mara worth
! slWo. De. Maxwell had two hurnei-ns black
| grliing Drift for which h. puii 81 OO0 worth
| Yesterday 3 300 and a sorrel mare worth 500.
| Mr.. Hurburt lost a chestnut team Of coach
horses worth e. uDo; Charles ltohinson. six sale
horses valued at 5000 ana 81 ". Acct. four
| horses valued 20 sl5hl-one wa, m gray
seven; the llack gclding Molo'; the chest
| nut marc Hot Water. and Il green mare. very
Il saved my best one" said Mr.. Alcoit. who
sat near. and that is Protection He. "A
halt brother 10 Slow Go, and is worth $4,000.
| the bay mare Maria. Mr. Cooley continued.
owned Toy Mr.. Stewart. the Duane street bank
or. who gay" $4,000 for her. Was also burned.
She could trot in 2:3O. Mr. Jackson lost a iGO0
chestnut ccldne: Brown & Pray. the carriage
makers, business horse. worth 500; MI
Tracy a sorrcl mare. worth 5000. and Mr.. Hct-
n"r OF Philadelphia II beautiful white mare
Twilight. He sent her here f1r sale. was 10
drive her to-day aEninst Mr.. Harbcck's black
horse Vulcan. He Is tho fustcst horse on the
road and Mr.. Hcttncr thought Twilight would
give him good brush. Ii WAS to be "A gentle
nr a sr rf cSud ra n ,w w5 as wo as N5 pm
5000. Mr.. Cnmmerpirc OF the firm Of Cam
mcrmire Mason Warren street shoe dealers
OF the most stylish horses on the road and very
fast. ". II. saunders lost a hay sal" team
worth $500: Thomas Clark bay sale team
worth 81 900; Mr.. Scovcl a coach team. worth
$500. and A. l.. Brown a coach term. worth 5000
" LET'S -rc.' said Mr.. Cooley. figuring. " thni
makes siNty.seycn horses burned. dou1
think have left mt one nut we may find ON,
| or two moro down stairs. Tho uricrs that
have given YOU ARE not high. You eau Deepen,
on that. ! have tried e. make them too low
| rather than too high
| The total value - tho siNiy-srven horse,
| named by Mr.. Cooley. ~ bis figures. is 81. loo
one hundred slegli-. ranging 10 price from 81
o. $500 were burned SOME ~ the horses wer'
insured. Tho loss ON The building and hay an,
feed is about $4,000. ANA this Ii covered by IN
suraucc.