The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-22
moRsEs WORTH s7e, 900 BURNED.
Sixty-Seven Valuable Animals Lost In
tho TRtrersaIIs Stable Fire.

Sixty-seven Valuable Animals Lost In
tho TatrersaIIs Stable Fire.
; N. Y. Sun.
Multitudes stood around the ruins of the
New York Tattersalls stable yesterday,
watching as best they could the work of re-
moving the dead horses that perished in the
flames. Dead horses lay everywhere.
II was up stairs not five minutes before
the fire was discovered" said Mr.. d.
Cooley, q well known trainer and driver,
who has had his headquarters at the stables
for some time, and who knew every horse
there. "When the man came running down
saying the stable was on fire, l ran up and
tried to get the horses down. l think un-
hitched twenty and sent them down the
gangway, and stationed men to keep them
| from coming up again, but it was no use
| The smoke and the fire scared them so that
| they came tearing back, and a regiment
of men couldn't have stopped EN-. On the
Forty-second street side there were the three
trotters of Mr.. James ID. Spral1er, Broad
street merchant. They were the bay geld
ing Tirond.roga, worth $500, and for
which Mr. Spraker wouldn't take SO, 900
he could trot in 224 or 2:25; another bay
gelding called the Hartford horse, almost rs
fast as Ticonderoga and worth 81, 500; and
a five year old green colt, half brother to
Edwin Forrest, Bonner's horse. very fast
and worth $4,000. Then there were twenty
horses on the Forty-third street side. Mr..
Perkins, who lives at the Windsor, lost |
bay and brown gelding that have |,
trotted together in forty, and were easy |
worth $4,000. Mr.. Darling of the Ameri- |
can Whip Company lost bay gelding worth |
5000. Mr.. Hornby's bay horse Saltwater,
with record of forty, and worth Sl,500 |
So was Mr.. Havemeyer's team of Norwegian
ponies He had just imported them, and
they cost him here 50 500. They were
beauties, about fourteen hands high, and
of n sort of mouse color. There was at |
another team like them in the city. He
said he wouldn't have taken $4,000 for
them. Eph Simmons lost two good ones -
his black mare Girly, which had record of
2;36 as three year old, and for which he
refused $4,000, and three-year-old black
filley that could trot in thirty She was
worth $4,000. Both were out of George
Wilkes, and they looked Just alike. Samuel
Louden the builder, lost his chestnut geld
ing Pat. Pat could trot in thirty, and was
worth $2 500. He also lost big sorrel
business horse, q good one, worth $500.
Mr.. Marsh of the Union Square Hotel lost
his hucksl1in road horse, a very good one,
worth at least $500. Mr.. Clarkson lost
saddle horse worth $500. Mr.. Luther
bay horse worth $780, Mr.. Cook his bay
mare Ticonderoga Maid, a mighty good road
mare, worth $500; Mr.. Campbell a bay
mare that could trot in forty, worth 81, 800,
and a brown gelding worth $500. Mr..
Chamberlain a black horse worth $500; and :
DR.. Olin bay coach team worth $500. ;
''Mr. W. Cragg, the owner of the sta
bles," Mr.. Cooley continued, "lost four
brown gelding, worth $500 a {
gray mare worth $500; his bay mare,
Sweetness worth $500, and his little =
black mare, Nancy She was the pet of \
lis family, for he had had her a good
While. She must have been 30 years old. |
think Mr.. Briggs would rather have lost G
ny other than old Nancy. Mr.. Culvert !,
Ost chestnut road horse worth $500; Mr.
Amer his gray mare Kitty, with record :,
# 2:36, and worth $4,000, and a chestnut (
mare, very fast, worth $1,000. H. Os- 7
rander lost gray horse worth $500, ard /,
J. V. B. Ostrander bay horse worth 5000. =
three good ones belonging to James De .
Torrest were burned. His bay mare Kitty, d
yorth $1,000, the bay mare Dido, worth "
Il POO, and "a fine brown mare worth
Il 900. Dr. Maxwell had two burned--his II
lack gelding Drift, for which he paid
i3, 900, worth yesterday S1 800, and sor-
el mare worth $500. Mr.. Hurlburt lost ot
hestnut team of coach horses worth g. n,
90; D. S. Darling six sale horses valued at il
g, 600, and NJ. w. Alcott, four horses val m
ed at $4,5OO-one was the gray gelding N
Tray Eddie, with a record of twenty~seven; m
le black gelding Modoc; the chestnut st
lare Hot Water, and a green mare, very ST
lst." NJ
81 saved my best one, said Mr.. Alcott s,
ho sat near, ''and that is Protection. h,
-es a half brother to Slow Go, and is W
orth $4,000" ly
"The bay mare Maria" Mr.. Cooley, con- W
nued, ''owned by Mr.. Stewart, the Duane 4!
rect banker, who gave $1,000 for her,
as also burned. She could trot in 230. II
n. jackson lost 5000 chestnut gelding;
rown & Pray, the carriage makers, a bust +,
ass horse worth $400; Mr. Tracy sorrel NJ
are worth 5000, and Mr.. Hettner of aa AZ
beautiful white mare, Twi- j.,
yht. He sent her here for sale. was to &C.;
i've her to-day against Mr.. Harbeck's Ia,
ack horse Vulcan. He is the fastest bo
,rse on the road, and Mr.. Hettner thought he
wilight would give him good brush. 1t an
rs 20 be n gentlemans race. Twilight M
as as pretty as picture, and could trot in oa
Tenty. She was worth $4,000. Mr.. ma
of the firm OF Cammermire so
Mason, Warren street shoe dealers, lost ro,
5 black mare, worth 81, 900. She was bo
e Of the most stylish horses on the road, 81,
d very fast w. Fl. Saunders lost a bay lef
le team, worth $500; Thomas Clark a so,
Y sale team worth 81, 200; Mr.. Scovell TO
nch team, worth $500, and A. L. Brown IN,
soach team, worth 5000. th,
Lets see," said Mr.. Cooley, figuring thr
hat makes sixty-seven horses burned. [ nei
MT think have left out one, but We may tb1
d one or two more down stairs The the
ICES that have given you are not high Mr.
u can depend on that. l have tried to a S
Ike them too low rather than too high" mu
The total value of the sixty-seven horses son
ned by Mr.. Cooley, at his figures, is enl
Z, 900. One hundred sleighs, ranging in pun
ce from $50 TO 500, were burned Mu
ne Of the horses were insured. The old
5 on the building and hay and feed ia the
,ut 500, 600, and this is covered by in ediI
ance. wrC