New-York tribune., 1880-10-01
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
slrENpes AMONO uORsEs.


,utv.Vscp oY , Min POM ur rrikootY-coN-
ptfto~ oF tur SICK ANiNAts-No sthi"ts
fHoUntr rpaWrn.
Tho present dsicmper among hofses W TINS ellN
was the subject of much comment among hois'
owners and sablcmen Yesterday The seneia'l
e,,cn,ed theory of the diseasr Is that y
y mild form 81 the Spisooty Wn'n
prevailed u is73. although some MAINTAIN tha' "
the Vauabeurss ~ the weather oi inc last wv
weeks. A smilar cpidcmic is said to haNe pieN"Itu
among the horses of Boston. 80 iar there nas 80,
hrrn any fatal reported IN mus Guy "'u
Al - geutray believed that the disease n snpsn'9;
II H. however. feared by some that the tr1noe VII VII
assume ts most dangerous form " coiu, .n,i sa0,mi
weather should set in son and contlnne Tor seVcia
DAYS At the lhIri Avenue Railroad ear s,auie'' az
Th,rd-ayc and Sixty -tifth-si, wheIa thcle atc
2Oo horses some of the horses are suffering iI1li
n cough but are not disabled from worklnH u,
foreman SAID Yesterday that all the horses ahrS's
were much better than on WednesuNo ver,J III
winch were attacked first had almost recos't'u
No special treatment had been resOfteu 10 1Au,p 49,,
keeping the stables warm and giving the s ittio
extra attention. The horses had suicae" ynn SD
that he did not believe that lt was W!ss t,c ,o "
mild form OF the epzcoty AT the run Aae.no i'o
Stage Line stables, where 100 horses ''c hoP' Nv NJ
affection seems 10 have had Verv mlid ioiui. nc
prorort ION of eases has been about ono IN ten. IN
everv case the horses have beeh KEEP. s'V'lN 1 a. ~
work. and appear to he recovering tapN non ne ne
d;stemper. The symptoms are the same rs AZ sio
Third Avenue stableS-coughlng ana mucous G'S-
charge from the nostrs. There have been z lew
cases developed at The Sixth Avenue RiIrodu s'"
bles az Sixth-ave and Forty-hird-st Out OF
] 100 horses employed in this line a great
many have suffered ftom cough lne
superintendent SAID YESTERDAY that a aoou'
fifteen horse were put into the hospital.
As long as the present weather continued he ana nHI
think the disease would assume a eeycrei Tyre: od od
the Broadway Railroad. wdlch EMPLOYS J. 'loo
horses. abonl two-thlrds of the whole number have
been more or less affected. Very few nave beSh
sufficiently indlsp0scd to be kent IN tbelr stats H.
H. io.adbeitrr, the superintendent. s'id that Tue
horses tFai wcrc attacked with "A ieN exceptions
had been able to make their regular trps and were
ralndlv recot ering. ihe symptoms were coughlne,
a nasal d schaTge. and loss of appetite. After the
lapsc OF q day or two they appeared To eat as
heartily as ever. At this stable there were ah1ut
thirty horses 10 the hospital undergoing a uliG
tIeatm nr.
The stables of the Madison Avenue Stage ne
contain 800 horses. About 90 per cent haye sul-
feTed more or less severely with the cpidemlr: Al
the stables of the Fourth Avenue Railroad The
SYMPTOMS first noticed tuesday. Nhle
man horses have been affected. only a few have
been withdrawn from the road. lt Is thought hy
The superintendent that she disease is tnr cpZ;dtY,
bur in a mu n mllder form than IN lSI2. About
fourteen Iorses undrr Treatment, he Sald.
and were improving. Owners and dealers III the
horse market Twenty-tOuItii-st also report some
cases. he symptoms are the same "a at tie Stage
aud ear stables: but the horses are M their staIs
luust OF the time the sickness j. very mid.