Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-10-02
RULED OUT.
All Cattle Excluded from the Com
ing st. Louis Fair.
The Step Taken Because the Directors
are Afraid Of Pleuro-P pneumonia
st. f.onIs post- DIsnatch.


The following telegram was sent out
10 all cattle exhibitors to-day by Festus
:. Wade, secretary of the fair associa-
don;
lowing to the reported existence Of
euro-pneumonia, all cattle will be
excluded from the st. Louis fair
grounds during 1Ss4.n
The extensive preparations that have
been made for the cattle display this
year, and the high order OF that de-
mrtment in the years past and the
Strict examination into the merits of
each entry in awarding the premiums,
all combine to make this the most inn
pbrtant move in stock circles for some
time. Not only is the necessity of
tlis exclusion lamentable in that 1t
takes from the fair and farmers one of
tie most important parts Of the great
show, but also in the fact that IL shows
that there are grave fears entertained
ofthe existence of the disease in a ma
lipnant form. The results of this de-
cidon Of the fair management may be
80 far-reaching that a POst-Dispatch
reporter made inquiries of Secretary
Wade concerning the
REASONS FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT
Just on the eve of the opening
'As Is we'll known since ten days
ago, IL was decided to exclude the
: Jerseys from the known existence of
plelro-pner monia in that breed, and
1t vas confidently hoped that the ne
ceslity for further action would end
there. But we had been receiving
from indirect sources of information
so many reports of the existence of
| theplague In other breeds, and that,
too, right over in Kentucky, that we
sem out inquiries TO the prominent
catdemen asking them to send us an
unbiased statement of the condition of
Their herds. From eleven of the
leading stockmen of the country
we learned that the terrible scourge eX-
listed in their herds, and that it would
be in the highest degree dangerous to
open the grounds for the exhibition OF
any cattle. We have been compelled
TO take this step from clear under
standing of our duty to protect the in
teress of all the breeders who have
co-oIerated with us to make the fair q
success, and also from realization
that he widespread Of this disease In
this country would ultimately cost the
nation more than the civil war.
"Was there no way of having the un'
healthy cattle excluded at the gate?'
"Npt a single chance, from the fact
that the disease Is so insidious that II
sometimes has hold on an animal fol
elk months and does not reveal it,
presence until the creature is on tn,
point Of dying. The absolute ineflicien
cy of any such plan to protect tn,
stock Interest was shown at the las
fair in Indiana, where they appointed
a veterinary surgeon to examine tn,
cattle at the gates. 1t proved totally
useless, for the reasons that the seed
of the disease and its workings ar
often beyond human knowledge anC
sight. Cattle afflicted with IL very
singulsrly
HAVE REASONABLY GOOD APPETITE
and are apparently in, good health
until the last few hours. The lung
are 30 affected that the weight Of
lung is increased from tn
normal weight of three anC
one half pounds to thirty-seveI
pounds In England 1t has cost $40,
900 900 q year siuce IS42 to keep /
down, aud still its ravages are felt TO
day there. This exclusion refers onll
to the cattle department and will hav
no effect upon the admission of horses
sheep and swine. The cattle premiums
; amounted to $7SlS, but of course al
the entries and conditions Of award
are now null and void. The $50 PEN
for swine, 242 for sheep and 497 hors
stalls are all being rapidly tilled al
and the displayin those respects will
not be marred in any way.