Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-05-22
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LoNDoN's DISABLED HORSES.
Many OF Them Eaten by Hungry street
GRmlnS In Sandwiches.

MANY OF Them Eaten by Hungry Street
Gamins In Sandwiches.
Mr.. W. II. Ross, secretary to Harri-
son q Barber, horse slaughterers, told
to q reporter the other day that they
have seven slaughter-houses in the
metropolitan area, the largest being
that In the York road, Camden Town.
They slaughtered $4,000 horses year.
When a horse broke a limb or sus-
tanned other irremediable injury on
the street the police at once com.
municated with the nearest depot.
The company had frequently been
charged with cruelty in allowing
MANNED horses to lie about for hours
before sending men to end their suffer
ings. The truth WAS they were :
particular in this respect and if cry
delays occurred it was thrc socr
fault of theirs. Was horso-r Aga NJ
used for foodP Yes, to a 4esa mucl'
extent, he should say. ~, oas'oeraole
did not allow of the 1a ut: cnarte'
flesh for food purp' At SEEMING morse
such establishm VS. o., 49, 49, ''lo Lore "9T'
had himself anus In The city. nc
France, and eaten horse-meat il
dinner it at the company's annua
soma was served to the guests
not, IT whom declared they would
~ Aave known it from beef, had they
| 1T been told. Fine fat horses were
slaughtered every week, horses tina
were perfectly sound. except for som,
. accidental injury, and he saw no rea
a son why this flesh should not be eaten
J. tie had often seen street gamins buy
Q slice OF dried horse-tlesh, place it be
, tween two bits of bread and eat it as ;
Q sandwich! Of course, most of the pre-
+ pared horse-Aesh passed under tn.
n name of cats-meat but it seemed in
;. credible that the cats could consume i
b all.
Every part of the horse we put to
Il some use-fesh, hide, hair, hoofs and
a bones. Now that (and Mr. Ross held
y up q small vial of beautifully trans
Q parent oily was horse OIL One would
scarcely think such oil as that could be
Q got from the horse. Those other bot
n ties contained oils of inferior quality
= They were used for lubricating pur
t poses and for soap-ma1ing. Most soaps
nowadays contained horse-greas
i Armed with a cigar and an orde,
s from the secretary of the company
our reporter made hts way to the
promises in York road. The obligine
manager said that they had had only
+ four horses in to-day. But about 7,
500 were slaughtered here annually
q Most of the animals were cab, bus
n or tram horses. The establishment
turned out about twenty tons of horse
: flesh every week. They had forty six
, dead and twenty-one live horses il
. now. They contracted with the vari.
a GUS cab bus and tram companies for
q injured horses at thirty shillings each,
= alive or dead. Most of the live horses
they got in were injured internally by
. overwork or falling. A few were gone
with congestion of the lungs. The
work of slaughtering went on day an6
night, there being two gangs of mer
for that purpose. Horses wore killed
7 at night by three ''lnackers." Fifteen
, horses were considered a good nights
work. The sufferings of the poor
= brutes were soon at an end, as they
were rendered insensible by a blow
from a heavy axe. p all Mall Gazette
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