The times., 1897-09-14
MRS. HURDLES PROTEST
Weary Car -Horse Fell Trembling
In Its Tracks.
HORSES DISABLED DAILY
MartaIi1y of the Brntes. That Draw
the Eekiagton uad Soldiers Home
Street Cars Said to Be Great-1n-
dignation of Passengers When
the Pour ApinlaIs Fail.

Weak, and trembling In every limb,
two horses attached to an lexington aud.
Soldiers Home car passed along street
yesterday. Turning inte Eleventh street.,
the suffering animals commenced to as
cend the hill. ToiIing up the incline at
a snstil's pace and urged on by the driver
they managed to reach the corner OF
street. Fhere one OF the animals stag
gered bIin,iIy and it's head dropped almost
To its knees.
Fhe DRIVER made, an effort to urge
the spsnt brute along, but it was use
less. Then Mrs. Hurdle started from
her seat ia the car and exclaimed in ii
vuJee chat every person N the car heard;
what d shame; why don't you take
that poor animal OUT Its DYING
Other Ladies' la the car joined in the
rcmonstranee. I'VE won't ride in the car
IL YOU don't take it out, they SAIL f1e-
driver protested Uhat it was not his fault.
We nust make schedule time,' hs Told
them, he again urged on the exhausted
horse. But the poor brute was beyond
work. It made a few more Intellectual
steps and then dropped q It's knees Then
the hill horse ahead was sent for, dHd the
hH6-deF.d car horse was taken from the
ear and led slowly away. The car started
again, but 1t had gone only n short dis
tance when the other horse staggered and
fell on the rough Cobble-StOHeS as its mate
had done. This time 1T was necessary to
telephene To the car stables for another
horse as no more hill horses were avail
able.
This scene was only one of many sini-
ilar ones which have been enacted on the
line si.ce the hot weather set IN 4
Times reporter took a car at the corner
OF Eleventh ana Z streets last night 70
ride cut TO the company stables aU Elev-
enth and Boundary. The usual hill horse
| was not TO be seen at Z street Inquiry
developed TIE fact that the hill horse had
been set.t back To the stable with a spin
noar Proceeding up Eleventh street Ne "
York avenue was reached, aud here also
tie usual hill horse was missing. Foreman
Butler was asked by the reporter whether
many OF the horses had given out during
the day. He replied that he had heard
nothing Of any S;Icii thing. He was then
| asked If he knew whether they had suf-
| fered ruurh from the uunsud heat He re-
pI;ed that ne supposed they had suffered,
! but not mere than any other borses ex
| posed to tne sun while worked.
The ,.fiveTs and conductors on the line
We're much more communicative.
| Yes, the horses have been suffering
| terribly one OF them told reporter
/ Thirty or forty OF them have played
| ont dGFng cne day, and the stables are
| a regular veterinary hospital. The
! reason FOR it is that they are overw orked
| The horses make from three To five trips
| a day and this means from twenty to
! thirty miles day for each horse. But
the hardest thing is that the run from
! one end OF the line To the other must
/ be made in thirty-six minutes It's
| nearly 10dr miles. Won See how fast they
I must travel 70 make il, aud they have To
! psn these heavy cars. which are fre
| qBeBtl = fliIl of people. Thisis bad enough
I Ia Cosi weather. but when a hot spelt
/ comes it's simply fearful on sae pGor
| animals. The drivers are sorry for them
but " hat can they do They are Coin
\ pelied to make the Euns and have TO push
tn horses o do it,