New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-29
WANT TO SELL HORSE NEAT HERE
CURIOUS APPLICATION MADE BY A
WESTERN COMPANY TO THE
BOARD OF HEALTH


President Murphy Of the Health Board received a
letter yesterday from Henry Bose general man
ager Of the Medora On. d. Meat and Provision
Company asking permission to sell horse meat In
New-York and for that purpose to erect stores
and booths throughout the city. In the letter he
said:
Nv Dear Sir: We the undersigned the Medora
n. d. incorporated under the laws OF New-Jersey'
cation for the sale of dressed horse meat in the
city OF New-York. We respectfully submit state,
ment of just what propose. hoping that none Of
The members of your Board have any personal
prejudice against horse meat. and If the statement
Red R SfTeP vn 9 h w' Of he
70 the sale OF dressed horse meat in the city of
What we propose is this: TO slaughter only such
grade of horses would be best adapted to the re-
harness on, being as we'll fed our Montana beef
which has srS TpusD y gns S na
their physical condition will be superior to beef
Of the United States Department OF Agriculture.
Bureau of Animal Industry. by act OF Congress
Condition properly attested by said Department,
the meat 10 be sold only as horse meat, and the
our store VIII be Kept sG Isl nc
the Sh ID Where sV can be found the taa
German. French and Bohemian element These
native lands, and ii therefore is to be seen that
It would sell more freely among them. In Belgium
1891 Paris used 1896 horses or i2Oi4 tons of
horse meat for human food, and throughout Ger
many It is largely consumed, in Italy. Horse
meat is the most nourishing OF all meat, contain
ing % per less than beef, and the taste
IS hardly dstinguishabe from beef.
As 10 the cleanliness OF a horse il Is useless TO
enter into that. he is more particular than human
being. We constantly eating adulterated foods
If a horses food were doscd our modern COndi
ments you would soon find the horse starving
to death. His construction. except in his joints is
identical with that Of the steer. He is less sucsept
bic TO disease than steer. pig or sheep TrChinOsis
is unknown among horses. Can one point In the
United States be mentioned where quarantine
exists against horses? We think not. Cattle?
for the general health of the horse.
The discrepancy in the price Of COW beef and
good carcass of "A horse is very large The best
cuts. such sirloin porterhouse and round steaks
be sold at five cents pound. and the soup and
stew pieces at two and a half cents pound. The
frigeratoT-cars, Just dressed beef ia. The
figures above would enable people to nourish them
selves with something outside of the farmers
potato. 1t would be welcomed by thousands OF pe0-
pie in NewYork City and We venture TO assert 1t
would finally find its way to tables other than the
have a large export trade TO Europe. and wish 10
establish here for home consumption. 1t Is our in
tention at the beginning to kill about thou
sand horses weekly
We would respectfully ask your honorable Board
10 set aside any personal prejudice that may exist
BIASED standpoint The writer will appear before
the Board and further explain the plan Of the com
pany. Yours most respectfully.
MEDORA DRESSED MEAT AND PROVISION
COMPANY BY Henry Bose.
There is ordinance preventing the sale OF horse
meat but Section l75 OF the Sanitary Code pro-
hbits the slaughter OF horses for food In the city