New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-11
Sundays Rest a Boon.

| Sundays Rest Boon.
| To SUNDAYS rest was attributed yester-
day the falling of in the death rate among
/ horses in this city Despite the fact tnat
the temperature SCARED near the point II
did on DAYS last week when fully two
hundred horses expired in the streets. up
TO late hour Yesterday afternoon only
twenty-five horses had died from heat pros
! tration. II was said at the Health Depart
| ment that the continuous heat of last week.
ithout day Of rest, had wrought the
havoc with draft animals, many OF them
not being of the streets even AZ nlght.
Where the livery stables were not in cool
places the horses were stationed in the
streets outside.
Commissioner Ledere said the offal con-
tractors We're compiling the figures as 70
the total death rate among horses ana ne
believed that as 40 had died in three days,
II was proba BILE that the total would reach
100 on Sunday afternoon. the Commits
sioner said, an inspector from the depart
ment went all over the city in an auto
mobile 10 see If any dead animals were
lying about but discovered none.
Although IN 1902 the heat caused large
number OF deaths among horses, never be-
fore has there been the demand for teams
to cart away dead animals that there was
last week. II was said at the department
The offal contractor added twenty extra
teams 10 his force and tried 10 add more
but could not hire them. He also put on
an extra boat Some Of the employees Of the
contractor worked day and night. And at
the height Of the heat wave horses used in
.
while cartng away dead horses
In two or three instances residents OF
certain neighhorhoods complained TO the
Health Department OF horses that had
been left in the streets for many hours
This, the offal contractors said, was not
due to any negligence. but the lack Of
facilities TO remove such animals.
Ambulance Cases Drop OF.
The Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty
to Animals, which during the worst days
of last week had its whole force attending
to cases of heat prostration, had about
caught up with its routine work again yes
terday afternoon. according to Thomas f.
Freel. the superintendent. The ambulance
cases attended to by the society yesterday
numbered less than a dozen. as compared
with twenty-nine on the busiest day last
week Wednesday. On Thursday and FRI
day Of last week the ambulance calls an
swsred numbered eighteen and fourteen,
respectively.
is must be remembered" said Mr. Freel
yesterday. when the discrepancy between
the number Of ambulance calls answered
by the society and the number OF dead
horses removed by the offal contractor was
pointed out to him. that the figures given
by the contractor represent the total num-
Der Of deaths among horses l doubt
whether 80 per cent OF those are attrib-
utable to the heat. We only send out the
ambulances when immediate removal is
found imperative.
Ordinarily the best place to treat the
animal il right on the spot The great ma
jority of the horses treated by our special
agents recover and are able to proceed TO
their stables without assistance or these
we are too busy to keep a strict record.
Neither do we keep any record OF horses
that die. They are beyond our care"
The seventy watering stations I'm Man
haitian belonging TO the society, Mr.. Freel
said, were running satisfactorily, and
whenever a horse that seemed 10 be on the
verge of collapse appeared at one Of those
where an agent NJ the society was sta
toned ne was Suspended" from work and
sent TO his stall In this way many that
might otherwise nave been driven 10 death
by careless or heartless drivers were
saved
Commissioner Thompson OF the Depart
ment OF Water Supply, Gas and Electricity
said yesterday afternoon that all the city's
horse fountains were running night and
day. The reason that the socety's foun-
tains were shut off at S O'clock in the even
ing he explained. was because they lacked
the ball and socket attachment now re-
ouired on account Of the water shortage TO
prevent waste. Referring 10 the case OF
William j. Cane, whom one OF the de-
partment inspectors threatened with fine
for watering horses In front of his moving
picture establishment the Commissioner
said Mr. Cane was now provided with
permit which would have prevented him
from having any trouble II he had asked
for IL I'm the first place
The Commissioner added that any citizen
who felt inclined 10 set up a relief station
for horses In front OF his property might
do so without hindrance II he went TO the
lnnntesimal trouble OF obtaining a permit
from the department TO do so.