New-York tribune., 1911-03-12

Link No 1 is cast in TIE chain Of mod''
hotels for horses in redrCcd circumstances
which the Horse Aid SSiety purposes I"
establish tn New York ISty. II is calod
Horse Aid stable \. and II stands at Nos
AZ and s3a East SD stree a well built
freshly panied brick build inc. with yard
and forty dry. warm. airy stalls. ne StaiIS
arc such an improvement on those III INC
rarnshacklc oil places where so many ped
lers and other small OWL crs of horses board
their animals that when Bones. who draws
a cart for an extremely andigent dealer in
Junk. opened his eyes yesterday norninS
after his first night in stall No. ne
reiglnd 10 Stumptai, - banana man
horse. IN the next s.ar t:-at he hadn't had
such n. good sleep since he was led from
the stable de luxe of his first owner rlcn
,,I5csy on Fifth avenuCA TO the auction
block. To which STUN ptail. who also
moved IN fashionable society when he was
,vounr and handsome. nick cred an emphatic
same herc" as lie buri,si his nose In the
generous measure Of oats which Emil Wier
who looi;:s after Horse AID stable ~ "du
1ust placed before him.
Nrs Jacoli NJ Ehrich. who Is president
~ tho por~e Aid Society and who spends
most of her Aime going about IN her STaE
automobile loc king up a$tS OF abuse ~
'torses. had planned 10 opEn the first sla p'e
somewhere dovon in the .hetto' Wherc ''e
majority of tho redlers tve' oNt NarIo"'
circumstances II ade il s'SIn BEST 10 lci'
the one IN East Sd street q starter
stable IN the cnctto and ocerS Ill othe'
.narts of the city will fo!!or rs last as ln'
funds of the society permit.
Horse Aid Stable 4 begirls Its beneNolen'
career with all the Comt(r1s OF nome &c
keen the eauine boardeis = from feehns
strange In the first place, there arc Frihce
and Nancy Keeper Wier's two dogs 'hes
arc of no particular breed. but they nave
Intelligence and good nature 10 pulh
Prince. though nod very Sensloie oos
thinks nothing AT Ill Of pl,nginG from th'
nier al the end of the streeS mo t1e water
~ fbe East River and brllagng .. drowning
child 10 shore. and has three hVeS mus
saved 10 his credit. The Tribupe reporter
asked him why he hadn't apRled 10 'he
Carnegie Hero Fund. for meNa' Dul IL
rro-led that he was TOO busy now looklhZ
after Horse Aid Stable 10 rsfheT apou'
s-,.h ,r,uzets Prince has lived in that
neighborhood for q lcng time ana MS OLE
veIexa-,on u taking occasional trips tc
Bla ckV els lSlanu OH Va SoN-
from the loot Of East SD STREET.. On these
little outings he is generally accompanied
ty Billy Goat, a Jet bleck rSmoer OF lHs
harrv family az Horse Aid S1ane a
nancy IS not adventurous sne stays
closelv Al nome along Win Minnie. the ols
ca. who sees 10 il that Horse Aid Stable
As boarders are not bo thered With mice
There is also a third dog Billy Boy. 6
curly hroun fellow whun Mrs. Ehrliof
found starving on the street one DAY ah'
took with her 70 her home. AZ No. oio "es
1asrh street As she already had elsh
dors there, every one Of them rescued
from homelessness IN the. vilds OF Ne"
York /, was decided 20 Ial.o Billy BOY
"a he the mascot at Horse Aid Stable n
c,nc 90 the objects of this philanthropy
ie IN rest I'D horses that are, untit 70 work
Mrs p,hrlich's husband has given her two
of his big work horses. Prin re and Niger
IN act a. substitutes for the sick. and theN
ALREADY occupy stalls IN Horse Aid Stable a
-" Mrs. Enrich said a. she escorted
the Tribune reporter through Stable y
"when q pedler or anybody brings IN
borse that IS lame or overdriven Mr.. Wiel
will sav 70 him, Better leave the old fel
low here for a DAY or so 10 20 doc'ore'
up and as you can't afford 10 lay on
here's fresh. strong horse for you t'
put In your cart tomorrow.
Suppose the pedler leaves you his bas
~ bones and never comes Udck with you'
fresh. strong horse the reporter sug
cested
They couldn't take the risk; they'(
know we'd trace them. Md. tcsides" Mrs