Year: 1872

Almost every horse In the city Is to-day suffering
4Om the epihippc disease which, on its very
Arst appearance, spread 80 widely and rapidly.
ma number Of those that shoY the known symp-
toms s legion, and from observation 1t Is safe to
assert that those which are not yet put upon the
nick list have now somewhere in their systems the
germs Of the disorder. It seems thus far to have
been very slow in its development, and no one can
~ sure that all Of Its stages have yet been seen


Yesterday every poor steed that was in the street
had lost the air OF pride and strength which was his
In the careless OF health and seemed dropping
md weighed down under some invisible oppres-
AiOn-a malarial Notwithstanding which per-
vades the air. and entering the nostrils permeates
the blood and tissues, and having the properties Of
poison creates catarrhal fever, diphtherial in
0ammatiOn and nervous lassitude.


Its newest and most alarming phase was
widely spread, and to-day the death OF a large
number OF the helpless dumb victims may be ex-
peQted. The Inflammation Of the throat extends to
he fSngs and rapidly grows more alarming and
when coughiHg occurs it is fearfuly convulsive.
Tho animal stands in the stall as II
benumbed or paralyzed; his head hangs low,
20 the noor, and his breath comes and goes with
quick and sharp movement His body is quite \
warm, but his extremities grow almost Icy
cold. This seems to be the warning OF
the fatal ending Of the malady, and
W c2ptIR2ss as widely prevalent as it now is for
D few days longer there can be little doubt that
hundreds Of the horses that are afected win droop
and de- The disease win have reached its climax
and the relapse after an apparent Improvement,
. In the case of human being, in fever, will
then begin suddenly but fatally.


Soon New Workers, it Is to be feared, will
have to cry, with almost as puch earnestness as
Richard III, my kingdcS i6f horse p and viii
be giaddened by no response;


% sm Ssrs s1s Sss ho ns of their


pride


It 10 too grave subject for jest, and yet the
communism of misfortune is the best inspiration
for 'smaking the best OF it," This morning finds IN
New York, Brooklyn and Jersey City about thirty
thousand horses suffering fr0m the typhoide
iaryngite, that are only at the inception Of the
nalady, and by the middle Of next week
It may be sadly true that footing it'
viii be much more common byword
among the cloud swells' than 'four-in-hand" is at
present. What will be the tate Of the world with.
out q horse That ever-faithful servltOr, whose
intelligence has been the theme Of every senti-
mentally disposed naturalist down to Cuvier and
Bunon, and whose usefulness the history Of our
race attests, will be lamented when extinct, and
when his bones win be explored only by
later Darwins, who are seeking for ami
mails superior to man. Now while selfish in





which we give our dumb chattels, 1t is
scarcely perhaps to be expected that he is to be
esteemed according to his worth. The lack Of
proper care Alone as is shown by the condition Of
the horses in this city to-day Is the only cause OF
danger to their lives and rest and intelligent
medical treatment will successfully battle with 1t.
The street car companies, some Of the livery stable
prOpriet0rs and many Of the downtown merr
chants are still working their diseased and
tOttering horses, and in all these cases the
signs Of fatality become more and more alarming
and it is even probable that the danger Of con-
tagi0us transmission Of the new phase of the dis
ease is even increased by this mistaken policy


In the stables where all business is suspended
until the disease is mastered very favorable re-
ports are made IN some instances the GONZALES
Cence Of the horses is very rapid. The weather OF
yesterday prevented the use OF many AMI
mails that otherwise would have been enough
improved in condition to warrant their ex-
crcise, and in consequence the streets OF
the city never looked so strangely deserted
and desolate. Mercantile houses are much en-
barrassed by their inability to ship the goods which
they have already sold, and the storenouses at the
Atlantic Docks and elsewhere are crowded to excess
with the cargoes OF vessels which cannot be dis
posed OF as rapidly as they arrive Never before,
perhaps, was it 80 well shown how great a part
the patient beast of burden plays in the drama Of
civilization.


The trotters and racers that are stabbed in the
city seem to have nearly escaped the disease,
doubtless through the better and more experienced
care with which they are treated. Mr.. Bonners
stables according to the statement OF his veter-
lnary physician, have not been touched at all by
the dread vsitant, and american Girl" is already
almost recovered from her slight attack.


The street car companies, rather reluctantly, are
uti compelled to lessen the number OF trips, where
they should be stopped entirely their lines, but
people now have to wait on street corners twice
long as formerly. No leveller or communist could
wish for better means Of balancing the privileges
Or the rich and poor and the old couplet in that
gard no longer is appropriate


Them that IL rich may ride In shayses,


But them that Is poor must walk-to blazcsl


The hackmen, with characteristic rapacity, have
almost tripled the fares which they demand Of pas
sengers, In utter violation Of the law and Of their
licenses. they refuse to carry those persons who
decline to be charged an Illegal rate.


Travel ON the West Side.


AZ 1t was prophesied by the HERALD some
days since, the horse fever Is becoming worse and
uow the crisis Of the disease is fast approaching,
when the anxiety OF the last 1--WE days will be
vclicved In either hopeful or fatal manner, by the
recovery or the death Of


MANY THOUSANDS OF HORSES.


Trade and travel are even now half paralyzed,
and there seems to be belief In existence
among the managers OF the railroad companies
thas their stock cannot hold out longer than sun
day night, and that then all the cars and stages in
the city win have ceased running, and that people
viii be compelled 70 loot II from Spuyten Duyvn to