Year: 1872




and probably to-day several more must be
stopped running Adjoining this stable Is =,
private stable owned by Mr. vantyne S, !nimseff
twenty-eight horses, only three are sound They all
got sick about the same tine-a fact which also
was noticeable in all the other stables Mr. Van
tyne said he thought the following medicine had
allayed the animals surerng:-Mustard appllca
tion on throat tincture OF beladonna Internally,
hot mashes, with very little hay, for feed.


The Dry Dock Line.


On this line there has been severe attack of the
epidemic large number of the 500 horses In the
stable have been seized with the first symptoms
About sixteen were in a low state yesterday, and
it is probable that by this morning nearly
every animal in the stable Will have been
stopped to-day. They think here that H the disease
ment for the throat and some homeopathic mcdi-
cines are believed TO be the most efIcacous cure.
good mashes OF carrots, boiled oats and such like.
The Fourteenth street and Broadway


stages.


Since 'montlay night the distemper has been at
work In this stable. Tuesday morning the usual
worst signs appeared. There are about two
hundred and fifteen horses here, over one hundred
OF which have been diseased. The horses are dosed
with preparation OF tar, which 1t is said aids in
relieving the soreness OF the throat. When the





The Madison Avenue Stages.


In this stable there are 440 horses, 100 OF them
being in q very bad condition. Since Monday last
the disease has been taking greater extent and 1t
was feared yesterday that to-day the whole
stable win be suffering. Eleven stages have
number running will be still further reduced. Tar
and belladOnna internally and a strong liniment
externally are the medicines used. The stable is
IN
tar water had been found to relieve the soreness of
the horses thrOats


The Fourth Avenue Stages.


There are only three sound horses out OF 800, in
the stables OF this line. Nearly half OF the whole
number were working yesterday, the trips being,
however, made fewer 1t Is remarkable
fact here that Notwithstanding the circum-
stance that the sick horses were at work, those
that were first seized with the malady are now re-
covering rapidly. preparation OF tar was given
internally every day and strong liniment used
externally. IL Is intended to change the medicine
and give mixture OF tar alcohol and beladonna.


At the Horse Market.


The Horse Market on Twenty-fourth street is .
collection OF sale, exchange and livery stables,
where the OF horse alnities congregate for the
sale, purchase and hire OF those aithfu servants.n
There are about dozen stables along the street,
and these constitute the market. Horses In sulkies
and under saddle are continually trottng up and
down the pavement OF Twenty fourth street in
front of the market and led horses in harness are
always undergoing the mild ex ercse OF gentle
walk there To half dozen OF the men who
linger about this equine home the HERALD re-
porter addressed himself regarding the fearful
epZOOtic.


1--WE amt got anything OF it here" said one
young stock owner, who leaned back in his stable
door and Whitfield the arm OF his chair. eve
have horse or two with slight cough, but It's
nothing unusual this season. They catch slight
Gods cause they are shedding their coats, and
they run or are driven pretty hard, and then they
get cold and the cough naturally comes. There
wouldn't be anything OF it at all II the papers
lem in Rochester or Buffalo died. They get sick,
but they don't die.n


Another stable keeper in the Horse Market row
counting out his 500 bills in his ONCE at the
time the HERALD representative saluted him, and,
in the intervals OF wetting his fingers and keeping
that that he @ had '' one or j" two s horses suffering
with 1t, but none OF them were very bad. He took
care OF them as he would OF any horse that had the
distempcr, and II they were put to work like the
car horses he supposed IL would Kill them. But 1t
was no worse than the pinkeye, and he never felt
much fear about that. He did not even think that
locomonon In the city would be affected by the
epizOoty, because he guessed IL was pretty much
all newspaper talk about its prevalence. The
horses had just caught cold, like everybody, man
and beast, does these days"


These dealers may have supposed that the
purchase and with the traditionary license Of the
horse trader may have felt II their duty to ignore
any blemishes IN their beasts; but their state
ments, under whatever circumstances they may
have been uttered, are given as above.


At A. II. Stewards Stables.
visit to the stables Of A. T. Stewart, on Amity
street, disclosed the fact that OF about seventy
three horses used In delivering parcels alone about
thirty we're sick with the new disease, and as the
superintendent Of the stables remarked, "every
one that comes in adds another to the sick list"
Three horses were led In from their daily work
while the reporter was there and all Of them had
the cough that indicated the disease. Some OF