398 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



DR. WINCHESTER'S REPORT. 



Complaints Avere made to me by numerous veterinary surgeons 

 of Boston, about the 1st of August, that they were finding numer- 

 ous cases of glanders. 



Knowing that glanders had existed amongst the horses of the 

 Cambridge Railroad in April, 1886, the Board desired that 1 

 should write to the Board of Health of Cambridge, asking them to 

 inspect the horses of the road. 



The following letter was received in reply to my request : — 



City of Cambridge, Office of Board of Health, 



City Hall, Aug. 17, 1887. 

 J. F. Winchester, D. V. S., Lawrence, Mass. 



Dear Sir : — Your letter of the 9th inst., requesting us to have exam- 

 ined the horses of the Cambridge Railroad Company, for the purpose of 

 determining whether any of them are suffering from glanders, was duly 

 received. In answer I have to say I have personally examined the 

 horses in the River Street stables, where some cases of glanders occurred 

 a year or more ago, and can find no evidence or even susj^icion that this 

 disease exists there now, or that there have been any cases of it since 

 that time. 



This Board was notified about three weeks ago, by Col. Currier of the 

 Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, that he had reason to 

 believe that glanders existed among the horses of the Cambridge Rail- 

 road Company in the River Street stables. Since that information was 

 received, I have examined this stable and tlie horses three times. At no 

 time have I found any sick horses, although there are a number of very 

 lame ones in an open lot at the rear of tlie stable. I have also seen the 

 president, superintendent and veterinary surgeon of the company, and, 

 after telling the object of my visit, asked each of them if any of their 

 horses were suffering from glanders, and the answer by all of them was 

 " No." 



Respectfully yours, 



Alfred F. Holt, M. D., 



Eeallh Officer. 



Sept. 13. Full Board visited stables of Cambridge Horse-rail- 

 road. First examined horses in Riverside stable, where about 70 

 are kept ; next, the Brookline Street stable, containing about 45 ; 



