1912. 
A GLANDERED HORSE CASE. 
. [Wo intend giving from time to time the 
history of various cases in which country 
people are wronged. There are many such 
and in most cases the victims are unable 
to obtain any redress whatever. The fol¬ 
lowing statement will interest all farmers. 
Glanders is a frightful disease, yet some 
horse jockeys make a business of working 
off these wretched animals on unsuspecting 
farmers.] 
On December 19, 1911, I drove to 
Bridgeport from my home in Shelton. 
I wanted a better horse either in ex¬ 
change or purchase. I stopped at the 
Hamilton stables and told Mr. Hamil¬ 
ton my errand. He showed me several, 
but were not what I wanted, and so 
waited, as he asked me to. A man came 
driving in, and Mr. Hamilton asked how 
I liked that horse, and as the man said 
he had come from Stratford I thought 
the horse looked good for so long a 
drive. He wanted $100 for him, as he 
had paid $200 last Spring for same. I 
noticed her breathing was heavy and 
some discharge from nose, and was told 
she had a cold. As he was unharnessing 
and took it in the stable Mr. Hamilton 
said, “There’s a good chance for you, 
as he is in the real estate business and 
going to leave town to-day.” I asked 
if.the horse was true to work, and he 
said if she could not draw 3,000 pounds 
alone he would give me one of his best 
$200 horses, and said he would back up 
the guarantee when the man went away, 
and the money would be left in office 
for a week to be paid back if not satis¬ 
factory. As I went to take another look 
at the horse I met the man just coming 
out of the stall. He seemed very nerv¬ 
ous, and said he had to take three 
o’clock train for Jacksonville, Fla., as 
he had been delayed in collecting rents. 
I asked the real estate man how much 
he would allow me for my horse, and 
he said $40 to $45, and said lie wanted 
$100 to boot, which I would not give, as 
he had given i is price alreadv. Then 
Mr. Hamilton drew me aside and told 
me to offer him $85 to boot. The real 
estate man agreed, and would give me 
a written guarantee, and Mr. Hamilton 
would back it up. Both promised to 
have money left in office for a week if 
not satisfactory. I paid $25 deposit and 
got receipt and guarantee, and asked 
real estate man to hitch up and drive 
me to Shelton, where I would give him 
the balance of money, but he refused 
as having too much to do, so I went on 
trolley, went back on next, and met 
Mr. Dunbar (the real estate man) at 
the stable, who seemed very nervous 
and said lie was being delayed on my 
account. I told him I wanted to see 
the horse drive before I paid balance. 
He drove me a few blocks, and when he 
drove a little fast the horse staggered. 
When we got back I looked at the horse 
from front and saw she was breathing 
heavily and acted like a heavy horse. 
Then I said to Mr. Dunbar, “The horse 
is sick. I do not want it; take it in¬ 
side.’’ We went to the office, and I told 
Mr. Hamilton I did not want that horse 
as she was sick or had heaves. He said, 
“I did not sell you the horse, and if she ] 
is no good will give you one of my 
best horses, but this mare will make 
you a very good horse,” and as I hesi¬ 
tated Mr. Dunbar said he would not 
give me my deposit back, but I could 
have my horse, and as it was getting- 
dark he was anxious to get home. 
I thought the horse had distemper, 
and if it was anything serious the law 
would protect me, so I paid the balance, 
$60. It took over three hours for nine 
miles, and I thought the horse would 
drop every minute. I got home and 
blanketed horse in barn, but she would 
not eat, and feed was there next morn¬ 
ing. I called a neighbor, who said 
horse was very sick, and told me to 
feed carrots, and next day two men who 
called and saw horse told me to call 
doctor, as horse was very sick. I did, 
and Dr. Monell said horse had glanders 
in a very advanced state and had to be 
killed. I went to a lawyer, and he tele¬ 
phoned Hamilton Brothers’ stable and 
told them the horse they sold me was 
condemned, and I heard “hush it up” 
in the ’phone. Next morning Mr. Dun¬ 
bar and veterinary came and examined 
horse and killed it, and told me to bury 
it and the clothes I had used when in 
stable and otherwise use every precau¬ 
tion, which I did; had to disinfect and 
whitewash stable and bury blankets and 
water pails so as not to catch that dead¬ 
ly disease and have been lucky so far, 
but am out my money, clothes, horse, 
and many nights’ sleep. There is a law 
about it, but it does no good, and why 
can such rascals be allowed to keep on 
doing business, endangering human and 
animal life? We telephoned to Ham¬ 
ilton Brothers’ stable, and Mr. Hamil¬ 
ton said he did not know anything about 
it. I have a lawsuit pending, but do not 
know when it will come up. A man just 
THE RUKAb 
died from glanders in New Haven, and 
one man a short time before, and a boy 
and two horses died here in Derby just 
lately. chas. Christensen. 
R- N.-Y.—We wrote at once to the 
Hamilton stables asking for their ver¬ 
sion, but they have never replied. We 
also wrote the Connecticut State Attor¬ 
ney at Hartford and received the fol¬ 
lowing copy of the law covering the rale 
of such horses: 
(House Bill No. 629.) 
CHAPTER 164. 
An Act Amending an Act, concerning the 
Sale, Use or Exposure of Glandered Horses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of 
Representatives in General Assembly con¬ 
vened :— 
Section 1345 of the General Statutes is 
hereby amended to read as follows: Every 
person who shall sell or offer for sale, or 
cause to be sold or offered for sale, or who 
shall use or expose, or allow to be used or 
exposed, any horse or other animal which 
he knows or has reason to suspect is af¬ 
fected with the disease known as glanders 
or farcy, whether such knowledge has been 
obtained by personal examination or other¬ 
wise, shall be fined not more than fifty dol¬ 
lars, or imprisoned not more than thirty 
days, or both. 
Approved, June 21, 1905. 
That may sound well, but how are you 
going to prove that such people “knew” 
or “had reason to suspect”? It is said 
that New Haven has become a perfect 
nest of glandered horses—dumped there 
to work them off if possible. We pre¬ 
sume in this case that the Hamiltons 
will put the blame on this “real estate” 
man, and that he will disappear! 
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