Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1916 — INTERESTING ITEMS FROM THE CITIES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

INTERESTING ITEMS FROM THE CITIES

New Yorkers Now Eat Flesh of the Noble Horse V. A ~ —7- —; ■ ■ , - ' ■ ”*“ *■ t ’ > NEW YORK. —On New Year’s day New York city started in to consume the meat of the noble horse. Undoubtedly most New Yorkers will eat horsemeat this year without knowing it, as butchered horses are uniformly old, decrepit and tough and so suit-

able chiefly for bologna and the 375 other varieties of sausage. Instead of “hot dog" it will now be "ground nag," or something equally poetic. Health Commissioner Emerson advances the following arguments for the new article of diet: It is cheaper than beef, but equally nutritious. Though slightly different in taste, it is as digestible as beef, but has a coarser fiber. The horse is less liable

to tuberculosis than is the cow. Any ailment, like glanders, a horse may have, is rendered harmless when the meat is cooked. The horse is more careful In Its eating and drinking than cattle are. Not many people can be found up and down Broadway who are enthsiastic about the new cheap meat. "We'll be eating ‘long pig’ said one hotel manager. For those who aren’t acquainted with “long pig,” even by name, it must be explained that this term describes the delicacy indulged in by Congo soldiers after a successful encounter wjth a well-conditioned band of their enemy. Down at Washington market a butcher was found who, 25 years ago In Germany, handled horse meat, both in the slaughter house and over the counter. He said: “I doubt very much whether New Yorkers will find the substitution of horseflesh for beef an economical change. A quarter of a century ago horses were so cheap in Germany that their carcasses could be converted into an article of food within readh of the poorest, but the American horse is now so valuable commercially that it would not pay to slaughter him.