Eating Horse!?

The other day, I walked around Bakurocho. In Chinese characters '馬喰町' literally means 'eating horse'. I thought it's quite interesting and was curious about it. According to websites, this area was home to the horse/cattle traders for the Tokugawa shogunate. People who had responsibility for managing horse/cattle were called 'bakuro' in Japanese. That's why it is called bakuro town. Phew, good, it was not the place horses were eaten...