The New York herald., 1871-09-16

horses head when the runaway horses dashed in
and both the oflcer and the cab proprietor mad
narrow escape OF Deing Killed on the spO. the cab
beng completely overturned Brown, the cabman.
was the most injured. surgeon Of the Ride Brigade
was speedily IN atlen9aIce and the In ured man
was convened 10 HIS residence, where he was al
Tended by Dr. Young. He sustain d Two severe cuts;
eas na se The cab Morse Was sshe noms % i ii
state and the cab was reduced 10 mere wreck
Most OF the runaway horses were captured, .Corpo-
raj Ma or Grilfths and four men secured nineteen
horses IN ned near HawIey One OF the other horses
dashed into the ocers' mess OF the ilne brigade ana
was brought III the following morning from a dls,
tance OF twenty-one miles, We regret to say that IL
has been found necessary to destroy ten or twelve
OF these valuable animals, owing TO the Injuries sus
tained In their mad career. About twenty have been
Iamed ana otherwise rendere unit for service.
Several are stlll missing and most Of those which
have been brought back 10 camp on the sick list.
1t is understood that the norscs DcKeed in the
usual manner, and that sudden fright caused them
simultaneously to break loose. The unfortunate
event continues to be the theme OF conversation In
From another source we learn the following parti-
culars:-The cause Oh the stampede is said 20 nave
been & ,snt between couple Of dogs large ant
GUS yen ana ran toward the horses. The sudden
noise immediately caused the horses OF two Oliicers
TO start from their pckets, and these were fol-
lowed at once BY six troop horses. A sudden and
remarkable impulse sezed the whole llne ana at
least 800 broke loose IN the same moment rum ng
ana snoring IN all directions. An Understandable
scene Ol confusion ensueu, The Whole locality for
miles round being aroused by tue hight anu pursuit
OF the excited animals, some OF Which dragged the
cords and pins, and all wearing the sadde-clOtls.
Large numoers 0l men from The various regiments
a. Aluersnot were sooh IN chase, under the conn
mand OF Captain llo1ler ana severai othef 0iliccrS,
and as almost every open route had been taken by
the fugitlves the whole locality was secured within
circuit OF at least dozen miles. In the
hurry OF the moment the Dursuers, comprising some
hundreds both OF cavalry and Infantry. ran on In
every variety Oh undress. the wh0le scene beng
Of grUtesque anu exciting description. Ab0ul
nity horses galloped through the town or
Farnham, OF which frteen we're secured, the re-
main!er running on towards Alton and Petersned
~ "a Hey, about two miles beyond Farnham, the.
troop dashed against the closed tOyate and smashed
ittO pieces, winie ON The COMMONS around farm
borough and Aldersn0t, In the opposite direction
many plunged against stakes or other ODstructvns,
which penetrated tner breasts or otherwise inflicted
serious injury. Several horses dropped dead within
an hour, some were drowned In the canal and others
were captured In crippled state. The. .pursuers
returned to their quarters aUont Midnight leaving
number OF horses at large, aud the search was re.
suMed ON Thursday morning At an early hour. In
addition 20 the horses already dead crippled many
others viii have to be sold unit Tor services. The
men OF the First life uuaro- comp ain that the ma
terias supplied for telr use IN securing the horses
on plc1c: were.iOt OF proper, descrpten, but the
ease with which the animals broke IRON tReir pick
cts must be attributed some to the sandy
nature Ot the soil on Cove Common.