The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-10-18
ysrrisle scene on u Race course.

The Allentown Herald ofThursday
describes one of the most terrible, yet
novel and exciting scenes ever witness
ed on a race course. We Gull the fol-
lowing details of the accident.
As the horses Wprp gQni,,g Up 80
acorc III lpe pacing race, Silas Sit
grdafes drove near the fenns, which
position was .the one that Neil Tam
many, oneyef the competitors for the
prize, shHsil have taken. Tammany
was going at rapid rate, IL was impot-
sibe for Sitgrenves to set out Of the
way in time, and the left wheel of the
approaching sulsy struck that ofSit-
grdaves, and threw Tammany from his
seat. The lines were fastened back of
the vehicle, and, in falling, Tammany
became entangied in them, and his
legs were caught between tue spoke5
of the wheel campiateiy fastening
hlnl, ana i was impossible to cxtiicate
Himself, :,
The horse still maintained his rapid
gait, and as he ran ut full speed, drag
aing the unfortunate man with him,
the scene was heart-rending. Men
threw their hats at the horses ran on
The track, held up their hands and
Shouted, but all attempts to stop the
hfuriated animal only made matters
Worse, and on, he went.
The circuit of the track was once
made, Tammany all the while using
hk hands to keep his head from the
grtund, aud the 'sGene became more
ami More sickening rs tie track was
one more rounded and the horse still
running rapidly, the man still locked
in te wheel, aud all his endeavors to
ireehimseif from his perilous position
werefruitless.
Th. excited crowd then pulled boards
from the fence, and ran upon the
track seemingly determined to knock
downor kill the horse if IL were inn
possible to stop him IN any other way.
Alen euld be seen running hitler aud
! shitbti upon the track With upfifted
whitefa5hed boards, and in fact,
everything they thought could be rem
defed Qcnil In stopping the runaway
animal
Itw;enot until Tammany had been
dragged for three quarters of mile,
(all the ehile preventing his hesd from
strildngiihe ground by the use Of his
hands upon the hard track, one over
the Other, that relief of a substantial
nature rdahc,l the unfortunate man.
Relief caFg n The ,ersoli OF young
500 CT ffnr' SitgCeaycs, villa, at the
peril Of it' own life, ran in front OF
the horse, tsrasped the lines, and was
himself Gagged for some distance
before the knimal could lie brought TO
a siand-sti4 In his etioTs 70 rescue
Tamnany, lyoung Siigscavcs bad his
clothes alntst entirely torg from his
body, and rs not a little hfuisptl
Mf; Tam1ang'e lh,e,r,es eong'st OF
veiy mrtll Amazed and hiuiccd, and
his right foatNadinewhat Injured. His
pants below thctgnee were all rubbed
! into holes by cdtact with the track,
and the right fcht protruded through
holes made in tn boot, and also by the
constant friction Encountered by rest
| ing upon the grouRd during his terrible
drag around the hce ccrr5, .,kiua
into coHsi.,7-Tas.all ihe speed at which
.he morse ian, and the ENHANCEMENT
I la the lines and wlhel, Mr.. Tammany's
escape from death ) truly wonderful,
and he may congratulate himself osi
being numbered aacng lhe liyius To-
,iay IS ggW men esc4 & with theif ltycs
from positions q sed a pegilo'rs NATURE,
The State Central pommittee Of Tic
Illinois State Farmeff Cab, Oranges,
Farmers Asoclatl3is, Agricultural
Societies, Boards Of Agriculture, and