The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-10-17
Terrible seene on n Rnce cours..

! The Allentown Herald OF Thursday
describes one ofthe most terrible, yet
novel aud exciting scenes everwilne,ss.-
ed on u race course. We cull the fol-
lowing details of the accident;
As the horses were coming up 10
score in the pacing race, Silas sit
greaves drove near the fence, which
| position was the one that Neil Tam
many. one OF the competitor for the
prize, should have taken. Tammany
was going nj n rapid rate, 1t was mpos'
sible for Sitgreaves to get ont OF The
way in time, aud the left wheel Of the
approaching sulky struck that Of SIT
grcaves, and threw Tammany from his
gent. The lines were fastened back Of
the vehicle, md in falling, Tammnny
became cntangicd IN them, and his
legs were caught between the apokes
of the wheel, completely fastening
him, and il was impossible to eXtrlcalc
himself
The horse still maintained his rapid
gait, aud "a he ran ut full speed, drag
ging the unfortunate man WItl him,
the scene was hcurt.rending. Men
threw their hats NJ the horse, ran on
the track, held up their hands and
shouted, but all attempts to stop the
imiiTiated animal only made matters
worse, aud on, he went.
The circuit Of the track was once
made, 1nmmuny all the while using
his hands 10 keep his head from the
ground, and the scene became more
and more sickcning as the track was
once more rounded and the horse still
running rapidly, the man still locked
IN the wheel, and all his endcavors to
free himself from his perilous position
were fruitless.
The excited crowd then pulled boards
from the fence, and ran upon the
track, seemingly determined to knock
down or kill the horse If II were inn
possible to stop him IN any other way.
Men could By SEEN running hitier and
thiIher upon the track with uplilted
whi,e-washed boards, and, In fact,
everything they thought could be rem
dcred useful in stopping the runaway
animal
II was not until Tammany had been
dragged for thrcc-quarterS of mile,
tall the while preventing his head from
striking the ground by the use of his
hands upon the hard track, one over
the other, that relief of substantial
nature reached the unfortunate man.
Relief came ia the person of n young
son of Peter Sitgreaves, who, ut the
peril of his own life, ran in front of
the horse grasped the lines, and was
himself dragged for some distance
before the animal could be brought to
Il stand-still. In his efforts to rescue
Tammany, young Sitgrcaves had his
clothes almost entirely torn from his
body, and was not a little bruised.
Mr.. Tammany's injuries consist of
slight bruises about the head, hands
very much skinned and bruised, and
his right foot somewhat injured. His
pants below the knee were all rubbed
into holes by contact with the track,
and the wight foot protruded through
holes made in the boot, and also by the
constant friction encountered by rest
ing upon the ground during his terrible
drag around the race course. Taking
into consideration the speed at which
the horse ran, and the ENHANCEMENT
in the linesand wheel, Mr.. Tammany's
escape from death is truly wonderful,
and he may congratulate himself on
being numbered among the living to-
day IN few men escape with their lives
from positions of such perilous nature.