, 1879-06-13
A uOnSE.t:ATCIlEle.
Htc0r7s to 10 Proud Of, md Which Bhon,,
Ito Rewarded.

a Htcorss to 10 Proud Of, nntl Which shon,,l
Ito Rewarded.
Fpracntt Is. ~ ttntrier.
for the past eight or ten years the pub!Ie has
from time to time sead Of tho daring e1p1oits Of
Mr Jatucs Flndlcy, ot this city. whose proweas
ha' won fur him tile sokrtVuet OF "Tl1c Horse
CATCHER" During his residence in syracusc lo
las caught over 40 runway horses, sayIng
many lives by his dnrinS efforts, aud much
property frotn destruction. AIr. FIndIcy Is q
hoacst aad unassumlRg young man, born
IN tic City Of Albany, who ramc to
osfncnsc sotne eighteen ycara sVu. Although
on'y - ycars old, he has wifo anl
family, and las scrvcd tlyc years at his trarle
as d ear1la9e-paintcF. About twelve yeats ago
5oaHR Ftnalcy commenced the business Of catch-
lux runaway horscs. tfs was tomcwl,u. ttmIi Ut
ilrs, as may be imagined, but iie gained conf
dcnco in himself as hc succeeded ansl cxprrl-
s1ense,i. a,ih now docs not hesitate 10 throw
liitIisc!! III tIe pathway Of tue most jufuriatcd
steea ne n Us ra'l'ong runaway career FinIry's
ts. t..ss efeslenee ~ horsc:eate'!cr was IN The
Hif q Anburl Hc was waiting for traEH IN
tllc vicinity Of tie depot onc afternoon twelve
yeass ago. when Nil at once Ills attention wus IT.
tracte! ny runaway horsc, which wns dashhy
~ to"a,as i''a at t'rcaK'negk pace In the wag
CHILD. The mother was paralyxcd viii,
ienr mud could not sneak. Tho it,
TIC child screa,ncd IN terror. and the
ehccRa I'll tie hystlntlcrB were blnncllcd as thcy
furtousiy towards q train Of ears Tint stood
across the street. The spectators ali RUSHED out
O! 'lc WY. mud hackmen and ,1raylncn rat, to Il
place ol safety Ffndley saw In an iustan. t1ms
tthey ty were tirown aeainst the train Of ears.
Without hesitatinG moment he planted him
scli directly III front of tllr maiiened l,eust und
spfang llkc n cat at its head. lIe threw thc
horse !loWn, nsl, although, tie wagon was oyrr-
turned, sl!e oecupan.s wcro un[njlrcd, save bs
mere scratches. Since tl,en lie has thrown him
SELF In tho way Of uIltl stopped hun,lrcIs Of
horses under M circumstances equally ~ dan
eorous. Hls method is as follows: When he
sces runaway horse appronell'ng he plants
himself dlrectty ln its route, an1 runs With It
III the :nnle direction It Is proceeding. Fiultty
can run like deer, md hy tie time the rlsu.
away hnr'e IL nbrcast Of lin. nine time. out Of
ten he Is running as t0st as the horss IL. 10
sttze hin by the ct1ecG-reiu or unc lnu atlt! bsng
litn to ilalt Is hut tue work of an !nstant Of
course Its net Is fraught With great danger, uu
NJ inay / " said 70 sake bis ls'c ~ hts hands
every time he attempts to stop horsc. 1t /.
known that i runaway horhu is bli!tlctl.-by
rage IL T. slipnosta. or by ftar,-a,ld Fin,!Icy's
lille would not ho wnrll much II tie n,aIseucI
aninnl we're to Lift htn, With lts iron shoe. lie
has received no otlicIal rcward for his valiant
sGrslces, and In tuuny instaech se greed Of those
whoac lives he h4s saved has so oyc7masscred
'lcn that sicy linye forgotten ali nbou. tst bruy-
CfgHl lhe 11aH WHO rlnkeu Ills lttG to AAFC theirs,
Tue hursn-eatcher II always Oil thu lookout,
Three-lu4Ttfs OF thu ru,.aways arc CAUSED by
the horses Of couutrrnicu. They Are cnail}
frightened, nlitl as general thing their lnyngss
is old and unsafe. Ladies' who nre driving In
the streets ars In constant danger frpln being
run fnln by frightened l,orseh from The ctul,try.
T!lc .'ursccatehcr travels around the business
streets nnd carefully louks oyer nil the country
horses that are htchc'1, examining tIeir fastc,i-
i1'Es to tcu II they secure. In n!,,v Instances
lH hls fund horses hitred with weak nr f,rnEeu
straps, nhd. keeping bis eye u.mn them, hus
seen tle,n watci tl!cir opportunity usl start 10
rum But he was there In time to head them OF,
uc studies the disposition of tho horse. ami cau
tell by his crc ur hin unraAr md res,less n1at-
TIER tint ho Is Watching the first opportunity to
run away.
Perhaps the hravcst net Of his life was pcr- |
formed Oh thu 7th OF Nay lay:. 4 tenn Of !
Young. horses was running at brcaknerk speef |
uown West Gcnescc street n1Nt across the mar. |
kct In front OF thu Empire House directly to- |
"artls the Syracuse Say!ngs Bank. III uil in !
s'ant more they would hAye DlungcI into that
building. FIndley Haw them cnnlill:s H,ld epr41.g
III their path. IIg selaeh OLE by tic check rein
itlid TAuIts1 lpoil ttB hack. lightly ns eat. l}y
n s1,pcrtHtunll ctf1rt he succeeded In turning
le horscs III tlnr course, utii brought them
down to tho grulnti. The hraye at vas Wit
iiessed hy Patrick Lynch, Estt., wln t!clrr,nined
lllilt u s1otilu not 70 NtiTeWAr1!cd. liz there.
snr1 c;1'lseI a hntMsxo1nc bIul.ze tncn1 to 10 |
btruelt oil, upon which the yed was gLt.lmero-
rated III Hitting fcrtus, and presented 1t Ia Mr,
l.ish!lev. It tcetua to thHt1 HE city nutlurl-
L!es shouIu mako some substantial recognition
u Mr.. Fiudlsy's services.