Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-07-05
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STOPPING A RUNAWAY.
The Brave Act Of Quiet Little Man In
Clerical Coat.

While the boulevard from Macomb's
Dam Bridge road to the park was
crowded with all kinds of pleasure
equipages. about seven o'clock, Tues
day evening, great excitement was pro-
duced in the vicinity of One Hundred
and Fortieth street, by frantic cry of
"Clear the track! A runaway. Drive
on the sidewalksfn A man in light
road wagon was driving his horse
toward the park on run, and scream
ing this warning to the drivers in the
street. Behind him, in the middle of
the broad thoroughfare, powerful
horse was dashing madly down the
street, drawing top-buggy, which
swayed from side to side, while q little
girl of thirteen years chung desperately
TO the lines, with white face and stream
ing hair. Everybody gave the runaway
vehicle wide berth. Men in light
wagons whipped their horses upon the
sidewalk, coachmen drove their car
riages hurriedly TO the side of the road,
ladies and gentlemen on horseback gall
loped wildly to the fences, and, al
though sympathetic women in their
carriages screamed and men turned
| pale, no one made the slightest effort to
assist the child, who, without looking
to the right or left, was screaming:
''Oh, won't somebody save mel Oh,
somebody stop him! What shall do,
Oh, what shall dor
A quiet-looking man, in clerical,
frock coat, who was meditatively div
ing a large '.buckskin'' horse before
light road wagon, toward the city,
heard the warning cry of the man who
was trying to clear the road, and looked
around just as the roam horse, on a fran
tic run, was passing One Hundred and
Thirty-ninth street, and all the vehicles
We're crowding to the left-hand side of
the road. The quiet man, without a
moments hesitation, put his horse,
which was a fast one, to his speed, and
drove swiftly beside the runaway steed.
''Don't be afraid he called coolly to
the child, who chung to the lines like a
heroine. ''Now do just as tell you,
Hang on to the lines, and pull most on
the left, and when | tell you TO jump do
it. Will you mind what say?''
Yes answered the little one; ssbut
save me, oh save me, if you canr'
The quiet man gave the buckskin
horse cut with his whip, and the ami
NAL broke into gallop and brought
the seat of his masters wagon even
with the horses head. Then the man
quickly wound his lines about his right
hand, and with the left seized the run
away horses bride. The frantic beast
plunged and jerked his head away, al
most dragging the man from his seat,
and dashed on, the man losing his hat
and whip. But he at once drove along
side the horses head again, and again
seized the bride, which was again
torn away from him. He drove up
again and made a third attempt, and
made like failure. Don't give up"
he called to the child. who was losing
courage, and crying; "just hang on to
the lines" Then, in very vigorous
language, he exorted some of the horse
men whom they were flying past to
come to his assistance, but not one re-
sponded. The two animals, in this
time, had run down to One Hundred
and Twenty-eight street, and between
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth and
One Hundred and Twenty-sixth streets
lies heap of stone, morter and bricks,
where building is in process of con-
struction, and toward this Jagged pile
the quiet man, who was still driving
beside and encouraging the girl, saw
that the runaway horse was headed,
and knew that he must make Il final
effort to stop the animal at once He
drove up beside the head of the beast
again, seized the bride, dropped his
lines, and, calling to his own horse to
stop, he sprang to the ground drag
glng the runaway horses head with
him, and after a sharp struggle brought
the brute to a standstill and took the
child, who was almost fainting, from
the buggy.
The little girl said that her father,
who had been driving with her, had
been run over at One Hundred and
torty-sixth street, and that the horse
had run from there, distance of more
than mile. The quiet man drove
back to look for the father, and met
him driving down in grocery wagon
to look for his child, whom he expected
to find dead or dying in the road. He
was not very badly hurt. He is Mr..
Samuel Browning, of No. 355 West Eff
ty-seventh street. He said that he stop
ped in the road to check up his horse,
and gave his little girl the reins. Some
other horses came up behind and
startled the animal, and it bolted. He
chung to its head, and was dragged a
block, when the beast got away, and
the wheel of the buggy went over his
own leg. The quiet man drove them
both home, but declined absolutely to
say who he was. His name is very
we'll known in New York, however, for
the girls rescuer was none other than
the famous BILLY" McGlory, who is
fine horseman, and whose previous train
ing has been calculated to give. him the
nerve and courage he displayed to so
good effect.-NeW York Times.