The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-02-10

ON THE TRACK.
Animals That Are Run Over by .
LOCOMOTIVES.


Animals Tia, Are Run Over by
Locomotive.
Did ever run over dog ?" said o 10
connective engineer ON the West Shore Road
g Yes, often. Sometimes at night they look
rs big as man On the track. had little
episode with dog only few days ago
While running near Harrington saw three
or four hunters. Each had dog. One OF
the CANNES was handsome pointer OF
reddish brown color. II thought IL would
be smart and try race with the engine. II
jumped on The track and ran ahead, barking
over its shoulder. The train was going at
sorty-fye miles IN hour. It was only few
seconds before that dog found the engine
too close to it to bark, and it hadn't time TO
leave the track. The cowcatcher struck il,
and the next we saw was dog going up in
the mir good many feet. We thought 1t
would never come down, but by and by it
dropped, and luckily in pool of water. 1t
swan to the shore, and rs it climbed out it
ki-yied so that we heard it even above
the roar OF the train. Dogs, too, are queer
animals around locomotives" continued
the engineer. Once there was dog at
Milton that always watched for the train,
and when it came had race with it. The
dog ran alongside the engine. 1t was toe
smart TO get on the track One day IT start
ed ms usual, but 1t was little further from
the depot, and it was running with all its
might looking up at the cars trying to bark,
when the train went over q cnlvert, and
bouse went the dog, head first down in
mud and water several feet. The dog must
have imagined the train did it, because it
aever after that would run race with it.
Once while running very fast clip no.
iced two little boys near house, with a
big bull dog. The dog was an old bruiser,
ready to fight anything. just es the loco
motive came near the boys clapped their
hands and shouted to the dog to Go for
him. The dog did go for the locomotive.
fhe pilot caught il, threw it clear over the
smoke stack, and when 1t came down it
struck with its back on the valve stem, roll
ID off in the ditch and ran for home, it moi
being hurt"
" Isn't it little extraordinary" inquired
the reporter, THAT the dog was not
killed 2"
"Oh, no !" said the engineer. 81 have
seen chickens on the track run over by the
locomotive and they would come out under
the driving wheels without being killed.
The wind must have caught them somehow
and thrown them like puff ball around
without hurting them. When You strike
big object then it is different. One night
big bull got ON the track. When it saw the
light 1.-THE locomotive 1t paved and curled
its tail and beloved. head down, ready for
battle. We had no time TO shut down, and
the only way to do IL to strike such objects
with full force in order to knock them away
from the track. If they fall on the track
they are liable to get under the wheels and
throw the engine of the rails. So gave
her a few pegs and the machine fairly
raised from the track When il struck the
bull 1t was square on tie head. The big
animal was thrown twenty or thirty feet and
hen rolled down steep embankment and
vent out Of sight. Once in a while dog
will be thrown with great force. | saw
dog struck one day and it seemed to be all
rolled up. It went like cannon ball away
from the locomotive, striking board fence.
II broke the board in two with crack, and
that was the last we saw OF the dog"