Omaha daily bee., 1886-08-10

Annie r. and Lucy D., belonging to MIR.
Dillon, of North Platte; Little Tom, Jen.
ME Cobb, Mcfarland, Chas. CafIrey, all
the property OF Ed. Pyle, of HumbqIdt.
! Mollie McCallrey, owned jointly by Pyle
and J. II. McShane, of this city, and Ned
r. owned by w. G, Rogers,o Springfield,
| Sarpy county.
The animals burned were the two.
! year-old colt, AL Potter, the four-year-
old Tucker, the black three year, old
were owned by Ed. Pyle; Dick Wilde, a
prominent colt, the property of Ed. Pyle
| and j. IL, McShane; also the stallion,
| Little Wilkes, owned by Capt OMallcy;
Legal Tender, by j. IL. McShano and
Mascotte by Riley and Dillon.
| The bolt struck the roof on the west
side, about ono-thrd the distances from
the south end. 1t instantly killed Legal
! Tender, Tucker and AL Potter. All of
| these were found dead before the flames
had made any headway.
In the stable at the time were six men,
one of whom. John Simpson, was sleep
ing in a stall but short distance from
| Legal Tender. The shock threw him
violently against the side of the stall and
awokc him in very effective manner.
Besides the horses, all the harnesses the
| barn contained amounting to about
| twenty sets, were completely destroyed: a
sulky and road wagon belonging to Ed
| Eyle, anu u TOau WuGOu ntlUUHlUP W -.
| II. McShane were also burned. John
| Simpson, the hostler referred to, lost
| gold watch and S25 in money.
The pony above referred to as having
| been struck by lightning at the same
| time, was in the race course enclosure.
He was struck on the head and killed in
| simultaneously. He was two.year-old,
the property of Robert Easson, by whom
| he had been raised.
The hay and oats were owned by Adam
| Thompson, the lessee of the barn, and
were not insured. The latter was owned
by the fair association and was insured
for about $780, So far as could be ascer-
tanned, Pyle's horses were insured, but
| for what amount could not be learned, as
Mr.. Pyle went to humboldt Saturday, and
had not arrived yesterday morning. He
was telegraphed by Mr. Potter and retur-
ned yesterday evening None of the other
animals were insured. 1t is difficult to
compute the loss. All the animals
burned were promising ones. They had
come from fast stock with excellent pedi-
| gree, and were in training for the track:
| Every one of them gave promise OF
| future speed though they were all young.
AS an evidence of this fact, it may be
stated that j. I'll. McShano informed II
BEE reporter that he would not take
$4,000 for his interest in the pacing colt
Dick Wilde. The value of the others of
course is, perhaps, relatively as great,
and without at all taking a pros
| pectivc view of their value, the loss
! will certainly reach $4,000. This may
| be still further increased, by the fact that
two of the horses, the stallion Mcfarland
belonging to Pyle, and the brown geld
ing Monte Cristo, a magnificent animal,
| the property of &. E. Mayne, got away in
| the darkness from their reScuers.
| Neither had been found up to a late hour.
| Mcfarland was esteemed very high by
| Pyle, and q. E. Mayne places low esti-
mate , on Mo Monte toaa oristo at & $s'59S The 1Ioe
that Ned r. is so badly burned that he
will have to be killed. He is owned by
Rogers, of Sarpy county.
The scene yesterday morn
ing when the BEE reporter
visited the scene, was decidedly
unpleasant There was nothing of the
building or its fleet occupants but
with the charred and bleeding carcasses
| of the unfortunate horses.
| Ed Pyle, the heaviest sufferer by the
| fire arrived in town lastnight from Hum
| boldt, at which place he had been tele-
graphed both by AL Potter and Jim Nc
BEE reporter that he did not feel very
| comfortable over his loss. He had none
| of his horses, indeed none of his har
! nesses, wagons, sulkies or breaking out
| fits insured. 1t was therefore a perfect
| loss. His horses represented an outlay
| accurately computed, and being swept
| away in a few moments was about rs
much as man of Mr.. Pyle's disposition
| could withstand and not be seriously
affected. AS nearly as he desired to or
could state, his loss will be between $1,000
and 1000. His stallion, Mcfarland,
which had escaped from the en-
| otnSnra
down on the bottoms. He was
considerably injured and showed by a
number of bites all over his body that he
had engaged in venomous fight with
doughty peer, the stallion Caffrey, which
animal, however, did not leave the en-
closure. Monte Cristo, e. f. Mayne'
magnificent brown gelding, was also
found on the bottoms and brought back
to more congenial quarters.
w. g. Rogers, of Springfield, Sarpy
county, owner of Ned Il. who was res
! cued, but in a badly burned condition,
had not, at last accounts, arrived in
town, although he had been telegraphed.
The men at the grounds yesterday did all
they could for the suffering animal. One
OF his sides was burned badly, while the
same side of his head was disfgured IN a
shocking manner. L he sight of both eyes
was lost and one of his orbs seemed lit
orally to have melted in its socket.
In the absence of Mr. Rogers the stable
man did not wish to assume the RESPONSE
bility OF killing the animal, though
everybody was of the opinion that if the
horse survived he would be MANNED and
worthless through life. The silence with
which the poor creature suffered educed
much warm sympathy from everybody.
The two-year old pony belonging to
Robert Easson, which was struck by
lightning in the neighboring pasture, was
buried early in the day, and later the re-
mainlng carcasses were put under
ground.
ASSAULTED THE COURT.
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