Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-20

dents 10y reason OF runaway horses and
collisions in Central park should command
earnest consideration. II by some means
casualties of thrs,. classes NAV he dimin
lshcd in number, If not wholly prevented
PresIdvnt Brrkmau of the park commits
sion finds the uyrTCTuNdcl condition Of the
east drive, particularly during the after
moons and on sundays, a fruitful cause OF
accidents. He SAID in conversation about
1t. In 50 throuEed drive any individual
who thinks he has a fine horse or team
aud is impatient Of the slow pace adopt ed
10y the majority Of those in the line may
If he is lacking in consideration for others
. bring on ut any moment an accident that
is liable t" result fatally to Others and him
. self He tries 10 turn out Of the line at a
promising opening at the wrong side OF the
road meets a team going in the opposite
directtun-oue, perhaps, that has just
turned in and in an instant there is a
collision. Or the man driving just ahead
( Of him in the line may Try turning out at
| the moment he does, and brings about a
smash up. OR the clatter of his horses
huUfs in a sudden brush TO get ahead may
alarm some horse and serve as signal for
runaway. Then, even when this IS not
/ the cause Of an accident, it may be brought
HbOut by the CHrcit-snrSS or reCklessuess
/ Of drivers in various other ways.
STAY N ulIL VEHICLE.
! One rule for persons behind runaway
/ horses would be Of great value if they
! could remember and adopt it. That is to
| stay in the vehicle as long as possible
/ That, like every other rule. Of course, has
/ its exceptions. No sensible person will
stay in a vehicle that Is about 10 plunge
| over a pTcCipiCe, or be dashed TO pieces
against wall Of rock if escape from it is
possible, even at great hazard But in
every case can now recall OF fatal runa-
way accidents in the park, the persons
would have saved their lives, and probably
have escaped any serious injury, had they
rctralued from jumping out The sad aC-
cident by which Mrs. PendletOn lost her
life Is case in point In this. as in the
other instances, the runaway horses were
stopped within a minute after the fatal
leap was made. and without even injury
to the vehicle TO which they We're at
tached. Above ali things, then, would
recommend to persons behind runaway
hOrses-dOu't jump. Unfortunately, how
ever, people seem to lose their heads in
the excitement Of the moment, and appear
to think only Of parting company with the
team
Capt. Beatty, in command Of the Cen
tral park police. reiterated strongly Pres
idemt Bctkman's advice against jumping
out Of vehicle behind runaway horse
or team. Speaking Of the causes of aCci-
dents, he sad. There are always more
accidents at this season than any other,
for people are now bringing into the park
new horses, animals from the country, un-
used to such surroundings as they find
here. and with whose dispositions and
weaknesses the drivers are not yet famil
lar. a timid horse will take fright at a
wUmans white dress in sudden opening
Of the shrubbery, or a flying newspaper
that somebody has thrown away, or a
baby carriage trundled across a drive by "A
nurse, in the park just as well As anywhere
else And horse that has been imprOp-
erly hitChed too short, or that hears and
feels the machine behind him, 20 down
with au alarming crash and twist on the
shafts, through the breaking of n wheel,
is liable to run away from the thing that
sCares him, whether he Is in the park or
not. Many times. too, horses run away,
not from fright, but just from high splr-
its. The 20 along well enough on the
avenue, at an easy jog trOt probably, but
when they strike the smooth park roads
they grow excited and want to go faster,
and the first thing the driver realizes they
are running away.
CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS.
Another cause Of accident, partiCu
larly III hot weather, is the 'staggers.' A
horse affected with this malady, which is
simply rush Of blood 20 the brain, be
comes unconscious of what he is doing.
and in the effort to keep his feet, may
stagger around in a circle, or run madly
for mile, even on level ground, or up the
face Of steep hill, or at any obstacle that
may be in the way. The thing TO be done
10 relieve him Is TO bleed him in the
mouth; but before you can do that you
must stop him, and before he can be
stopped he may have madO lots of mis-
chief You see that the dagger here Is
not simply 10 the occupants Of a vehicle
attached TO runaways. but to those in
other vehicles with which they may come
in contact. But the peril Of the former is
generally much the greatest, especially
where they are 80 lnJudlciOus as to jump
out. The person who jumIs, unless
very accomplished acrobat, would not be
likely once in "A hundred times-cOuld the
same person live through 50 many expert
ments Of this nature-tO catch or retain
footing on reaching the ground, or even to
safely tumble. Almost inevitably the
head would be brought down on the
ground with such a whack as, upon our
very hard park roads, would be pretty
certain to crack the skull 1t does not
seem as if the advice sit still should be
hard to remember. and yet nearly every
body appears to forget it just at the mo-
ment when it would be most important 10
keep it in mind
Sergt. England of the park police, who
has served in the park some twelve or
thirteen years, and has seen a great mum
Der of accidents, said: The occupants Of
a wagon in a runaway accident should
cling to il to the last. II is nonsense to
jump. Looking for soft spots to alight
upon is all fuOlishness. There are no soft
spots at such time The park roads are
too smooth To get foothold upon from a
flying jump, and so terribly hard, that ten
chances to one, skull brought in contact
with them-even lightly, apparently
would be fractured If the persons in the
wagon sit still, there is very great prOba-
hility in favor of a mounted policeman
supplng the runaway team before any
harm is done, and even if a collision
should occur there is less danger of fatal
result than from jumping out. 1t is
really surprising how people will go un-
harmed through collisions sometimes. -
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