Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-18
COME FAMOUS LEAPS.
.ay.ntures of H0rsemen in En-.
stra". Professionalism Escapes.
isl, James Gazette.l

I've has been the scene of three
on. l aa n' adventures, the place taking its
stra :15nation from the name of Mr..
des ,ish hart Lambert, who first made il
ca'l l,'s in the year 1859. That gentle-
taii.oI the son Of DR.. Lambert of Pilgrim
man maui was riding along Stamford
s Stone lane, when his mare took fright,
o ,,d on reaching the bridge which spans
a ahs burn" below, jumped onto the
w., Wv, Elements, three and half feet high,
o na sprang toward the opposite side of
ahs bi,rn, the width of which was forty
Tue in feet. The depth to the water was
sshl i t feet. An old ash tree broke
W.. .ha =, rider's fall. and, according to some
e saeounts, he chung to one of the boughs
a" his descent-at any rate, he was I'M
~ hnr IT.. but the mare was killed, and an
nv,amiuation showed that every joint in
1,ar backbone was displaced by the
n, Mr.. Lambert died in 1879, and
i; IN the next year precisely similar &C.
don't occurred at the same place.
Th;s time the rider was a groom in the
soryice of Sir John Hussey Delaval,
..hose horse, on the road to Newcastle
tror Seaton Delaval, took fright, and,
Inning along Sandiford lane, reached
,hn above mentioned bridge where some
foot people eadeavored to stop him.
The attempt, however, was in vain, and
the horse sprang over the battlement Of
the bridge. Unlike Mr.. Lambert, the
w. ,om did not keep his seat; but, &C.
ding to the account. came to tho
bottom first, and-this is the strangest
nart of the story-ali9hted between two
large stones. The horse came down
Immediately afterward, but being
welged in between the stones, did not
crush the rider, who was also able to
ride another horse home. One is not
surprised to learn that the jumping
horse was subsequently shot" In
these two instances the riders escaped
and the horses died but in 1927 matters
we're reversed; the horse escaped and
tie man was killed. Mr.. Nicholson, q
surgeon of Hensel. was riding over the
bridge, when his horse suddenly SHE'D
and in jumping over the side knocked
over the stone inscribed: "Lambert's
Leap" It is certainly strange that
three accidents should have occurred at
the same spot.
About the year 1890 a somewhat
similar leap was recorded to have taken
place near Whitehaven. A Lancaster
gentleman was riding horse which
was upset by postchaise dashing by.
Thinking that the horse would settle
down if allowed to go in front, the rider
quickened his pace, and, trotting on,
repassed the CHASER but "tlle trot be-
cane gallop soon." The horse ran
away, and, on reaching the middle of
Egremont bridge, jumped onto the
battlements, which were four feet high,
and appeared to have been. at any rate,
wide enough to have afforded momen-
tary standing-room; for, says an ac-
count, "the rider, fearing that the horse
might topple over sideways, had the
presence OF mind to spur the horse and
SO cause him to jump, which he did
down the substantial drop of twenty
feet, alighting safe and sound in foot
Of water" The horse was unhurt, and
the only injury sustained by the rider
was sprained foot, which confined him
to his room for three days.
He Holds the Fence.
A Detroiter, purchased q piece of
land in the west end of the county.
After the purchase had been completed
he engaged surveyors services to see
if he had been cheated. The discovery
was made that line-fence was over on
his land eight inches When he went
to the owner of the adjoining property
with the statement the man replied:
Stranger, the row about that fence
began twenty-eight years ago. It was
then five feet over the line, and the two
men fit and fit until one was killed and
tie other crippled. After awhile it
was moved foot, and then two other
owners fit and fit until the lawyers got
the two farms. The fence was then
moved another foot, and the two new
owners spent half the year in jawing
each other and the other half in having.
One died and the other sold out on q
mortgage, and when Igot this farm the
fence was moved over another foot.
Then I fit and fit, and two years ago
was kicked in the ribs and laid up for
three months. During that time the
fence was moved to the present line.
So it's still on your land?"
yes"
We'll, 1 'spose the proper thing is a
row. If you'll go out by the barn with
your revolver I'll come out and hunt
Tor you with the shotgun. If you git
the drop on me don't let go, because I
Shall shoot to kill"
1t took tht Detroiter some time to
convince the farmer that he didn't care
Tor eight inches of land, and that he
wouldn't have the fence moved for
s9o, and when he had succeeded the
old man drew long breath of relief
and replied:
That's kind o, you, and it leaves my
boys chance to fit and fit after I'm
gone. I hope you amt comm out here
70 live alongside O. me?"
No."
Glad ont. If you lease, git some
man who'll want them other eight
inches. The boys and I is Lonesome
'or excitement. "-Detroit Free Press.
Snoring and Dancing.
pair of lunatics disturbed all the
sane dancers tpenandouslv Each nut