The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-21
GOT THAT HORSE OUT SAFE.
EAGLE BRAIN AND STRONG PULLING
DID TIE JOR

EaGLE BRSIN AND STRONG PULLING
DID THE JOE.
t Was o Horse with Horse Sense which
Had swum Thrce-quarter~ or Mile Up
the East River Looking TOR n Landing.
Society shivered yesterday morning when it
read this announcement In the morning
papers:
"A; gray horse s,Stssn hand. in height. hsrnes,.d
% a n r. the l ss's
o ", 'ni me poics sent %n, genera, alarm
The ".se M"'' not know" no" 'A' morse got INTO
Could II be possible that one of tho darlngs
OF tho horse show had fallen into the river.
and. what Is worse. into the hands OF the po-
lice2 Surely. society had had enough OF police
cases at the show. Yet the drencbed horse
was the fashionable color. the correct height
and was properly equipped.
The story OF the police. which was siren 9Th.
ened by the fact that they really had horse in
their possession answering the description Of
tho animal mentioned in the notice reprinted
above. is as follows: Tho current OF the East
River tths police begin their story with tho
river) is very swift at tho foot OF East Fifty
NTH street. In fact. 1t is swifter there than at
any other point along the New York shore. shy
the police. The top Of tho pier is twelve feet
above tho surface Of the water.
Shortly before o'clock Saturday night two
small boys were sitting on the edge Of the pier
watching the water. As they looked down
stream they saw big moving object coming
slowly up stream against tho current. The
boys scrambled back. thinking sea monster
was going to land at East Fifty-flfth street.
They waited for It to stick its head up over the
pier. After fifteen minutes had passed and
no head. they crcpt quietly back to the waters
edge and looked over. About $50 feet from
In a~l hA,, Ezr Il, ln1x a.. ..i.
they saw the big object moving slowly up
stream. They watched 1t as it drew nearer.
Tho boys got scared second time. and yelled
for the police. Policeman Powers hurried
down to the pier. looked out over tho water
saw the leviathan. and suddenly rom en- bered
that he was on post. But his courage returned.
anu ne and the two boys took longer look ut
Its an ornithornyncus." said Powers
Er hipperpotermus." suggested ono OF the
sYawp. OATS rhinooeros." said tho other
4. snort. followed BY a neigh and q plaintivs
whinny. came from the rhinoce-
ros. Then rowerss mighty brain and eagle
ey:e, served him well.
s ssnts ss sa hs pos q hs e Viii
But he's got hump on his back" said the
bu Dst' H 5sst" boys Yelled hes got
The hump you see is saddle. little boys"
And a." hs sm. his ,nEh, brain and euce
. %sHseW ean get that horse up here ?" b.
eagle eyo he spied the private bath house OF
Col. konig moored Just north Of the dock. His
safs eye spied inrnsr . and nd saw that
door that onened into the stream. His mighty
NJ, tna s me aoo. anu me morse ana toiu
Then his eagle brain took u hand. He must
ger me morse into the boat house. Aha! A
'""l Go1s" he said srs,p,nr m mildly rs many
9reat men 90 when their brains are galloping
tho bars se' ST" ro me' 1ats 100 moW gu, ~
e ,t You: Don't row on either s,le OF him or ne
VIII swamp you. DON'T row TOO close TO ms
neeit ,, or d he VIII SWAT y2H; hreh hiGniy re,
him i'm, on up str E to the boat house
RE- re o0 Te, aiu a. thsy were toia,
,rSSne. He summoned a r more help he opened
tns nath n Pic door hne boys drove the horse
him. al Sr tne
VIZ rushed .TiSs horse tiossea ssnily inte IL
e.man Tcwers sd n, ns aoth ana ss
evidence Of a,emp,ea SUICIDE Sis For an extra
once lis prisoner a was inside the bath house
tne ET,l j., re- ia Sot more ropes on MN ana
the tatn house. The hupp. alias the saddle.
taken on re prisoner was rue, cd dry and
e a. nem u'anne i nae ~ on MN. ne IN ~ ~
g WAS 70 rI ie VANS VII.
ruIe hnn .oehe ei w ~ tne n,EhiI ~ G!nrk
YESTERDAY iA?Ihlns oL!cenan Jonn buckley
Whosse rye Is easie.tf anu whose .raih 10
mlGhtier than ioWers = was assl2heu 10 me
task ~ .an.'in. tne n,isoher on 'ne pier anu
orinsihE nm 70 .ne s, ~ no ,uS :;
JUST NON nc accoHlp!eneu 'hiS TASK Is not
knnwn. Witnesses Fay tnat an East Fly
MIN s'!eai .urneu OUT WIN ,iones. any aI'er
NUN pus!inJ my ilore se ~, anu tn.s Oh
faaie eye aho , MI IRAN, te rrts1ner was
.st .trest nolico .,otir "oor u 'ne
=, The nature OF Capt. felilys precinct is such
.a' n, o M .npex tnr n"rs cnn.I
| and leasts Of All kinds whether fowls OF tho
! air II Is IN OF the sea, clothed nude. This