Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-08-14
ONLY A MAD STALLION.
BUT HE HAD BLOOD IN HIS EYE AND
MADE THINGS WARM.
Thrilling aud Nearly Fatal Adventure
In CAnads-A Mad Horse That Had No
Fear Of Men, whips, HaItsrs or Guns.
A College Boy 10 o right Place.

F1f ~ men, WHIPS Guns
College nov 10 right Place.
have had several disagreeable encoun-
len with vicious horses, but only once was
80 unfortunate ss to fall In with Que pos
essed hN honicidm mania. My escape
= Nas ~ narrow, aud the experience left 10
ieep an impression upon my mind, that
have felt ever since AN instructive distrust
Tor this most noble of domestic animals.
One autumn, when | was about ~, ! was
taking tramp through the eastern town
ships Of Quehcc. preparatory TO rr~uming
work at college. ! reached the little village
ot Msyhury one day ri noon and dropped
into the village inn Tor luncheon TIE
Nitlage was Ia state ni excitement over
tragedy which had taken plAre that very
morning, aud which wa- speedily detailed
10 me by every one with whom / came in
contact. hoy living on farm near the
village had hecn Killed IN the n,oSt horri.
bile manner by a line stallion that had Qons
suddenly mad a fierce anger stirred Ia
my veins IN listened 10 the story. aud 4
asked the inn keeper. who was my inform.
ant, what they had done To the brute
Well, answered liouiface ''this after
noon there's crowd goin ont TO ketsh
him All lie him up. II he's too had far
tha,-an' IT know anything about horses
he's just gone mad, stark mad--why.
they u nave 70 shoot him OIL hand to save
their own necks"
Wonder II u run any risk OF meeting
him. ] queried rather anxiously. had
no weapon but my heavy walking stick,
aud had almost u sentimental regard for
the integrity OF my neck.
men way bc you bound' inquired
bohiiAcs
N
por bliSsEillr, answered
va said ne YOU r- all right then.
Tue horses are iredin out yonder TO the
no 'heo'. ahi niisSViiie lays south"
- ANFLkAsANI hEktiNa.
"as WIN rev hiissNlhgs that now
ss"ihru my journey
"as soon beyond ihr "nl: waited fields,
pas' the last o. tht i#h had climbed
uhe ~ th"se foGAt terraces and made 10
yaras across the "re"hN down when be-
n.hn low Ah"li caught sight OF group
" hotses qhi''ly pshtnrlnx, and remem-
Erei WIN Aqhalm the morning tragedy
1ouiu lhls' ! asked myself, be the herd
containing ihat mad stallion!
h"iteu anu WAS about to retrace my
Steps unobtrusively, in the hope that had
escaped thelr notice bnt u was too late.
iwo or three OF the ANIMALS raised their
heaus ahh looked st me. One IN the group
shor''u Win peculiar half whinny. at the
sonnh ol which my heart sunk
iheh cahght SIGHT OF one ~ the center,
"hlch seemed 10 be Jumping up ia the air
on All TOUR Ieet Al once. The next miRute
TINS creature, great black animal, ap-
Psa'eu oubsiue tbe group, piunsing and
S'ink AT MS hahk. ihen' Win snort,
ufeadihl sohni' he dArtei toward me, open
mou'ueh'
SP 20 this point had stnod my ground
4 eysihS the hrnte reAolutely, with an Ap
pes'rahce of fearlesrnesS that ! was serJ
iAf from Irsiihg bnt now SAW that my
only hope, nnt thai desperate one, lay in
night wa accounted al college hrnt
| rate sprintrr hnh nov ran my best. The
40 yaris ihht lay between me and the ter
race ! hhh jnst lett must have teen GOV
ered 10 not much more than twenty sec.
onds Bni as reached the brow u the
slope the mad hrtt WIS close on my heels
had no time 10 check myself, and even
less notion 10 do 10 In fact ! fell. and
rolled headlong down, dropping, bruised
aud be"iidered, into creVice between two
powders. The next instant ! saw tbe
oiack mass oi my pursuer dashIng over me
10 a splendid heap. Before lac could turn
aud seize me had rolled further into the
creyice, and found that one OF the rocks
oNerhung so a. To form a little narrow
cave. into which could squeeze myself 80
lar a. 10 he quite beyond the animals
reach
Never before or since have discovered
30 unexpected and proNidential refuge.
The raSink stallion came bounding and
leaping up TO the very door Of my burrow,
but ] felt safe. lie would roll back his
lips, lay his ears Hat TO his head. spring
straight into the air and shrek through
bis wide red nostrils his fury and his chnl-
lenge The latter did not think It iucum.
bent upon me To accept waived it In dis
dainful silence
For time the brute kept up his bound
lnRs and those strange, proud jerkings Of
his head. but at last he actually tried 10
stretch bis neck into my burrow aud reach
me with his frightful naked teeth
It must have been for nearly an hour
that watched the mad creatures antics
from uIy den
| was beginning to cast about somewh
an nxiously for way of escape from this
imprisonment when | saw the pasturing
herd suddenly toss up their heads and then
90 scurrying away across the down. Ny
adversary saw this, too. and turned his at
ientiou away from me peercd forth
cautiously. and to my profound relief OBJ
served a party OF men, several carrying
ropes aud halters and others armed with
rifles. approaching the terrace foot. One
mRn walked a little ahead OF the Others
and held out peck measure in which he
shook something which presume TO have