Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1893-03-11
NOW ron A hoRsE LAuoH.
sappessi A,tsaptsa s.iriae ss . saddle
Nag 1. the East River.

| NHu ~ ths East htvet,
Society shiyered when IL read this
announcement in tho New York
morning papers:
~ gray horse, sixteen hands In
height, harncssed with q saddle and
blanket, was found ia the East river.
at the foot Of fitty-hfth street. last
night The animal was rescued and
the police sent ont u general alarm
for an owner. II is not known how
the horse got into the water"
Could IL be possible that one OF the
darlings OF the horse show had fallen
into the river, and. what IL worse.
into the hands oi the police? Surely
soricty has had enough Of police cases
NJ the show. Yet the drcnched horse
was the fashionable color. the correct
height AID WAS properly equipped.
shortly before \ o'clock one night
two small boys sitting on the edge
OF the pier saw big. moving OBJ
ject coming slowly up the stream,
against the current The bows
scrambled back thinking that d sea
monster was going to land at East
fifty-ninth street. They yelled for
the police. Policeman Powers hur-
ried down to the pier. looked out
over the leviathan and suddenly re-
mcmbcred that he was on post
But his courage returned. and ho
and the two boys took a longer
lock at the noundering animal.
"its an ornithorhyncus." said
Powers.
"Er hipperpotamus. suggested one
OF the boys.
"iawp, dat's q rhinoceros." said
the other hoy.
A snort, followed by u neigh and q
plaintive whinny, came from tho
ornithohipporhincccrou Then Pow
ers' mighty ""ain and eaglo eye
served him ws...
1D,.It's a horse 30 s...d.s
The pier Is twelve feet alb, ,e the
water. Powers eagle eye spied the
private bath house ot Colonel KoniR,
moored just north Of the pier. His
eagle eye spied furthe. and saw that
entrance to the bath house was Of
fected through u door that opened
into the stream. His eagle eye meas.
ured the door and tho horse, and told
him that the horse could not enter
the door. Then his mighty brain
took q hand. He must get the horse
into the bath house. All, q thought!
Boys" no said, q skiing rapidly
a. many great men when their
brains arc gallor ., boys. get q
boat. Get oars, .. Row out % the
horse Don't row ahead OF him. or hs
will cat you. Don't row on either
side Of him, or he will swamp you.
Don't row too close To- his heels or he
will swat you. Keep q highly re-
spectacle distance behind him and
shoe him on up stream TO tho bath
house"
The boys did ss they were told.
Then Policeman Powers eagle eye
spied q rope. He summoned more
help. ho opened the bath house
door. The boys drove the horse near
or. Policeman Powers dropped rope
over him. Then oil pulled except the
boys. who husband. The horse hoat-
cd gently into tho bath house. Bang
went the door. and Policeman Powers
had arrested another suspicious char
sctcr uodar strong presumptive evil
dsncs OF attempted suicide, for an ex-
ira rope was found around his neck.
The prisoner was rubbed dry and Q
new blanket was put on him. He was
To tho dungeon walls with .
rope aud locked up for the night. In
the morning all East Fif,y-hfth street
turned out with ropes, and after much
pulling and moro yelling and lots OF
eagle eye ard mighty brain, the pris-
oner was landed on the dock and
at the head OF q triumphant
procession 10 tho police station. Tho
prisoner Is still unidentified. The
farclcal failure OF the horse show 10
supposed to have discouraged the
horse and caused his rash act.