The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-27
CHASED BY a BUFFALO.
The Adventure Of Foolish Youth at thu
Golden Gate Park

The Adventure Of q Foolish Youth at the
Golden Gate Park
There came near being tragedy at
Golden Gate park thu other day, the
circumstances OF which might have
caused the event to be ludicrous were
1t not for the fact that the episode for
a brief period was fraught with much
danger to an over-venturesome youth
who desired to closely study the ha bits
of the bumped inha bitant of the plains
while in a state OF captivity.
At the buffalo paddock there IS usual
~ on Sunday afternoons a crowd of
people, and in every crowd there IS
always to be found one or more
who delight in poking the animals
with a cane when they approach
the fence, Just TO see how they
will act So frequent did the
practice of annoying the buffalo
become that 20 preserve their respective
tempers and prevent their eyes from be-
ing punched out. park policeman was
detailed to especially look after the buff
falo and deer paddocks. Even then the
cruel practice did not stop and several
arrests were made.
Yesterday young man recl1lesSlv
entered the Enclosure and very soon had
his hands full OF trouble. He climbed
the fence on the opposite side of the
paddock from where Officer Dearborn
was standing, and was seen by no one
until the animals discovered his pres
ence.
The callow youth had made up his
mind to pet Baby Ruth. the young buff
falo calf. and slowly and cautiously
made his way toward the youngster.
which was lying in the shade quite
distance from the larger bufaloes
which were doing and lazily chewing
their cud in the shelter Of IA large tree.
Suddenly everybody was startled at
hearing bleat of fear and alarm from
the calf, which came scampering down
toward the COW. Instantly Bill Bunker
and Ben Harrison were on their feet.
The cow saw the bushes move little
distance off and charged on the young
man, who ran toward the fence to
make his escape. But the cow overlook
him, and striking him terrific force from
the rear sent him sprswling into the
brush. BY this time the two male buff
faioes had Joined the COW ready to lend
assistance and with loud Following con-
tinually charged at the thicket where
the youth had managed to crawl. Luck
ilv for him he was knocked into place
where the brush is high and thick, and
found secure hiding place where tho
enraFed buffaloes could not see him
Time and again the f1ery-eyed ami
mails charged at the brush, which they
could not penetrate, giving vent to
hoarse bellowings and ipawing up the
earth in their frantic rage at not being
able to reach him. Nothing could be
done at the time to rescue the foolish
youth from his perilOus position, rs it
would be certain death to enter the
paddock among the angry buffaloes, so
Policeman Dearborn called out to him
to lie still until the anGered beasts
ouieted down. After waiting a half
hour, during which the buffaloes cir
cled around the thicket a number of
times and made many attempts to get
at their termentor, they retired and al
lowed the trem bling and badly bruised
youth to escape.
Policeman Dearborn decided not TO
arrest the young man, as ne had been
taught a good lesson and doubtless one
that he viii remember-SanF Francisco
Examiner.