New-York tribune., 1896-09-29
FI;nt'S Fine Furniture.
THE MOUNTED PARK POLICE
AN INTREPID BODY OF MEN.
UNIQUE CORNER CABINETS.
FACTORY PRICES.

DEEDS OF BRAVERY, Wil'h On l"O "''N'''"S
HAVE RESULTED FATALLY. OFTEN CREDITED
TO THrM-TIIE DEATH OF MiNTYRE.
rho unfortunate death Of Mounted Pairolman
rbomas MCINTYRE last week while braveiy stopping
q runaway team in West Seventy -s'cohd-S, aDo
the serious injurng OF Mounted Roundsmah huoe''
l. Howard on Friday while In the act oi s'opp'"<
n runaway on the East Drive or NehU"i ram
tring prominently to the public attention one u
tho neryiest bodies OF o. which the county
boast. , - =, 81.
Nothing could better Illustrate the courage OF tne
mon than the fact that while Mcintyre ped'n was
s,u vivid before their minds one Of their numoer
deliberately put himself into an equally dangerous
,os,,,or from which he escaped with his lie ohy
~. the merest chance. 1t is not too much 10 say
that there is not a member OF that mouh.eu io'0o
,vho "a not willing 10 risk and does not rSA a''OS'
weekly his life in the attempt to stop ruhd"asS
IN the Park and on Riverside Drive. Tnis con-
stitutes almost their entire duty. When IL Is sala
,ha, there are about FIVE hundred runa"ays IN
those parts of the city yearly, 1t can De seen ''d'
tha mounted force has TO be alert at all times
The records show that they succeed IN s'oPP'"s
about one-half of the runaways that occur.
NcIntvre's death makes the second OF the kino
.ha, has occurred since the force was organized
Tba first one was that OF Tom Holden, as brave
a man as the force has known. IL occur'eu ee'
eral years ago while he was chasing runaway
around the reservoir in the Park his horSes
e
crushed TO death. There have been accidents III
nup,erable but as a rule the officers cool courage
and ouickness them from the Fate OF foide'i
and Mcintyre This is well illustrated IN ho"aru'
case. when he jumped from his saddle JUST do A4'
horse was falling. IT.,
There is at the headquarters OF Inc farh PVN.e
hoo< containing the records of the men. 1t would
no imnosslbe to give 1.-THE OF the number that nave
been commended for brave deeds, but Few were
selected at random. There was j. l.. harVey' ".'
saved + De La Mar and wife by stopping 'he''
runaway team on November CT last year; John
poev commended for stopping a runaway j. H.
Howard commended twice. once IN 1873 ana 0n''
,r 1901. e A Howard commended for stopping
runaway on May g. 1894; Max Lasky' twice io'
stopping runaways; A. Foye' co'h''e"ueu ~,
bravery last year; "Dan" Troy, who has spiehdld
rocord for stopping runaways; Sergeant Niiliam -
ragen of the squad, who wa cominehueu io'
bravery on January A. 1889. and April - oi us
year. Patrolmen Fancy and F. 5. Smltners, DOM
puckily having stopped runaways at great perm ~
themselves; Patrick Tanning. VINO was coihiie"ueu
for stopping a runaway on April H. 1873 ana 'aef
In again trying u stop runaway had MS MP
broken and has not been on horse SINCE 'o"'
Murphy commended three times
ON one occasion Murphy was trying 10 chech
runaway saddle-horse. and was gaiiopms sVu'"
ward on the West Drive OF Central faiA' Pu'''"s
hack on the bride Of the runaway, WHICH nc "e'o'
,hen he came upon q carriage going north hea'
q
one went one side OF the carriage ana the 0'iIy
tho other side Murphy struck by the pos
and 90 badly hurt that his life was despareo VI
for time. ,.o, som.
This force of mounted police was orgahIe' -. -
aoyan Years ago with a squad OF four men, Inns
~ as gradually increased until in les- IL co"'"
sixteen men. II was In that year e"i',
.wo,,v Sour patromen two roundsmen ana s't
geont as now constituted. Eighteen OF the pa..o'.
men are stationed in Central park '"iev - ~
caventy-second-st.. which is under the ar -
,,ro,,s control and three In ,Riverside Dr'@
a -, 49,. rourdsn,eu cover all these beats IN 'no
- =, ,ba dav Sergeant EaGen Is out almost
,,r,Iv on horseback. The men go on uu's @'
o.clock in the morning and OF AZ sundG%Wn % fore.
There are thirty horses Delohsihs " ,rpey cosf
IA 'V g. ansr lot can seldom be found. I.ty 80
from s225 TO $3.50 apiece ana sreHs Ss some one of
~ H. park commissioners sufficiently -.
horses TO make it his special duey uissioner ~ No
their purchase At present II Is The horses
Milian who does most Of the bHying; & hlcs and ths
at from i've to SIX SIX yented squad are in the old
nTaenfod al the West Drive anu SlA,S SSs sr-
The men hsslyes haye py' and their animals but they
SEEM doomed TO remain their PSsep, PS NJ han tho
the nnc men ref'is of the PARK Department 1t con;
sidered an honor 10 De S''e'''1 W.
Gapan Collins has been in sharSs f. Of he 1se sa
police for the lat dour spuad and exercises
be greatest care in picking the men ior , 1G' in his
horseback Almost ms hs Soe bsys OF
fiAN& ba
,p 5are devil kind OF course they mustS,ry mus u
.ar,ain extent horsemen. but that Is se.,Vn""si.
consideration horsci"hShiP "a" ~
nerve cannot. for
ne "a isauad picks "A man known for ms leal le
iessness and tries him gets his sefs Any =" w~st
Nm on horseback. The trial IL held on t'' 80
hrdle path the sheepfold II the man f'00"b
brt he likes his horse. SHOWS no fear even NO.
Se Is not an expert horseman. ne j. HV'11pIs
thereafter he can get all the practice ne he'"S W
fore going on duty. .h,, can.
1rh, sympathy between horse and man thdt ,.F,
rain Collins insists Is a great essential -" ~
make-up Of a successful mounted paIoia"mn
evident as tho members OF the squad are S'o"
post IL is no better illustrated than wh'' q ~
mounted policeman walks about to stre'SA Altn III Nh
and rest his horse The faithful animal VIA 'f ,s
follow him about like dog When the the'S W. he
thus seen lettering along the green urNSS, ~ I'M
park II is hard TO realize what fire would ~
fused into them at sight OF a runaway, Ehis
hInp into the saddle and away In a twinAh,s NV
sympathy between man and beast Is deN'olyan,
the men having entire care OF their holS's an
The feeding They are Responsible 10, WI he
pearance which on the animal drlI uHEES Z, OF
spring invariably draws forth the adnl'