New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-26
TWO EXCITING RUN1 Ways.
ONE DASHES THROUGH THE Park. THE
OTHER UP RIVERSIDE DRIVE.
RoUNDsMAN HOWARD NARROWLY ESCAPES MIN
TYRES SAD FATE IN TRYING TO STOP THE
FIRST HORsE-T1IE SECOND KNOCKS THREE

TYRES SAD FATE IN TRYING To STOP THE
FIRST HoRsE-T1iE SECOND KNOCKS THREE
CYCLISTS FROM THEIR WHEELS
runaway ~~ourred yesterday in Riverside
Drive. the result Of which more or less serious
injuries were sustained by the driver of the We
hice and by cyclists who out wheeling.
These were of minor importance. however. com
pared to the narrow escape which Roundsman
Hubert l.. Howard had in trying to capture a
runaway with the blind staggcrs in the East
Drive Of Central Park. in line with One-hun-
dred-and -sixth-st at ) o'clock in the afternoon.
His escape from being crushed under the horse
in the same manner in which Policeman Thomas
R. Mcintyre was when he met tragic death on
Wednesday was little less than a miracle
horse attacht TO a phaeton, owned and
driven by F. NJ Wheeler, Of No. II West Fifty
eighth-st.. was seized with blind saggers at
one hundred and tenth st and Tenth-ave. just
the driver was about to enter the upper en-
trance to the East Drive in Central Park The
horse dashed wildly through the entrance.
Roundsman Howard of the mounted squad. who
the entrance. saw the horse coming
toward him. and swung himself into his saddle.
The runaway was staggering from one side OF
the road to the other in his wild flight and it was
At One-hundred- and -Sixth-st. the rounds
mans horse stumbled and fell. but Howard
saved himself from the fate of Policeman NC
Intyre by springing from the saddle as the
horse rolled upon his side AS 1t was, he re-
ceived serious injuries. his hands, arms ana
hips were badly lacerated and his body
was covered with severe contusions which need
ed the attention of a surgeon. Without waiting
to see how badly he injured he sprang
again into the saddle and dashed after the
horse, which forty yards further on staggered
and feli into the roadway. overturninS the
phaeton. where he was held by Policeman
Fancy who caught the horse just as he feH.
Mr. Wheeler sustained sprained ankle ana 70
ceived severe contusiOns about the head and
BODY He was taken to his home in the Park
ambulance and the damaged wagon and horse
were taken to the Park stables.
An hour or two before this accident George
r. Ferguson. a mounted policeman. caught
runaway horse attached to a light wagon IN
Riverside Drive. at One-hundred-and-lfteen
ST. The horse became frightened at a steam
roller in the Drive at One-hundred- and eleventh.
St and Daniel Horton. Of No. ia West seventy r.
seventh-st. who was driving the frightened ami
NAL. was thrown out Of the wagon the latter
struck a tree and was upset. SIR. Horton es-
caned with few slight scratches about the
hands and face. There were a number of plcA-
clists in the Drive at the time, ana altnouSh
they tried 10 escape from the path Of the fright
ened animal several of them were Knocked OH
their wheels by the runaway horse as he dashed
I'D the drive at full speed. and were more or less
seriously injured.
Among those who had their injuries attended to
hv a surgeon from the Manhattan Hospital be-
sides Mr. Horton. the driver Of the runaway. were
Miss Schwerin. Of No. 2.2GS SecOnd-ave. who had
her left leg injured; Harry Muse. OF no. i"'9
C.cop1-aya who had his right leg injured. and
7 I stevens Of No. 40 West Eighty -seventh-st.
who had his right hand and right leg injured
After the injured persons had been attended the
cyclists went home taking their wheels which
we're considerably damaged Mr.. Horton had his
horse restored to him by Policeman Ferguson
and subsequently went to his home