The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-30
KEEPER NEARLY GORED
 DEATH,
Morrison's Narrow Escape from a Buff
 falo at Van Cortlandt Park.

Morrison's Narrow Escape from Bur
 falo at Van Cortlandt Park.
 New York, Nov. 29.-There was an exciting time of it up in Van Cortlandt park yesterday when several keepers tried to transfer the herd of buffaloes there into some freight cars for snip ment. The herd consisted of twenty three animals, which were loaned some time ago to the city by the late Aus tin Corbin. As they did not thrive well in the city park, arrangements were made to return them to the New Hamp- shire farm of the Corbin estate.
 The animals were gathered in four pens near the railroad track yesterday, where the cars were drawn up for their reception. ..
 The work of getting the animals into the cars was begun in the afternoon, but 1t was z o'clock before it was fin ished. It was attended by considerable trouble, and one of the men was se- verely injured and narrowly escaped being gored to death. D,
 The men in charge of the work were -NAAAP ~hicA ASSAiJ GIL SAiPioyS VA NN~> Corbin estate; John Corbett, who is in charge of the deer herd in Van Cort- landt park, and Mounted Park Police man O'Neill. There were also keepers there, and several persons who live in the neighborhood gathered about the enclosure.
 The majority of the buffaloes were driven from the pens into the cars without accident, but when it came the turn of the leader of the herd, mag nificent bull called Major Mckinley, there was trouble. The Major had evidently made up his mind not to leave the city's grazing ground without putting up fight
 He took position in the middle of the pen and assumed quiet demeanor, so much so that he deceived the keep CTS. H" e-ta
 Morrison climbed over the fence and entered the enclosure with the inten- tion of driving the animal to the gate and into the car. As he had been with the herd for long time, he thought all the animals knew him and recogniz- ed him as master. The big bull eyed his approach and remained quiet until he got pretty near. Then the animal lowered his head let out a roar and charged down on the man. Morrison saw that the buff falo was in earnest, and realizing his | danger, sped for the wire fence sur- | rounding the enclosure. | It was an exciting race between the | two, but the crowd outside saw that l the animal was gaining on the man. They shouted to the bull, hoping to frighten him off, but he paid no atten- tion to the shouts.
 Morrison had almost gained the fence when the buffalo was upon him and struck him with his head. Morrison went down and slammed up against the wire fence, just as the buffalo, rais- ing his head with the expectation of tossing the man, brought up against the fence post.
 The animal was little bit staggered by the collision with the post, but drew back to make another charge on the man. Morrison, seeing this, quickly jumped up and clambered over the fence. He was quite sore this morning from the bruises he received.
 The Major was afterwards gotten in- to the car without injuring anyone else.
 One of the four-year-old COW buffa- loes made a mad rush for the wire fence and broke through and charged down on the crowd of people. Keeper John Corbett, with a long pole, whack- ed the animal on the head several times and so frightened it that it charged back again and broke through wire fence into an enclosure.
 The animals started for the Corbin estate this morning. Two of the herd have been presented to the city and are still in Van Cortlandt park.