New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-08
WILD BRONCO Runs FOR MILES.
GIVES DOZEN POLICEMEN A STIRRING
CHASE AND INJURIES TWO OF THEM

CHASE AND INJURIES TWO OF THEM
One Of the broncos corralled In the pen A, ohe-
hundred a nd y-seventhst and Eighth-ave broke
away from his keepers yesterday afternoon ana
ran for miles through the city streets Dozens OF
nol,cemen TONED In the chase. some on horses.
son,e on foot. and half dozen on bicycles. Two
Of the latter were seriously injured. They are "a
trolmen LAM and William J. Hanley.
Richard Weber a butcher at No. 27 East One
hundred a nd -twcntieth-st. bought the bronco IN
question. and sent two Of his men to the yard to
take the animal home. John Morris thirty-hve
wears old a laborer Of No. 1853 Park-ave, ana
william, Mackey of No 331 East One-hundred- and
tbIr,v-second-st are the unfortunate pair who
undertook to execute this commission. Both are
now in a police station. awaiting trial for letting
the horse go Both declare they had no option In
The matter-that the bronco wanted TO go. and
went
He was little bit OF a bronco. and as Morris led
him ont NJ the ward Mackey criticised the action Of
the boss in 'sendin' us both for that httle
thing" Once in Eighth-ave the animal kicked
Mackev and Morris into the gutter and fed south
Bicycle Policeman LAM rode in pursuit. ana
caught hold OF the rope halter The little morse
Jumped sidewise. and LAM took header unlike
any he had ever before experienced A. One-hun-
drad-and- forty fth-st the animal turned ana al
most running over crowd Of school children. made
his way to the Boulevard. LAM was in pursuit.
blowing his whistle for help Bicycle Patrolmen
hundred a nd twefth-st At Observation-Disclosures
G, the bronco concluded that he had had enough or
tho Roluevard and gaoped furiously 10 Riverside
Drive.
nv this time four mounted policemen were also
In nursuit Policemen on foot thought II their duty
10 chase the runaway the length or their posts
Az Seventy-eighth-st the bronco jumped fence
into a beautiful lawn. and did a lot OF damage 70
grass and shrubbery. and when the policemen got
in to catch him the willy animal as promptly
Jumped out. At Seventeth-st. the horse made
evinr lump over the stone wall. and landed on the
New-York Central tracks. forty feet below. The
Policemen Jumped from their wheels thinking the
animal must have broken his neck. but they reck-
oned not on Western bronco
The horse picked himself up and sped along down
the tracks In one place just getting out OF the
way OF a suburban train in time to save his life
The policemen gave chase on foot The horse tired
of tho tracks az sixty-ffth-st., and. running
to No Sls scaled hve-foot fence, and fell on the
other side. completely exhausted
The policemen were at his heels. and were quite
ne ready 10 give up the struggle as was the h-onco.
They climbed the fence, the bronco lying as
~ dead and congratulated themselves that they
had their game at last The bronco. ike prize
fighter trying to recuperate, lay still until Police
man Hanley tried to catch his halter. With a
sprne he bounded into the air. and gave Hanley a
kick in the groin that put him Of the fight i'm
mediatey. Quick as lightning the amman let us
time and Policeman Mullarkey. with the aid Of
several citizens, caught him. and some yards OF
cothesline were wrapped about the prostrate AMI
mails legs A dozen men then dragged the bronco
across the street 10 the vacant lot az NO. sly ana
tied him 10 a post and truck ,,
An ambulance took both the injured policemen
TO the Roosevelt Hospital and later they W ,tan
taken home IN u eabs and srresed the men who
had allowed the horse 10 get loose