The sun., 1900-06-20
GRAY HORSE UpTHE STAIRS,
RUNAWAY'S INTRUSION sTARrLEs
FOLK ~ GROCERY STORE,
He Was Moses Elsman's Trotter aad. Leaving
Hts Owner and Broken Rig behind, Hc.
Was seeking a Quiet COrner-Got to the se.
cond Story and went Down by Elevator.

He Was Moses Elsman's Trotter aad. L~aylns
Hts Owner and Broken Rig behind, Hc.
Was Seeking q Quiet COrner-Got to the se.
cond Story and went Down by Elevator.
Richard Phillips of $40 West Thirty-ninth h
street and Moses Eisman, who lives at the Hotel
Lincoln, are both enthusiastic horsemen They
started for the Speedway 6y way Of Eighth
avenue yesterday afternoon, each with his
trotter. for a friendly brush At Forty fourth
street. Eismans horse, a spirited little gray.
was scared by piece OF paper which was blown
past his nose and gave jump which pulled out
the shafts from their ball bearings. Eisman
gripped the rcins hard and shouted Whoa, :"
but the shafts struck against the horses heels
and he bolted Eisman was pulled over the
dashboard and was dragged fully seventy five
feet before he succee ded in disentanging him.
self from the reins
The gray horse, free from restraint. veered
to tho west side Of the avenue. At Forty
sixth street he ran back TO the east side to es-
cape a collision with furniture van. Then he
decided to run OIL the sidewalk and the trouble
began. First of all he bumped into lamp
post and knocked of a mailbox, The cang
of the iron as 1t struck the sidewalk at his heels
made him jump ahead the faster and he bumped
knocked him down. Charles Baker Of Forty
fifth street and Ninth avenue. who is a cripple
was unable to get out Of the way and was bowed
over next. One OF his crutches was broken.
Mrs. Mary Palmer Of 3l7 West Forty-fourth
street, was half a block away. but she was 20
badly frightened that she tainted away.
by this time the horse was IN from, Of the
Wholesale grocery store Of Smith and Fills.
The big double door was open, but several
barrels OF molasses were between the horse
and the door. The horse wanted to run TO
barrels. He simply jumped over them and
bolted headlong into the store. customers and
clerks flying before him.
Fifteen feet from the entrance In the store
Is wide staircase leading to the second floor.
There are four steps, then broad landing,
and then seventeen steps more. The shouts
of the, clerks and customers frightened the gray
SO badly that he made straight FOR the staircase.
lie didn't hesitate, but went up the stairs as
fast as he couldrun. till at the tophe got tangled
among some barrels. and AT last became wedged
so that he could not move hi> fore legs. lie
could move his hind heels, however, and moved
them with vengeance. irving 10 kick himself
free.
The Offices Of the firm are on this Aoor and
there vas ianic when the horse appeared.
Mhen it was seen that he was tanglded SO that
he couldn't move easily the clerks recovered
their presence Of mind and lust a the beast
was about to wrench himself free they grabbed
him by the head and held IL firmly Somebody
mUpped his head with cold water and others
lttleu llltll anu IilkfI ~'h IfllnEly 10 MN,
soon had the animal quiet and released him
How TO get him down.tairs was facer at
nr,t They tried to lead him down the stair
way, but he refused to go step further when
he reached the head of the stairs They tried
10 back him down, but he wouldn't bulge.
that way either Everybody was about TO give
itup when the bright clerk Of the force remarked
that they wer" all chump. not TO have thought
of the freight elevator in III" rear of the building
on the Furtv-~iNth street side The others
were So delighted with this suggestion that they
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20 the elevator and pulled the elevator up TO he
level of the floor. Then they started TO lead the
horse onto it, He started willingly enough,
but the first hoof he placed on the elevator
had gone Just as far As he ought to go and they
could not bulge him another inch, They
pushed and pulled. but the animal stood on
some one twisted the beasts tail. and he made
n lean at landed him sGuarely on the elevator.
E'iNr" he could get OF again they started the
elo ;Glor for the ground floor.
r;lgh there the gray horse lost all his skit
ii I'm" or any desire he had eyer had for
making trouble. He tremblrd in every limb
and when the elevator reached the ground
floor neakly submitted TO being led ont and
thence to the street. In all Of his experiences
ia hadn't sustained a single cut, A slight
bruisa on the shoulder where he had struck the
lamppost. was the only injury he had received
Meanwhile, Eisman had been carried into a
store and so had Mrs. Palmer and Donohue and
Baker and an ambulance had been sent for
Hospital. He found that the victims Of the
runaway had all ESCAPED with comparatively
slight injuries, Elsman was the worst hurt
His face and head werr cut and scratched and
he was go badly bruised that he could move only
with difficulty. He was taken home in Mr. Phil
lips's runGbout Donohue and Baker had few
scratches and contusons and Mrs. Palmer
was not injured at all. The gray horse was put
up In livery stable nearby for the night
A hanson horse ran away at Fifth avenue and
Slxtieth street about $50 O'Clock last evening
and at FEty-ninth street collided with a cross
town car. Several Of the ear windows were
broken and the passengers wer" badly frightsn-
ened. The horse was thrown down and kicked
80 furiouslv that he broke the shafts Of the
hanson and parts Of the harness then got on his
feet and ran down the avenue. Bicycle Police
man Webb chased the runaway and catching
up with him az Forty-eighth street seized the
nearest rein. and leaving his wheel yanked
the rein so hard that he threw the horse down
He then sat on the animals head until help came
The rig belonged 10 George Shay OF 4j2 East
Forty-f1rst street The driver was William
Childs.
Simon T Hoven Of Long Island City, while
bicycling at Fiffy-eighth street and Broadway
about o'clock. ran into cab driven by james
Nc, onnell of AL Berry street Brooklyn and
was thrown from his wheel He was hurt in
one eye. At Roosevelt Hospital II was said that
the injury was serious