Arizona republican., 1900-10-23
A WILD RUNAWAY
Breaking the Record Between Tempe
 and Phoenix.

pr. Moeur of Tempe and young man by the name of Keller yesterday broke the Arizona r cord for peril ous long distance ride and simul- taneously the overland record between Tempe and Phoenix. For eight miles il may be said that death was expected every yard. Thus these gentlemen en- dured, as any one may ascertain by simple mathematical calculation, 1i.0S0 deaths apiece.
 Dr. Mou=r has q team of handsome, valuable but very spirited horses. He starred to Phoenix yesterday morning accompanied by Keller, who is stopping at Tempe for his health. The horses were equipped with smoother bits than usual. but they went all right until after crossing the river. Then some thing happened and they We're off. Wat son Pickrell was a shol, distance ahead accompanied by Jack Harris Mr. Pickrell has a Very good horse and an aSthmatic affection which the dust of this country aggraVates so that he takes as little of it as possible. That is one reason why he drives a good horse. He look d behind and saw pr. -hOGuL Nbiillll5 IIt lupli IlN. -NDN lilIS is commercial trick. Dr. Moeur wants u fill my bronchial tubes with dust 50 he can enlarge his drug market" MT. Pickrell, with the object of pressing, or. rather, holding down the demand for drugs. touched up his horse and the rac@ was on. pr. Mo-Jr kept shouting, For Gods sake, Get out of the way" Mir. PickrelI could not hear him, but looking back over his shoulder he saw that if it was a race Dr. Moeur was making a desperate effort to throw it. He managed to slide his horse and buggy into d gulley at tn roadside just in time 'co escape destruction, and the wild team galloped on with fearful chatter. The buggy swayed it flew over the uneven road rod after rod on two wh5 els. IL did not look as if the occupants could live for quarter of a mile Mr. Pickrel sped after the runaway team as fast as possible, but on reaching the top of the first emi- hence this side of Tempe GOV ring range of several miles. saw nothing in sight. He hurried on, expecting to find a wreck and the mangled bodies of Dr. Moeur and Keller somewhere along the road, but the only thing he found was Eeller's hat.
 pr. NIoeur has not been scared often in his lifetim so yesterday he eNperi- enced an infrequent sensation. He told Keller he thought nothing but a dis aster would stop the team and Keller regretted that h had not died among his eastern friends instead of coming to Arizona. All that could be done was to keep the horses in the road, but at every bridge crossing it looked as if the end would come. At all these places though, it seemed as if the buggy were thrown across and aughted upon the wheels. Once Keller rose to jump, but his nerve fortunately failed him and he sat down. They flew through d band of Indian cattle and miraculously avoided a collision. Finally Keller's nerve came back and he rather enjoy d the sensa- ton. He wished the horses could fly so that they could get where they We're going the more quickly.
 pr. Moeur tugged at tn reins until his arms were palsied, and then Keller took turn. After circulation had been restored to pr. Moeur they both pulled and that way they turned into tn eastern extension of Van Buren street. Something happened then that i'm proved the hors s' speed. The buggy. a new one, had cushioned tires. Those on the front wheel were cut in two by the horses els and one of them still clinging to the wheels Tapped over and over with a noise resembling pistol shots.
 The fury of the runawaY3 was un- abated at Seventh street and pr. Moeur knowing that it would be fatal to turn, determined to keep che horse on the street and thence into the Yuma road and on t1 Yuma. A: an undimin- ished rate of speed he expected ,o reach the Colorado some tim- in the after noon.
 The houses along the street arrested the attention of the horses, already woIn by their long race, and covered with foam. At Fourth street the driV- CTS renewed their efforts end almost unexpectedly the run1ways slowed up and stopped at Second. Dr Moeur and Keller were white as ghosts and SD weak under the relaxation that they were unable to drive the horses to t livery stable For an houc afterward they staggered with weakness as they walked and then color returned slowly.
 The time in which they came from the Tempe bridge to Phoenix is a mat ter of conjecture. They do not know precisely when the race begun or even a what minute they left iempe. Som. idea may be formed of the general speed by the fact that though Messrs. Pickrell and Harris lost no time in the pursuit, they did not arrive in town until half an hour after the runaways were put into the stable. A dozen peO- pie had narrow escapes along the