The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-01
WAS A GENERAL RUNAWAY.
Four Horses Made Things Lively on
Congress- Street


Congress Street.
Congress street, between Bull and Bar
nard was enlivened shortly after noon
yesterday by the liveliest thing in the way
of a runaway that it has seen in many
a day. Four teams were mixed up in it,
and matters were very warm for a few
seconds. The horses were moving in a
hurry and no time was lost in bringing
the action TO close.
The fun was started by a horse belong
ing to S. Guckenheimer's Sons. The ami
NAL took fright and dashed up Congress
street toward the market. AS he passed
Ladeveze's he struck Britt Rogers horse
and buggy, knocking the horse down and
breaking the buggy. The Guckenheimer
horse sped on, unhurt toward the mar
ket. Rogers sprang to his horses head
as soon as the animal had regained his
feet and prevented him from INDUCING
a very evident desire to do a little run
ming himself. Then some one called to
Mr.. Rogers to '1ook out" and he Cooked
out" just in time, for the third entry in
the race was about to get in his work.
That was a horse belonging to Boley 8
grocery store.
The Guckenheimer horse had frightened
the Boley horse as he dashed by. The Bo-
ley horse decided he had business e. st On
Congress that demanded his immediate at
tentlon Losing sight of the fact that he
was supposed TO be a very steady and So
Der delivery animal, upon whose good con-
duct the dinners of various hOus ewives
depended, the grocery horse got in action.
and the employees of the store who had
been loading the wagon with orders,
watched him start on his mad career W. tn
500 worth of groceries behind him.
The warning TO Mr. Rogers, who wa
looking for no danger from the direction
in which the first runaway had disappear
cd, came In the nick of time and he was
able to clear the way for the 30 ey no s..
That animal went by like a fash, those
watching him growing speculative and
wondering If il would not be a COON hens
to buy the plug and enter him ia the
Brooklyn handicap He was showing fine
going qualities but they were not very
staying, for a collision awaited him
ahead
Rounding the corner of Bull and Con-
gress and bound west on the latter street
was a horse and buggy owned by the
Georgia Brewing Company and driven by
a co,ored boy. The driver had no chance
against the on-coming grocery steed. That
animal was going like the wind, and the
crash came with a noise OF rendng har-
ness and breaking wagon and buggy.
The boy was pitched several feet into
the air by the shock of the collision and
landed heavily on his head. That was
said afterward, for a bruise on the ankle
His head showed not the least trace of
cut or other injury, though he had land
ed solidly on il on the asphalt. When he
struck the pavement the boy rebounded
and was on his feet in an instant. Then
he made a wild break for the square,
seeming to think that safety lay there
The brewery horse stood where the col
lision occurred, apparently TOO frightened
to move. The buggy he drew was pretty
badly hurt. The grocery wagon stood
there, too, the horse having torn loose
and continued on his mad career without
impeachment. He was caught further up
the street and was later mildly deliver
ing groceries as though he had never run
away in his life.
But the neighborhood of the overturned
wagon to which he had been htched was
a sight 10 behold. Eggs seemed to have
been the principal freight Of the wagon,
for they were scattered broadcast over
the pavement which ran whites and
yokes Mixed with the eggs were -four,
tomatoes hams, potatoes and many
things besides. The loss was rather serious
to Mr. Boley, whose wagon was also bad
~ damaged.