Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-22
INHALED ON A POST.
Q. A. Valentines Horse Met With
 Serious Accident.

There was considerable excitement ,n Grand street shortly before noon today when q horse belonging to .. A. Valentine X Co, painters and decorat- orc oot scared at trimoter ana summed onto the iron post to which he was hftched, infiicting wound III one of his hind quarters, from which blood flowed so freely that it was thought the animal would bleed to death before medical attendance could he secured The trimoter belongs 10 E H. Towle, of Center street, ana was in charge of young man named Tvrrell. who, with another young mah' were heading for Hicks restaurant on Sou+h Main street when the accident occurred. and knew nothing about the horse ouestion until Sergeant fagih acquainted them of it at dinner Ill the restaurant. Mir Tyrrell said that ne had just come down to dinner anu had noticed nothing unusual on the way. He said that no horse hau sho"n Il signs of being scared at tue sight oi the machine. and then got up irolh the dinner table and accompanied os- car Valentine to the yard at the eh- trance to Gilmore's blacksmith shop. where Veterinary Surgeon J. l.. De'- ereaux was in attendance on the lh- jured horse.
 There was so much blood on the sidewalk and on the paving plocks where the accident happened that peo- nle on their way home from the stores and factories at noon thought that soma one had been murdered theres and the presence of Sergeant Pagan and Officer Healey heightened interest in inc scene, so that many stopped and wanted to know what it was all .hout A little bit of girl. evidently hent upon creating q sensation. Stoppeu to inuuire what had happened. and when she learned the facts she turned AWAY with a shudder and remarked as she skinned off: "Another man gone; committed suicide. Whats getting in to the men folks. anyway Then sne started down Grand street ana hei'u- ed uD Union street as if she 1elt lha' she had frittered away some Valuapie time which would cost some tooth- some morSels at the dinner table
 F. F. Wright. the roof painter, ana n. H. Tierney. were standing near pH when the trimoter passed along ana saw the horse struggle and jump onto inc nost- MT Wright said that he knew the 1ellOW III clldI Se oI tiiS iii'' chine was ignorant of the fact that the horse had become scared. for the accident occurred after he had passed, and inasmuch as the man probably heard no commotion and did not look behind, he was not aware that the presence of the modern vehicle had caused any trouble.
 The veterinary finally succeeded i'll stopping the hemorrhage and the horse was removed to Dr DevereauX's sta bles on Kendrick avenue, where It will be confined for some time. if it ever recoyerS. The post pierced the inside left quarter. seyerlng the large artery The animal was worth about S2OO The accident is bad enough as it is, but it might have been much worse if the horse had not been well secured by q stout rope and could not get loose. It shows the necessity Of hitchinS horses, no matter how well disposed they may be. for no one can tell what will happen from time to time that might cause the quietest horse in town to become unmanageable and do considerable damake. Half the people who own horses leave them unhitched and it is a wonder that we do not hear of more runaways. We would. perhaps, were it not for the fact that a large share of them are glad to get a chance to stand.