The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-15
RAPID RIDE
ON A BULL
MRS. MAC ERoY HEROINE OF A
WILD ADVENTURE.
Willie Stevens, Of Equinunk, Kills
Deer with Stone-The Erie
Strike Still on-Death's Doings.
The Smith Family Reunion.

Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Susquehanna, Aug. FISHERMAN has
woman visitor who has ridden mad
bull bareback.
she is etll alive.
The heroine of this wild adventure
il Mrs. Dora MacEroy, of Asbury
Park, n. ].
Mrs. MacElroy is an experienced
horsewoman and has all her life been
accustomed to being with horses and
cattle.
Her relatives a sherman have a fine
herd of Jersey cattle-sleek and well
sroomed-and Mrs. MacElrOy, who is
visiting there, has been In the habit Of
going down TO the feeding trough every
night to watch the animals at their
meal.
1t chanced that the cattle fed from
a huge trough beside a stout fence.
To get the very best view of her
bovine friends, Mrs. MacElroy would
climb up this fence to watch them and
pat their noses.
The old bull was looking particularly
gentle the other night, according to
Mrs. MacElroy and even munchod
some grain from her hand. AS he
stood there it occurred to her that his
broad back would make an excellent
seat.
The thought no sooner entered her
head than she shouted to her COM
panions to watch her, climbed to the
topmost rail of the fence and vaulted
lightly onto the bulls back.
The effect upon the bull was start
ling, to say the least. With a tcrrify-
ing below he reared on his hind legs,
shaking himself and snortlng violently.
The terrified woman had presence of
mind enough to reach forward and
clutch at the bulls horns.
An instant later the bull shot for
ward like a bullet. Involuntarily his
rider clung TO the slippery horns with
every muscle on the strain.
The top bars separating the barn
yard from the road were down and the
bull as might he expected, chose the
direction of the road, toward which
he made a wild dash. The lower bars
We're up, however, and aS he saw them
he came To a sudden stop, nearly
throwing Mrs. MacElroy over his head.
The frightened farm hands and
others who had seen the bull start ran
after him. The bull, catching sight Of
them, once more lifting up his head,
cleared the lower bars at a lean and
started down the road at terrifying
speed, leaving those following far be-
hind
\ quarter Of a mile was covered in
this way, when once more the bull
stopped suddenly and began to paw the
ground.
Mrs. MacElroy was about to leap
from his back when some distance
ahead man suddenly turned into
the road driving gig and wearing
bright red shirt.
The color caught the eye Of the bull
He instantly ceased his paving and
once more started along the road at
terrihc speed. The man saw his dan
ger and whipped his horse. The bulls
rider clung to her stcod like a Jockey.
The awful race which followed lasted
for fully a mile. Mrs. MacElroy SAYS
that toward the end she felt her
strength fast going from her and clos
I'd her eyes, expecting TO he hurled to
The ground and perhaps to her death
at every plunge,
Fortunately the road at this point
ran up step hill and in climbing it
he bull somewhat slaCkened his pace.
This probably saved Mrs. MacEIroy's
me- nv bull lfdNlNtN INC lOp ONLY 10
see the red shirt disappearing in the
distance. In the face of this disap-
pointment the animal turned quickly
and started for home. In turning he
wrenched his rider suddenly loose from
her seat, throwing her, by fortunate
accident, into a clump of bushes
When her friends reached her she
was in a dead faint. Physicians were
hastily summoned and she was carried
home. Beyond a severe shock she had,
strangely enough, suffered no injuries
The bull, since his wild adventure
has been intractable and the owner has
been forced to confne him,
The animal shows fierce aversion
TO women and whenever he catches
sight of one he paws the ground and
bellows furiously.
He was one Of the gentlest creatures
in the herd previous to his runaway,
After very brief illness, James
Mcmahon, former resident Of this