The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-08
EXCITING RUNAWAY
OWNER, WITH BATTERED FACE
 PURSUED THE HORSE.
The Race Was Spectuacular as It Sped Along Dexter Avenue and a Large Crowd Enjoyed
 the Fun.

While pr. D. A. Thompson, a Mobile County travelling physician. who is tenn having his whiskers moved down by a Court Street barber yesterday afternoon, someone shouted through the door that his ss ssrss bin hsa s1.s run sway tSs ao..or
 ing from the chair with a superb dis regard of the razor. which thereby mar rowly missed his jugular vein, I've got
 He rushed to the door and reached the street just in time to see the animal. a small red Texas pony, swarming to- wards Dexter Avenue, the buggy. a long coupled vehicle. bounding along in the
 At the moment of the horses sudden bolt the doctors face was hidden behind a mask of lather ct least an inch thick. ance visible was a foot of hay-coIored whiskers protruding from his china first- rate imitation, to include the lather, of shock of wheat in snowbank. With beauty was somewhat marred by the mask of shaving soap, Dr. Thompson bounded into the center of the street: hatless and excited. and began 2 mad ma ] just then turning into Dexter Avenue,
 Stop that horseV' shouted the phy- sician, waving his long arms: while the rivalled Ringling's best Kangaroo. Whoa. consoun'. ye, whoa"
 His cries didn't stop the horse, but they served to attract the attention of sev- Scores of ladies and children just from the matinee heard the yells and stopped to see the chase.
 "Oh, mamma" little girl shrieked, Took at the man soaring the horse!. How pale is the gentleman,s faceF observed a matinee girl He must be all .out of breath"
 That's foam on his face" her com y,in mi hA, tarrihln to take such violent exercise"
 In the meantime the pony had con cluded he was carrying a load entirely the the 1eSns corner 'c of P Dexter Avenue and Perry Street he kicked the buggy into kind. ling wood and reduced the weight of his burdan to four wheels only. With
 hess snsIe aseeeo traoe he e0 sWooped @ into Perry Street and made a straightway run for the police station, scattering people ana | vehicles from his path as he ran, and sweeping the entire width Of the street l with the swaying wheels.
 When the horse had disappeared from Dexter Avenue the crowd turned its at- l tention and mirth to the nying physi. | half a block. Two policemen who had grabbed at the horse on the crossing made ready to head off the pursuer, put he ran over them in his excitement oniy to be chased in turn by them, while they in turn. were chased by score or more of small boys and others, who joined in until the procession was strung | out for two blocks Men shouted at the caIvaicade from the sidewalks; clerks ran | from the stores to see what caused the disturbance, and women darted up con venient stairways to escape being run over by the horse or the excited owner. A wag who observed that the doctor was losing ground and appeared to he | slipping back as he ran, went out to the center of the street to make an in- I khA zba | Hes slipping on pills" he reported | to his companions on his return. The street is literally sowed with path or pills"
 satchel in the buggy had been broken open by the violent jolting in the run | away and the contents had been cast out as obstacles in the path of him who coincidence was termed cruel trick or | fate by those who heard of 1t, and It was proven true by the various other | objects found along with the pills. such
 as bottles of powder, boxes of capsufies
 and several sharp instruments supposed
 to be vaccinatng knives. Forceps Tor
 pulling teeth were found later in the
 afternoon but it is presumed they dld
 not come from the satchel. as the doctor
 didn't claim to be a dentist.
 1 Halfway to the police station pr:
 Thompson happened to see the Crowa
 laughing and he suddenly remembered
 the shaving soap on his face He stopped to mop 1t off with large red bandanna; This act threw the crowd into renewed fits seeing which the doctor again took up the chase and soon was out of ear-
 shot from the rude populace. ~
 The horse, which had meanwhile been busv at the task of running himself to
 death, dashed around the corner ,et or
 Madison Avenue. In the sharp turn ne fell sprawling to the pavement; special Officer Payne was at his bridle before he
 could recover This ended od6s,nsH the rnnaTby way other end of 1t was suddenly halted. too.
 when pr. Thompson dashed around the the corner and nearly collided with the oncer
 II wouldn't a-had this to happen for
 800, he panted "No sGron sir; T"alSn6: Sys San dred to me. Hes the best horse in Mo- bile County, sir .. .,
 He explained that he had left the
 horse and buggy in charge of a small darky while he went in the shop for his
 shave. Late in the afternoon he was yet
 looking for the darky.