The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-08
RUNAWAY SPREADS PANIC.
Speedway Crowd Scatters Before
GrOtter's wild Dash.
From the New York Times.

NilG NEW IOI n
Thousands of spectators that gather
ed on the Speedway yesterday morning
to watch the brushing were thrown in
to panic by a runaway horse that left
the roadway after throwing his driver
and dashed along the sidewalk for
! three-quarters of a mile upsetting
| benches and wrecking signposts in
his wild DASH
Men, women, and children field in all
directions. Many climbed the iron
railing overlooking the Harlem river,
While others rushed across the road
and sought the shelter of the trees
and shrubbery. One baby carriage
was upset by the wreck of the wagon
which the frightened animal dragged
I after it, but fortunately it was empty.
as the mother had snatched the infant
from the vehicle at the first sound of
warning and fled to place of safety.
The accident occurred while the sport
was at its hight
Claus Boiling, owner of the one-time
Speedway champion trotter Kingmond
(2:09) had just finished winning
brush with his bay trotetr Indian Jim
(2:15A) and was turning in front of
the SPEEDWAY Inn, at One Hundred
and Eighty-fifth strete, to join another
with several other fast trotters in his
class.
While waiting for the nod to start he
shrek of an engine on the opposite
shore caused the animal to bolt, and,
swerving suddenly, threw his driver
headlong into the road. Before any
| body could reach the bride the trotter
was away like a flash, and, dashing up
the grassy embankment in front of the
inn for distance of twenty feet,
stumbled and fell.
Making three complete rolls, in which
the wheels and frame of the sixty
| pound speeding wagon were bent dou-
Bile, Indian Jim landed on his feet at
| the foot of the embankment and start
ed south at a furious gallop. Standing
under High Bridge was Mounted Po-
liceman John P Maloney. Seeing
what had occurred, he blew his warn
! ing whistle and prepared to head off
| the animal crowd of spectators
more daring than the rest gathered
near the curb to watch the policeman
make the catch.
AS Maloney dug his spurs into the
! side of his horse and made a dash
at the runaway to catch his bride,
| he reared, and, turning short, made
| straight for the crowd on the east
| sidewalk. They broke and scattered
| in all directions, not an instant too
]
sidewalk, turned again and started
south on the walk,still dragging the re-
mains of the wagon. Everybody began
| to shout, which only served to bewilder
| the crowd and brighten the horse.
| About 100 feet south of High Bridge
the wagon struck the abandoned baby
carriage, and short distance further
on it overturned bench behind which
several womer and children were
| f,;.
MaIoney was close at the heels of
the runaway all the time, but he
found it difficult to overtake the ami
NAL, as he feared his horse would
knock down and trample upon some
body. Halfway down the stretch Ma
lony succeeded in catching the bride,
but Indian Jim stumbled at the same
moment and wrenched himself free.
After upsetting three other benches
and cutting himself badly, the animal
was finally cornered by Maloney near
pile of gravel at One Hundred and
Sixty-ffth street.
A desperate struggle followed, in
which Maloney was pulled from his
horse. He retained his grip on the
Bride however, and at last subdued
the animal The wagon was a COM
plete wreck, and Indian Jim, who was
badly cut and bruised, dropped down
with exhaustion. "A lew
later Mr. Boiling reached the spot
unhurt except for a few cuts and
bruises. He had landed in spot in
the road that had just been covered
with the new loam with which the
road is being repaired.
The crowd was still in state of
excitement when a second runaway
was seen galloping down the center
of the road, with Policeman Fitzpat-
rick in full chase. 1t proved to be the
big bay trotter Ed Lock, 2:121a) driv-
en- by Morris Jones. While finishing a
winning brush the trotter had broken
his bit and bolted. His driver was
powerless, as there was no tension on
the reins, and he swerved from one
side of the road to the other. Fearing
repetition of their previous exper-
fence. the crowd sought safe shelter.
Their fears were groundless, however,
for after a lively race and clever
catch that caused the spectators to
cheer enthusiastically Fitzpatrick
brought the trotter to a standstill.