The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-30
LONGHORN AMUSES BROADWAY
SCATTERED EVERYTHING but
THE CARS AND THEN, Seated.


started for the waldorf, but Didn't Stop
There, Went Overheard AZ S4th street
Ferry, and was Last seen Swimming
for the Sound, Chased by Men In Boats.
AIRED steer varied the gay life Of the theatre
district yesterday noon by capering down
Broadway from Forty-seoond street TO
Thrty-fourth and across town to the Long
Island forty. There he went overheard
and took TO the main channel for He'll Gate.
He sojourned for q time on a rocky islet
OF the ferry and resumed his trip toward
the Sound. The last seen Of the beast, three
rowboats were pursuing him up past Kip's
Bay.
The apparition Of the steer In front OF the
hetropole didn't seem 10 surprise any one
for a minute OF two. Strange things are
in the way Of appearing at that corner,
anyway Some there we're who dismissed
the sight at once as a new and fantastic
advertising device; others pretended that
they didn't think they saw anything, and
bent their steps toward a neighboring jag
Rssuagery. Others assumed that the steer
wouldn't be there unless It was perfectly
proper place for a steer to be. and showed
their breeding Nv taking no notice.
There was al uptown Broadway street
car which was not 50 apathetlc. tonBs
from every point Of the compass and the
rumble Of the subway below did not interest
the steer at all. The car, however, showed
him most discourteously. The steer whirled
about to rebuke the car with his long branch
ing horns. The car didn't mind although
the motorman lodged back toward the
far corner Of his platform. The steer was
displeased, not TO say bewildered. he
whirled about the other way and met a
downtown car siding Obliquely against
It. This was too much With snort OF
fright he bounded out into the clearway,
threw. up hs tail threw down his horns
and charged down Main street, New YORK,
az though 1t had been barn lane.
Broadway awoke to the unusualness OF
things with a whoop and gigg!e and
roar OF laughter. Most OF the Laughing
was done after the steer had passed, how
ever. Strolers on Broadway were not
sufficiently versed In steer lore 10 know
that the steer was very much more fright
ened than angry. The only sufferer by
the rampage was John Ryland, a theatre
dOoman. who was crossing the street on
a bicycle and, wabbling with INDIGESTION
in his effort 10 let the steer have whichever
side OF the road the beast wanted, was caught
fairly amidships and relegated 10 the gutter,
a bruised up mess Of terrorstricken groans.
There we're not lacking after the steer
passed, many. young people OF the Broad
way parade who said that goodness gracious
knows they were chased whole blocks by
that bull just because they had red skirts
on. One yOpnC woman even ran 70 the
top Of the elevated station at Thirty
third street and asked 70 be rescued. But
her press agent had not come on duty at
that early hour In the afternoon and up to
a late hour last night her name had not
been furnished TO the newspapers.
The longhorn turned east at Thirty
fourth street in response to wild demonstra-
lyr ha vol m "a
ners and trotted of toward the Waldorf
Astoria By this time a horde Of news
boys we're yelling at the animal heels
The steer swung easily on his way, looking
out anNiously ahead. The crowd grew
bigger as he went over the Park avenue
hill and down under the elevated railroad
at Third avenue. The confusion there
startled the brute so much that he started
into dead run again. He had clear
road; the hackmen who usually stand out
side the ferry station all day long made
pell nell for the inside Of the PENTHOUSE:
there was none to oppose the steers prog
reSs through the wagon gate; he went
through on the gallop, down the wharf and
out on the ferry slip, The mob came
swirling through the wagon gate behind.
The steer got one good look and went over
board. The tide was setting up stream
and carried him out TO the reef which sticks
out into the river of Hunters Point. he
climbed the rocks and challenged both
SHORES WITH lonely DellOWs'
To the policeman on duty at the ferry
house there came at 2 o'clock in the after
noon a man with a rope cooled over his
arm. The man was warm and his face was
dirty. He seemed troubled.
Say" he said TO the policeman, have
you seen a steer of mine down this way?'
The policeman led the man through the
ferryhouse and pointed out over the river
70 the red brute, standing out lonely from
the jagged rocks in the middle Of the river.
Can have him2' asked the man,
Sure, said the policeman, help your
self Nobody around here wants him
HE got away from me over on Tenth
avenue" the man said, 'and I'm going
90 get him back II it breaks my neck
little later two rowboats went out on
the river in the direction Of the island.
The steer didn't like them and plunged
of, heading north. There were no reports
of an end Of the chase from the river
front later-so the steer may be at New
Haven by this time. But they are breathing
easier on Broadway. That sort OF a steer
isn't welcomed in the fim-fam district.