The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-16
COAL BLACK STEED'S ANTICS.
CLIMBS FLIGHT OF STAIRS AND
KICKS HOUSEHOLD TO PIECES.
II Had Mate, Which Also Ran Into House
but Confined Itself to Circus stunts
In q Back Yard-Upset . Baby and
Scared the Chiltirenor the Neighb orb God

but Confined Itself to Circus stunts
In q Back Yard-Upset . Baby and
Scared the ChIltirenor the NeighborhoOd
Residents of York street, Brooklyn, were
startled by the antics Of team OF coal black
horses running away on that thoroughfare
yesterday afternoon. One OF them climbed
up flight Of stairs in one OF the tenements'
entered the kitchen on the second floor,
broke the crockery, then ran into a bedroom
and smashed the bed, then entered the room
commonly known as parlor, and after
breaking the furniture stuck its head
out of the window. Seeing the sidewalk 30
far away 1t turned around and continued
its work of demolishing things, until Patrol
man Peter Gallagher OF the Fulton street
station grabbed it and got 1t under control.
While all this was going on the other
horse had run through the hallway into
the reap yard. upsetting in his flight baby
carriag e, tossing the baby into the hallway
and then, as one Of the boys said, played
circus in the yard by running around In
a ring until he got tired
Each horse weighs about 200 pounds.
They are owned by the Borden Condensed
Milk Company. They had been in the COM
pany's stable at SO Bridge street. They
we're green horses. that il, had never been
used to wagons, and Robert Iornier OF rs
ing them to that place. He was astride
one of them and the other he held by a rope.
The horses were frisky and pranced about
a., they went up Bridge street.
As they turned into York street they be-
came frightened and ran away. Tomier
was thrown to the ground but was not in
jured The horses ran up the middle OF the
street for a block and then changed their
course and took to the sidewalk for short
distance The streets were crowded with
small children, who became panicstricken,
and their screams brought the parents and
others running from the houses. The
horses again took to the middle of the street
and continued their mad career.
Several men ran into the street. waved
their hands and tried to stop the runaway.
This made the horses change their course
again, and, turning at right angles. they
ran into the hallway of 2ls York street.
The horse in the lead knocked over baby
carriage containing Mamie Ivy, 2,years old.
and Josephine Lugera, years old, VINO was
in charge of the carriage. Then 1t con-
tinued its flight and it wrecked the rear
yard.
The other horse, however. did not follow
ira leader. Instead, it climbed the stairs
to the second floor, breaking the baustrade.
There are fifteen steps on this stairway
On the second floor it ran into the apart
mentS OF MIs. SeilsalAo lay VIZ ~ ''.N
time was in the store on the hrst moor
Arriving on this strange stamping ground,
the animal began to prance around ana
kick, smashing crockery and other articles.
Then it dashed into the small bedroom
and on to the bedstead. which gave way
under its weight. Backing up, for it did
not have room enough to turn around, IT
canter,.d into the room occupied by the
Izzys as n parlor in the front OF the house
The activity of the animals hoofs IN TINS
Al f,,,-. Il, \, Tb
was the care of the entire family, was
demolished. Az it stuck its head out OF
the window the children in the street yelled
Look out, he's going to jump
Immediately the children ran in every
direction, many of them falling over each
Jump. He turned around shifted the air
several times and then began to prance
Charles Hedges of 90 Bridge street in at
tempting to capture the horse was kicked
in the leg and he went hobbing down the
attempted to get at the animal, but it mace
for him and he beat hasty retreat
Patrolman Peter Gallagher. came up,
and going into the room used his club. The
horse seemed to realize that he was up
against it and quietly backed up alongside
the wall Then rope was tied around
the horses neck. A hitch was taken in 1t
to the horses mouth and the horses head
was drawn down almost to his breast TO
this was attached another rope. which was
tied to one of the forelegs. Every time
the horse attempted to kick he pulled his
head down the harder.
While this was being done, planks, to
which cleats were nailed, were placed on the
stairs and the horse was carefully led down
into the street. The driver, Robert Tonier,
had in the meantime secured a truck from
the Bridge street stable. The two runaways
we're securely fastened to the rear OF the
truck and then led to Long Island City
Some one called up Police Headquarters
and told about a number of persons being
in jured and two nmbuances were hurried
to the place. The surgeons found that the
two children had received only slight bruises
and these were dressed at the house.
Jumps After Hat and Loses His Right Foot.
Louis Cohen. IL years old, of Allen
street, while passing through Parkville
on his way from Coney Island yesterday
afternoon in a Franklin avenue trolley
car iumped off to recover his hat, which