Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-13
FAT MAN scARES HORSE
PAGER Runs Away and New York's
Excited Policemen Give Chase
In Streetcar
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Special 10 The Herald.
NEW YORK, June 12.-Threo hum
dred pounds avoirdupois caused an ex-
citing runaway on Amsterdam avenue
yesterday. Three men were dumped
into a snowpile, surrey completely
demolished, telegraph pole smashed,
& horse badly injured and hundreds of
people put to rout.
The runaway galloped down the ave-
nue. for thirteen blocks, followed by
two policemen in an electric car, and
scores of men and boys afoot. The an
imal was finally captured at Eighty
third street having run at top speed
all the way from Ninety-sixth street
and caused terrified pedestrians to seek
safety in doorways, up stoops and down
the side streets.
Charles Hoffman, who tips the scales
at an even three hundred pounds, in
vited Fred Schneider and Michael Glenn
ents to go driving with him yesterday
The horse, a PAGER with a good record
was going down Amsterdam avenue at
an easy jog, near Ninety-siXth street,
when one of the rear wheels of the
surrey got stuck in car track. Glenn
ents, who was driving, swerved to the
right to get clear of it. AS he did so
the righthand wheel struck snow
bank and the surrey was slightly tilted.
The vehicle would surely have righted
itself if Hoffman, with his three hum
dred pounds weight, had not been sit
ting in the rear seat on the left SIDE.
His enormous avoirdupois overbalanced
the rig and it toppled over, throwing
Hoffman, Clements and Schneider to
the ground. All three were shaken up,
but only slightly bruised and cut.
The overturning of the surrey startled
the horse With the surrey swerving
from side to side, the animal headed
straight down the avenue, in an ap-
parent effort to break it's own record.
There being no guiding rein, he didn't
take a straight course, but kept dash
ing from one side of the avenue to
the other.
The streets were crowded and many
people had narrow escapes. Men, wom-
en- and children ran helter-skelter in
all directions. when the runaway
dashed up on the sidewalk at Eighty
eighth street. In taking to the side
walk the horse sent the surrey crash
ing against a telegraph pole, splitting
il for about ten feet and demolishinS
the vehicle.
The animal extricated itself from the
wreckage and continued its fight on
the sidewalk for about two blocks. Then
il took to the street again.
Policemen Adam Ruth and Henry
Eckweiler had seen the horse start it's
wild race. southbound Amsterdam
avenue electric car, crowded with pas
sengers, was pressed into service, each
of the policemen mounting the steps
on the front platform and ordering the
motorman to go at full speed after the
runaway horse. The motorman put on
fun power, and the car shot ahead lin
the wake of the PAGER. Men and wom-
EN- became hysterical, but most OF them
managed TO retain their composure
until the race was ended.
The runaway darted up on the side
walk at Eighty-third street, where a
young man seized the bride and man
aged after lively struggle, to check
its fight, The horse reared and
plunged. but the young fellow clung on
until the animal tired itself out. The
policemen came up and led 1t to a
nearby stable.
The fat man and his friends walked
home.