Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-14
HORSE WITH HORSE SENSE.
THREW MASTER OUT OF CAR
RAGE AND FASTENED FOR
ASSISTANCE.


LIST, Too-and the Washington
Paper That Tells the Tale Saya It
Is Stranger Than Fiction.
The Washington Times, which has
always borne a high reputation for
the most scrupulous veracity, prints
the following:
Stranger than fiction is the story
OF big bay horse that threw ]. H.
Wurdeman, Jr., Of Ills Thirteenth
street Northwest, to the asphalt in
front of DR.. H. Wells Woodward's
office, 1913 Massachusetts, avenue
Northwest, and afterward rang Che
physicians doorbell, summoning the
latter to the aid of the injured driver,
about $3.50 o'clock last evening. Mr..
Wurdeman received a severe lacera-
ton of the scalp over the right eye
Strangely enough, DIR. Woodward is
an eye, ear, and throat specialist.
After receiving the necessary medical
attention, Mr.. Wurdeman went to his
home, block and a half from the
physicians Office.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Wurde-
man had business on Fourteenth
street and used the horse and buggy.
While returning to his home the horse
became unmanagea5le near -Four.
teenth street and Massachusetts ave
nue.. Rearing on its launches, the
animal Hinged forward and dashed
east along the avenue at breakneck
speed.
When it reached the alley half
way between Thirteenth and Four.
teenth streets, the frightened horse
galloped up on the sidewalk Swirling
around on the wheels on the right
side, the buggy crashed into an iron
fence surrounding DR.. Woodward's
lawn. Mr.. Wurdeman was unseated
and hurled a distance of twenty feet,
striking his head on the fence. He
fell to the sidewalk in a dazed con-
dition, bleeding prcfusely from the
ugly cash over his right eye.
'The suddenness with which the
vehicle came to a standstill and the
plunging OF the horse caused the
shafts to become disconnected from
the body of the buggy. Unrestricted
and untrammeled, the horse stood for
a moment by the PROSTATE driver
and then, as if possessed of human
instincts, marched up the concrete
walk leading to the porch on the east
side of the physicians residence and
mounted the platform.
"At the door of the physicians Of
fee there is an electric bell with a
small push button. over this was
fastened a highly polished nickel-plat-
ed sign reading: Patients enter with
out ringing
This evidently attracted the at
tention Of the horse Suffice to say,
the vigorous and continued ringing of
the bell attracted a member of the
family to the door, Words could
scarcely express the surprise of the
woman when she opened the glass
door and saw a horse that looked as
entrance of the Office rubbing his
nose up and down on the nickel-plated
sign. When the woman uttered a
scream the horse took his nose from
the sign, thrust his head into the
vestibule and eyed her quizzically.
THE physician went to the porch
to back the animal to the street, when
he saw crowd around fallen man
whose face and clothing were COW
cred with blood. Mr.. Wurdeman was
taken into the physicians oIce.
where his wound was washed and
dressed by Dr. Woodward. Later he
telephoned for his father, who took
him to his home and had the horse
sent to the stable. The buggy was
practically demolished.
DR. Woodward said: Tt was one
of the strangest things l have ever
heard of. l was attending a patient
in my office, when l heard thunder
ing noise on the porch, and l remark
ed: That sounds like a horse"
An instant later the bell began to ring
continuously, as if the person out
side was in a big hurry. One of the
servants in the house answered the
ring. Her establishment knew no
bounds when she found the horse at
the door. The animal poked his head
almost into the Office before l reach
ed the door,"
This story is illustrated with
picture of the horse ringing the bell
1t is about 165 years since George
Washington cut down the cherry tree.