Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-08-20
a Fearful Runaway with Roman
Chariot Features.

On Thursday afternoon of last week
were driving east on 9Th street near
the residence of Cashier Anderson Of
the First National, they were overtak-
en- by a runaway team with neckyoke
between them and swept out of
their buggy to thegrOund, Mr.. ISaksOn
falling outside of the danger line
and Mr.. Opsal following his own team
which also ran. AS soon as the Ellis
team neckyoke struck the Opsal
buggy and swept everything before
them, the Opsal horses joined the
Ellis horses in a speed contest, COM
ing along four abreast, and represent
ing a charioteer, came Filing Opsal on
his back feet first, with his lines
fastened about his feet in such a
manner that he could not free him
self, and was thus dragged for three
blocks before the frightened animals
were stopped in front of Mrs. South
ards, on Cedar street. O. l.. Campbell
saw the wild rush and a man dragging
behind and he made a heroic and
successful effort to stop them.
The writer and Mr.. Thayer and Mr..
Thorson saw the frightened animals
as they came rushing onward in front
of Sigrud's gallery, and then Camp
bell, half a block nearer, ran to stop
them. Campbell's splendid effort
caused the horses to make a long turn
up Cedar and he got the lines in time
to save Mr.. Opsal from losing all the
clothes he had on his back. When
he got free of the lines and stood up
the few friends who had rushed to the
rescue thought he must be dead even
after getting up, and they were even
justified in the belief. Filings face
was coated with dust and his cloth
ing was full of holes and tears and he
had the appearance of a man who
might have gone through a thrashing
machine.
He was dragged three blocks behind
four running horses by the lines of
his own team, feet first, and helpless
to save himself from the grinding
along the street which was well
covered with dust, and the deep dust
kept him from being gravel ground
to a pulp. He says he managed to
sit up a little but could not reach
the lines, and thus he went. No bones
were broke and he didn't lose much
skin, and after going home and chang
ing his clothes he came down town
without any sign of his fearful ex-
perience.
Mr.. Isakson who was thrown clear
of the wreck on the first impact from
the team behind, suffered a bad
bruiSe on the side of his head and got
more damage than OpSal who was
dragged three blocks by the feet.
The trouble originated in a very
simple Carey Ellis vas
driving to town with his wife and
baby in a buggy, and while passing
IN auto of the spirited horses
sided up against the tongue to get a
better view of the machine. He Vas
not frightened, he was only playful,
but the tongue snapped and away
went the team leaving MI. and Mrs.
Ellis and the baby in the buggy.
The borSes ran straight ahead with
the neckyoke between them, and
when they caught up with the Opsal
rig, instead of going on n side, they
conn 70 o1 &c If yvoro and the nQrk-
yoke caught Opsal and Isakson and
swept them into the street.
1t was the widest runaway we ever
witnessed, and it seems impossible
that a man could have been dragged
by the feet three blocks without be-
ing killed. He and DR.. O'Neil bear
charmed lives.
X. E. jacobson, the genial Hudson