The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-04-15
HORSE: GAVE A;JuMP
MAY HAVE LANDED ON POLE,
BREAKING HIND LEG.
Story of the Auto and the Teams
Meeting on Warren Street Yestcr-
day Afternoon; Not a Scratch on
the Machine; Owner of Animal
Demanded $500 From Mr.. Hixon;
Statement From Latter.


From Tuesdays Daily.
The farmer whose horse sustained u
broken leg OH Warren street yester-
day afternoon is August Materne, who
lives four miles east Of the city. The
automobile that was passing at the
time of the accident was the hand
some! new Packard that W. l.. fHixon
purchased recently and brought to the
city Saturday from Minneapolis It
was being driven. by the chauffeur, Carl
Eckman, and MIR. IIixon was at the
knitting mill at the time.
Passed Two Teams
MIR. Eckman states that two teams
were coming up Warren street abreast
at the. time, ON the right hand side,
and that there was also another close
by, and that he passed them to the
right, observing incidentally at the time
that his car was going ten to twelve
miles an hour, BY the spedometer. AS
he passed Mr.. Materne's team, one Of
the horses jumped and backed out
somewhat, and the car seemed to
Craze the animal. Mr. Ecklnan stop.
ped the car, and looked back, and as
there seemed to. be no trouble, he
started up again and went on. He
was very much surprised to learn
later that it was claimed that the
car had broken the horses leg. . liz
spection of the car showed scarcely
scratch.
Leg Broken at the Thigh.
1t was found that the animals leg
was broken at the thigh, at point
higher than the fender would strike
and Mr.. Hixon expresses the belief
that the horse jumped and came down
astride the pole and in this way broke
its leg, if it was broken at all. He
questions whether it was broken at all
In speaking of the matter today
Mr. Hixon said that Mr.. Mater~t
came to his office yesterday after
noon, after the accident, and demanded
$500 in settlement Mr.. Hixon did moi
like the way the demand was made
especially as the law does not hold thu
owner OF car responsible unless h
is driving it, but he proposed to giv'
his caller $500 as a gift if he coult
point out any place on the car wher'
the paint was married sufficiently t,
have shown that it struck a horse
with force enough to break its leg
He says that Mr.. Materne went ou
and pointed out "a place at the bacl
end of the car, whereas, if the CA
had struck the horse, the front par
must have struck it. a
Mr.. Materne blamed the accident EN-
tirely upon the driver Of the. auto
He remained in the city until late il
the evening, and was to return today
Statement From Mr.. Nixon.
Mr.. Hixon states that although b.
is not liable, even 3 if the acciden
had happened as claimed by Mr.. Ma
terne, and even if all precautions ha.
not been taken by the chauffeur, h
would be willing to pay for the hors'
in case the matter came up befor'
him in the proper spirit and the fam
lily could not stand the loss. lie ha,
man look at the horse, and thi
man valued it at $50.
Mr.. Hixon states thai his chauleu
Rugged the right curb as closely a
he could in passing, and that he fol
lowed the rules Of the road. HI
states that no boy or anyone else wa
thrown from the wagon.