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9aways. When the runaway horse passed
him he could wind up and let fly. catching
the beast just above the two rear fetocks
and winding him up so that he would fall
I'm helpless though unframed, heap.
The horse cop could then dismount and
sit on the fallen ones head while he
grabbed the bride and retrieved his trusty
boas All spectacular and effective. with
everybody satisfied In the wind-up-with a
cheer, my lads. FOR the toas,
That would also give the ever-present by
stander, innocent and otherwise. n chance
TO get in on fine sport Men who wanted
10 could carry small bolases around IN their
coat pockets and II they happened To he
passed by runaway they could throw the
thing and stop the horse-if their luck was
good Small boys with romantic tendencies
could patrol the avenues and bolas dan
gerous runaway now and then IL theE
missed their throw and brought down
screaming TO the sidewalk a fat woman or
dlgnihed alderman there would snll be
some fun In the sport.
In spite OF all this the Police Department
hasn't placed any orders with the noias
factories. and won't make any promises
that the plan will he adopted. II Is pointed
out that person had to cut his teeth on
bolas weight skip the rope win II as ne
grows older, sleep with It at nlghi ana
practise four hours a day with II before
he becomes expert enough 20 hrlns ao"h
walking ostrich-even "A lame ostr'ch.
with that to go on. YOU can see what
the traffic men have before them II they
would learn to stop wildly running away
horses with the bolss while riding AT TOP
speed themselves. The present mehluers
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duties II is to protect the streets from mad
" frightened horses. 1t is dangerous work,
requiring good horses, which the depart
ment furnishes. and good horsemanship.
which the men furnish
There are sixty men i'm the mounted
squad. When they aren't chasing and stop
ping runaways they are helping out the
footmen Of the traffic division. The
mounted men have a beat which they and
their horses cover. They help the men
stationed al corners and they see To
tangles and troubles which the footman
could not leave his post to look after. But
runaway hunting is where they shine
highest.
An enthusiastic New Yorker. wishing. II
possible TO raise the camille power OF this
shining made public the suggestion re-
Gently that the mounted men he equipped
with the bolas and taught the use Of the
same In order to bring runaways 10 earth
OF course YOU know what the bolas IS?
II is a rope about ten feet long, on each
end or which is q weight, or ball. They
use IL on the pampas Of South America
and the way they use II Is by whrling II
about their heads and throwing II at the
feet Of animals they want TO catch. The
flying rope. stretched between the weights
whirrs through the air. and In striking the
animals legs the balls wind the rope around
and bind the feet of the fleeing prey, SO
that II utters loud curses and falls helpless
TO the ground-it does all these things II
YOU are good enough to throw the bolas
straight.
The suggester OF the plan argues that
the mounted "cop" should have bolas
strung at his saddle bow for use OH run
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II is an inexplicable phase Il human
nature that has been classed as the IN
nOcent bystander" habit
Nor are all OF them content with the
dangers Of the curb. There never has been
runaway on Fifth avenue when there
weren't plenty Of men with happy homes
anxious TO run out into the middle OF the
street and risk their one and only life be
meath the steel feet of the clipping steed.
IL would seem that these men are con
stantly hanging around corners waiting to
give old Pop Tempus a good, fair swipe
az them with his scythe. And the funniest
part Of IL all is the great number OF by
ISLANDERS who live TO tell about It Usual
ly the horse runs into something that Is
too well built for him TO go on through,
or a mounted copper races alongside and
gets a death grip on his flying bride.
The advent OF motor cars has cut a big
hole In the number Of the young men who
coquet with death In the alluring form
Of runaway horses Formerly it was esti-
mated that there were two thousand OF
them along Fifth avenue every day In the
year. including holidays and Sundays, who
were hoping that runaway carriage ana
pair would pass and give them chance to
rescue the milionairess Of the same age
that was being juggled about In the In
terror.
Alack They ride in motor cars these
days. and poor boy from the country
hasn't any chance AT all.
The work Of stopping runaways has
never been recommended as a pleasant
pastime which accounts for the fact that
picked men are assigned to the mounted
division Of the trefiic squad. one Of whose
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of the force would be white haired old
men. with grandsons old enough 10 join
the force. before they could become that
efficient Bolas. say they. are all right for
circus performers and greaser cowboys
who don't know any better. but for a
civilized country a:d for that civilized
country's pride IN the way OF centaur
cops nix. thrice nix!
"Boas be bowed" is the way one Of
the mounted men expressed his opinion or
the suggested runaway catcher yesterday
This same man. by the way. has post
In Fifth avenue. When he gets his hay
horse set I'm the middle of the street. i'm
pressionabe young girls on the rocking
roofs OF buses want 10 take their loving
hearts I'm hand and throw 'em at his
horses hoofs; the horse part of the Wash
lngton statue In Union Square got It's YER
degris tint from envying this same mounted
man,
'Bolas be bowed" lie repeated WHY
confine yourself to a little foreign thing
like that? There are lots OF other ways
you might stop runsways II YOU could only
do IT, For instance, why not equip every
man with a bottle OF chloroform for stop
ping EN- We could each have sort OF
nose hag-like the ones horses take their
noon luncheons out of--vith a wad Of cot
ton In the bottom. When We saw run
away coming va could unlmber tho cork
In the choroform bottle pour little juice
Oh the cotton in the nose bag. and when
the crazy horse passed hang II over his
head.
1T would he only matter of time then
until the the drug got In It's pleasant work.
Before long tbs an2sthsuc would make
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Suggestion That Mounte d
Cops" Weld Weapons
of the Plains to Stop
Fugitive Steeds.

~TNCE that distant time when they first
began putting down current events to
~ mn future histories runaways have
been the cause of lot OF needless trouble.
Most Of us recall the big rumpus that was
kicked up when the tickle Helen of Troy
dccsmped They haven't quit writing
about that yet though every one connect
ed with the case is long since dead and
their obituaries published.
And 10 descend q few thousand years 70
what happened here just the other day.
many persons i'm the United States are wor-
rying about an elopemcnt that came off
tu Newport. These worriers do not seem
20 include the clippers, howevcr-at least
not yet.
New York has always taken great deal
Of honest prid, in her runaways. The
horse ones as a rule, arc much more spec
tacular 10 the naked eye than the other
ones-unless YOU happen TO be N the pur-
suing motor car with the enragcd father
of the hot-foot bride. Fifth avenue. being
something of show street is faVorlte
speedway for runaways eve have leit
elopers now, and are discussing horses eH-
clusiveIvD don't say that there is any
traffic rule 10 that eject. but, If YOU will
notice. most horses. when they feel that
Eva Tanguay carelcssuess coming their
vav. are pattins the asphalt Of the avenue
al the time.
Say a Hghtfooted little cob becomes eN-
cited AZ the sight OF young man giving
a shabby gin a seat in 5ith street car
His driver observes that the horse is get
ting nervous. and n the man Is Wise ne
will drop over the back Of the runabout
and follow his horse slowly on loot. Some
Of them stick for the finish, and nave To be
MT together again in the sewing machine
department At the Flower Hospital
When the horse begins 10 thunoer down
,be street. with the swaylng runsbout ana
Owing lines advertising the business ne II
a.. II Is interesting 10 observe the curious
s.,iors ri that everlasting phenomenon
man.
II is the prescribed duty Of the trafie
policeman. mounted and foot 10 stop tnat
ttrd horse. And if the private citizen "ouIu
,.t.y the part of wisdom he should seek
. side street or a convenient storm cellar
u,,u the runaway blows over. But the
minute n is known that horse rs running
60, the pedestrians crowd as close 10
,te curo as they can, apparently ID hoPeS
,ta. the crazed animal will run o'cr them
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! much more favorable than the less al
vanced one I'm the schulz oak wilderness be-
| hind them around Chancellor's house that
II ought to be held. Thereupon an aid was
sent back to General Hooker. He returned
! I'm half an hour with positive orders to fall
| back
In the mean time General Slocum, on the
Plank Road on the right, had been ordered
to return and had done so, leaving the right
flank exposed Sykes moved back in ac-
| cordance with the order and was followed
| by Hancock's regiments All except two of
these had started when a member Of Cen
eral Hooker's staff came riding up with an
order to hold on until o'clock 1t was
then . O'Clock General Couch replied with
warmth Tell General Hooker he Is too
late; the enemy are already on my right
and rear. | am in full retreat The
troops fell back to the position they had
occupied in the morning, and the days
movements had gone for naught.
In the evening the Confederates occupied
the favorable position thus abandoned and
their artillery played upon the left end of
the Union line When the day broke IT
found five corps of the Union army, those
of Meade, Slocum. Couch. Sickles and How
ard. stretched I'm a crescent from the high
ground just west of SCOTS Dam passing
III front of the big Chancellor house at the
cross roads to Dowdalls Tavern The
bristling front was bent forward out Of
alignment around the Chancellor house and
cross roads. where General Hooker cstab-
lished his headquarters.
Beyond Dowdall's Tavern II bent back
toward the north in hook. which has been
described as Cup i'm the air. as it lacked
a proper support. This hook partly encir-
ced Talley's Hill sunny spot In the for
est Generals Slocum and Hancock were
directly in front of General Rockers head
quarters, with infantry and artillery de-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-20

or orderly from General Lee on his way
from the Confederate general to the head
quarters Of Major General McLaws, was
taken prisoner. He was carrying a mes
sage in which Lee said that he had just
been informed that the Union army had
concentrated in force near Charlottesville.
He asked why he had not been kept ad-
vised. and directed that General Mclaws
should report at his headquarters as soon
as possible Thus was explained why Lee
had taken no steps TO meet the proposed
attack on his left end. Hooker had stolen
a march on him. Occupied with watching
Sedgwick, he did not know until April 20
that the Union general had successfully
crossed the river at the other end OF his
line and was I'm position to come down
upon him at any moment. That night
found Lee and Jackson on their way to
Charlottesville. They did not wait for
Hooker to fall upon them. They left Early
and Barksdale with 1900 men I'm the lines
above Fredericksburg To watch Sedgwick.
Thus far the march Of the Union army
had been one of the most successful Of
the war General Lee had been fooled as
TO Hooker's destination. and the latter was
only ten miles In his rear when he made
the discovery With four corps at his com
mand at Charlottesville on the night Of
April 80: a fifth. Reynolds's coming TO him;
Sedgwick with 1900 men opposite Lees
right end, and the enemy without knoWl-
edge of his whereabouts until noon that
day. General Hooker had good oppor-
tunity TO dash back toward Fredericks-
burg and crush the Confederate army.
From the information contained in the en-
gineer's diary he knew that Lee had con-
sidered plans for fighting AZ Chancellors-
VILE and that that neighborhood I'm
measure would be field of Lees choice.
Unfortunately. he Gid not press forward
nrnnntlv II was not until nearly noon on
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Reproduced from "Harper's v

Nav / that ne began his movement upon
! the enemy's rear. The troops were pushed
OFT through the wilderness OF trees, for
est so dense that the artilleryman was de-
pendent upon the axeman. and the general
unable To hear the firing Of guns or see the
movement OF his troops, was obliged TO rely
upon couriers for reports. as though fight
ing in the thick OF n fog.
| In the mean time Lees troops were on
I the march. Jackson's soldiers, DUO oil
them. with their beloved leader at theif
head. left the intrenchments at Fredericks-
burg by moonlight about midnight on April
80 Divisions OF Lees army were In ad-
vance, Anderson's troops having intrenched
themselves across the old Gordonsvilie
Turnpike about six miles from Fredericks-
burg, near n little meeting house known as
Tabernacle Church. where road brancned
toward SCOTS Dam and United states Ford.
In the course Of the forenoon. the follow
ing day, General Jackson's troops came up
with Anderson's line, and he took COM
mand OF the entire advance.
Generals Meade. Slocum ard Sykes
marched along the three roads ut Hookers
command leading toward FREDERICKSBURG,
and had almost reached the open country
at the easterly edge of the wilderness, when
the Confederates were encountered. sykes
was opposed by McLaws, and began TO fall
back The indomitable Hancock. Of the
first division OF COUGHS corps, was pushed
forward. checking the enemy. An open and
commanding position had been gained, when
a courier came riding down the road with
an order from General Hooker. Hastily
General Couch tore It open. 1t directed the
withdrawal Of both divisions TO Chsncel-
louisville.
Turning TO Hancock. Sykes and Warren
and the other officers around him, he told
them what the order was. They all agreed
that the position they had gained was so
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THE FIELD OF BATTLE,

Charlottesville has been described as
strategic point Of value to an offensive or
rctreating army. because from it roads
1adiated like the spokes of a wheel toward
all parts Of Virginia. For defensive
army. however. IL was bad particularly for
such an army as that under Hooker which
prided itself upon its artillery. There were
~ commanding positions for the guns and
little open country I'm which TO use them
simultaneously. The country surrounding
the big Chancellor house was covered with
. forest of scrub oak. colloquially styled
blackjack, very difficult Of penetration-so
dense. I'm fact. that a man could hardly ride
Through il and body of marching men
could pass along only ny trailing their
rnuskets A half hours march would tear
the clothing to rags and tatters. 1t was
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GENERAL HOOKER IN COMMAND.

General Hooker began by putting the
army in order for a new move. quickly
.1be whole force of 10000 men became fred
with a new spirit. BY the middle or Aprli
every one was ready for move ana
anxious to attack the enemy. on April u
,be 18th and 18th corps, under Generals o.
O. Howard and Slocum set out for Kelly
Ford Twenty-Five miles above Falmouth ana
I7redericksburg on the Rappahannock the
following dav the 9Th, under Meade
marched for the same point. Lee. sun en-
',ramped at Fredericksburg with his army OF
xixtv thousand men. was mystifed. Owing
10 the length and direction of the Union
5narch he thought Hooker was bound LOT
N;ordonsville, the junction point of the
Alexandria e. Orange and Central virginia
railroads. southwest OF Fredericksburg.
General Stuart set out with his cavalry to
keen watch Of the federal army and was
intercepted by the Union cavalry. General
Toe was thus kept I'm the dark as to
14ooker's plans. which, il may he said dld
not include a visit to the railroad Junction
Sedgwick's and Rcynolds's corps on April
- moved across the Rappahannock just
below Fredericksburg. in sight Of the
enemy. and in as ostentatious a manner
ae possiblc. in order 10 give the impression
Of a large army manUuvring around Jack
sons wing. Sedgwick intrenched his troops
and the Confedcrates lay within their Ines
watching the movements Of the Union
force. but doing nothing more. for Lee and
Jackson had decided that it was not wise
- co out and attack the enemy. All that
dav and the next. April 60 the Confederate
army remained quiet. while Hooker's army
swung back and into position ten miles to
Tho westward, around the big brick house
,-hi-l n-a. ILancnllnrsN
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LINE sTts TO oyIs @ ~ ~ " w

, I'm deciding the fate Of the Union army.
General Stuart, commander OF the Conled-
crate cavalry, had discovered the weakness
of General Towards right end. Always
fond of n right end attack, this energetic
cavalry leader put flea in General JACK
sons ear He proposed that that geherai
should surreptitiously take his entire corps
through the woods across General HOOKER
front and strike that weakened end. GEN
eral Jackson Immediately became enthusl-
astic.
All through the afternoon General jack
son had been marching along the RANK
Road and when the shades of evening fell
he had reached the angle of a road when
turned off toward Catherine Furnace. This
was about mile and half from the mouse
where General Hooker was thinking over
his plans for the next days struggle, which
he had decided should be a defensive one
rather than the aggressive one which he
had first planned. General Lee had also
come up. bringing troops from Fredericks-
burg to hold the route from Chancelors-
VILE to Fredericksburg.
In the fork OF tho road tho two mon
upon whose shoulders rested the response
bilitv of turning the Confederate hope into
reality dropped on the ground for little
sleep. sheltered only by the dark panoply
Of the interlacing branches of the forest
overhead Toward morning the air became
chilly and sleep beneath the single cover
Of an army blanket grew more difficult
The two generals rose from the ground
lighted a little flame on the slope near by
and sat down on two cracker boxes. where
they could warm their hands while they
completed their plans for the daring ex-
pedition which Jackson was TO undertake
that day.
Long before the thick golden beams or
sunlight found their way 10 the ground be-
meath the trees the Rhythmic click OF the
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Some Go So Far as to Urge
the Lasso, or Boomerang,
or Even Chloroform
or Hypnotism.
Continued on third page.

the horse so drowsy that he wouldn't want
10 run. He would gradually and painlessIy
slow down and lean against d street SIX
pole. where he would be snoring anu
dreaming OF his colthood when the owner
got up to him. That's as good as the to'aS
thing.
"Or We might all have these boomerahss
those crooked sticks the Australian nd
tives use that come back 10 YOU when YOU
throw EN-. With these We could 500"
learn to hit a horse upon certain ps''
OF his Uranium. so that he would be mo
mentarilv stunned without being periDa'
nently injured. Or We might get the 'SI'
to teach equine jiu-jitsu. There ousH
be a certain twist you could give hor's
ears that would turn him over on his VS'a
and tie his front feet In bow kho"
stiIl easier way would be- 10 hire SUM
Syengal TO teach the mounted men H'''
hypnotsm. .sy
Then we could look an insane runS"s.
I'm the eve. make few passes Win t'e
hand. and soon have the horse where ~
would believe Il when told that ne had "
come spring lamb and would a''
cordingly. ~
Getting back 10 practical thlnss' -"
the bolas, why did the sugges'er Ie"''
the American plains while he WAS w.. -,
ing around for something 20 ree''''' 80
There's the old fashioned lasso' .''"'
made good at catching COWS ana "V1
out West. Id rather learn TO t"'.'
swing one OF them than All impo yea - a
like the bolas. that you have 10 ..,u,
and recapture every time you n''sS
quarry. Ill. lasso
Beside. and furthermore pou'e "a" ia.
would bc OF some use with sPeee ,,,.t
mobiles and their drivers. You 'ou'" "nt
,anr,e IN a motor car with o'''',
Won could ring the driver OF a Ia" -orea "a
inc car around the neck with lssso 80, 49,
ars- him out 20 answer charge ."
station There are getting 10 be SO n. .s,
machines on the avenue nov that We "u
% he looking ahead for some sue" "a.
~ controlling them. And the iar's. ,ss
h..r tried with good results VIM,
ho,ss hasn't" r ..
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joined at "a point due north of Chancellors-
Vile and, flowing easterly, formed horse
shoe curve northeast of the big house. In
the bend of the river above the horseshoe
was United States Ford.
Two highways crossed almost at right
angles In front of the Chancellor house, one
being known as the Gordonsville Turnpike
Road and the other the Plank Road. The
former led from Fredericksburg. ten miles
away to the westward, across the Rapidan at
Germanna Ford. toward Gordonsville. The
latter branched from the turnpike about
half way between Fredericksburg and the
mansion, and after swinging toward the
south turned northward, crossing It and
passing the Rappahannock just below the
junction of the Rapidan at United States
Ford
Two miles west Of the Chancellor house.
near Dowdalls tavern and in front or the
Wilderness church. the orange Plank Road
forked toward the southwest. If aeroplanes
had been available for use by the Union
army in those days, the aviatorS, flying over
the country which was soon to be the scene
of a great battle. would have been able 10
trace these thoroughfares only by the dark
lines threading the sea Of dark green forest
below.
on the afternoon of April %, while
marching with a part of Hooker's army.
Pleasanton's cavalry captured some fifty OF
Stuart's cavalrymen. Among them was an
engineer belonging 10 the Confederate gen
erals staff on his person was found a
bulky volume, which proved 10 be his diary
Under an early March date was found a
record Of a council of war held at General
Stuart's headquarters, at which. after long
discussion. il was decided that the next
battle probably would he fought at or near
Charlottesville and that preparation must
be made for il.
The neNt daN soon after noon. COnrieI
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ELEVENTH CORPS IN FLIGHT.

General Pleasanton had gone out WIN
two regiments OF cavalry 10 assist General
Sickles. who was in front OF the line az
Catherine Furnace. Owing 10 the over
grown character Of the country he could
do nothing. His men occupied an elevated
piece OF ground at Hazel Grove between
catherine Furnace and the Old Gordonsville
TURNPIKE. southeast Of ChdnceTois'lle'
When he returned from his recommending
expedition he found the men Of the
Eleventh Corps streaming past IN ia"
flight.
lie faced his men about and the gallant
charge of a regiment Of cavalry on us way
IA assist howard checked Jacksons Inc
for A few moments. In this briet interval
he brought several batteries, twenty-five
guns in all, into line facing the WOODS III
the shadow Of which they were reforming
after the cavalry charge. Then, m the
deepening twilight. Jackson's men Swarmel
ont. facing the slendery supported IRE "i
guns. on they came, the line quarter oi
a mile long and five or six deep carr>lh5
Continued on third page.