The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-07
AUTO CHASES
9TH. AYE. RUNAWAY
Communicated to Pursue
Little Black Horse Which
Wrecks Policeman.
STOPS ON WEST SIDE

Somebody gave a little black horse be-
longing to Peter Manning a slap which
the horse did not like last night just
as the animal was turning toward his
stall in the Manning stables. 1872 West
Fifty-sixth street.
Result. a runaway horse which raced
across Fifty-slxth street to Fifth e
nue., down to Twenty-eighth street,
across to Eighth avenue with all the
frills of a Fifth avenue runaway. persons
In the street trying to III up tho sides
OF the buildings, automobiles running In
circles, policemen s~houting-and all the
time Policeman John Salmon on the
running board of one of Thomas +.
Ryan's automobiles trying to grab the
horses bride or bang the horse over the
head with his club.
Policeman Salmon did not stick till the
end of the chase owing to the fact that
he scraped off most of his uniform and
large portions of his flesh in an I'M
successful jump at Twenty-eighth street,
Maurice Bloomrath, Mr.. Ryan's chauf-
feur, was In at the end, however, for he
kept right on.
just about the time an irate citizen
raj INTO the East Fifty-frst street
station to complain that a horse had
tried to climb into his automobile SAL
mon. who belongs to that station. was
standing in front of the cathedral and
was apprised that something out OF the
ordinary was occurring to the north by
the warnings OF all kinds of motor cars
up the avenue. Then the horse came
along. the metal ends of his traces hit
ting the street only at the high places.
Salmon ran out to the first south
bound automobile he saw. which hap
pened to be Mr.. Ryan's, and com
Wandered it, ordering the driver to 20
after the horse.
Bloomrath had the sporting instinct
and he seized the chance to race down
Firth avenue with the law or. He was
even with the horse at Forthwith street
and manpuvred 50 that Salmon could
crap the bride. hut the horse would not
u straight. At Forty-seoond street
they We're edged close to the west
curb and Salmon was trying to land
with his club. The policeman at the
corner tried to get into the play and
came near being hit by both car and
horse at the same time. He dived to
safety.
a woman at Thirty-ninth street tried
TO hit the horse with an auto robe and
ran him up on tn" sidewalk. Samlon got
one whack with his club at Thirty-fourth
street and the horse took the sidewalk
in front Of the Waldorf. Astoria, scatter
ing those m the sidewalk. lie was back
in the street at ~Thirty-thlrd street and
the Ryan auto. followed by a fleet Of
every other kind of car. footing joyously
as they threw in a little more gas.
At Twenty-eighth street the horse
seensd to he slowing down, and there
Salmon made his big jump. lie only
struck the side of the head and then
scooted over the hard paving. The horse
turned west, followed by Bloomrath.
over Twenty-eighth street. across Broad
way, over sixth VENUE, where the crowd
swelled out over Seventh avenue and
clear over to Eighth the pursuit went
and there II ended.
The littlc horse stopped, heaving,
showing ne had lost interest. Rloomrath
swung IN ahead OF him and another
policeman grabbed the bride.