New Britain herald., 1921-08-26
MTIONS' LEAGUE TREATY ZS SIGNED BY US AND GERMANY SAME AS VERSAILLES TERMS
MANY ENDANGERED
 BY RUNAWAY HORSE Policemen Feeney and Wag- ner Risk Lives to Stop
 Frightened Steed.

One man was injured and many. others escaped serious injury if not
 possible death by the prompt act and
 hcroism of Traffic Policeman Fred
 Wagner and Patrolman Thomas Teeney, who risked their lives to stop
 a runaway horse during the noon
 hour congestion at Church and Main
 streets today. The injured man is fl.
 Schlafer, who was struck over the
 right eye by the front hoofs of the
 frightened animal and sustained a
 painful gash. Policeman Wagner
 Lad a narrow escape from serious in
 jury when hurled against the iron
 fence in front of the First Congre-
 gs.Jional church.
 The horse is owned by David F.
 Sweedor, a fruit peddler, of 69 Oak
 street and was driven by Schlafer. Just as the team reached the inter
 section of the two streets, Schlafer
 turned out to permit the American
 Lsg zion post returning from the Glover
 funeral, to pass. As the band passed
 the traffic post where Policeman Wag-
 nor was on duty the latter cried,
 Let's have a little music"
 At the latter's request, the band
 struck up but stopped immediately when the horse became frightened a-d reared up on its hind legs. Schlafer jumped off the seat and grabbed the animal by the head. only to be struck in the face by the horse s front hoofs, and hurled to the side walk alongside the trolley tracks. Pa- trolman Feeney, who is an ex-caval- lyman, was riding a horse in the pro- cession and immediately jump off his l horse and grabbed the frightened ani- nal, which by this time was pranc- who, according to his own statement, had made up his mind that he was l 5oing to be killed.
 The infuriated horse, becoming I more frightened every second, now | had one hind leg over the wagon shafts and was kicking land striking with all four feet at once. He darted across the street in the direction O. the Besse-Leland store, throwing Feeney to the street. Wagners atten- Ii II had been attracted to the scene, and setting his traffic sign so as to 1 stop all traffic in the already crowded street, he ran to the horse and grab ped it by the bridle.
 AS was the case with Schlafer and Feeney, Wagner was jerked from his | feet, but he managed to retain his hold upon the bridle. Owing to the ] hold he had, the horse was unable to run in a straight line but dashed madly from one side of the street to the other. At one time it looked as though the heroic policeman would l be trampled on the side walk in front I of the soldiers monument, less than a minute later he was dragged | through the crowd of frightened | Spectators, automobiles, trolley cars, teams, etc, and slammed up against ! the fence in front of the church. Finally several spectators, among them being two or three of the Am erican Legion boys who had imned- | iatedly broken ranks, mana aged to dodge the flying feet of the kicking, squealing animal and by sheer weight | stopped him on the car tracks.
 But there was no stopping the kicking. Time after time it became 1 necessary for the policeman to warn bystanders to stand farther back away from the feet of the panic | stricken horse. Fruit and vegetables were scattered in all directions across 1 the street and on both sidewalks. l With the aid of the American I.e- | zion boys, Policeman Wagner man. Iaged to unlock the horse and sev- eral men assisted him to lead it ldown Church street. The Legion boys fell in and marched away and 1 the heroic policeman held onto the horse. still panting and kicking, until fenough assistance was obtained to get l it safely to a nearby stable.
 1 Wagner who made similar { thrilling stop of a runaway horse on i West Main street about two years ago, l laughs when the rescue is referred Ito and eharacterizes it is "iust ar l incident in a policemans job"