CHASED BY A BULL.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1613, 3 December 1912, Page 6

CHASED BY A BULL.

TIMAETJ COUNCILLORS IN FULL FLIGHT.' .% ■ According to. the,."Timaru Herald" the members of the Tiinaru Borough Council had an exciting time on Thursday, last, when they paid a visit of inspection to eonie of their reserves at Eaincliff. One councillor discovered a particularly good patch of land, andjhe called all the other councillors who were within call over to inspect it with him. They went over, and were sorry for it. To see the. land in. question they had to approach close to a herd of young cattle, and it was not until they got right up to them that they discovered a full-grown bull there. That would have beon all right had the bull not shown a decided objection to being in the same paddock with borough councillors. ■

With tail in air and head down he issued a series of warning roars, but did not take any further action immediately. There was a-hurried consultation.as to what was best to be done, all being anxious bo return home with a whole skin.. Sonie councillors recalled what they had read about the hypnotic stare and its effect on infuriated animals, but at the same time they preferred that somebody else should.try it. One said the best thing to do was to take their coats off and leave these as a solace to the bull when he made his charge, the suggestion being that while he was tearing up the coats the owners of them would make good their escape. This proposal found no seconder, ;aud was discarded in favour of another one that.they should all take to their heels. One of the party fortunately put a stop to such a foolish proceeding as this, pointing out that if they wanted the bull to charge them that was the best way to get him to do it. . ■ Another series of wild bellows now rent the air. and something had to be done hurriedly. There was a steep gully not far off, and_ while one portly councillor is said to'have scaled a cabbage tree in foster time than a monkey could havo done it, another is pictured as-hanging over a steep ravine, while another cleared a five-barred gate as cleverly as . a cat might have done. I. All succeeded eventually in gaining the friendly shelter of a gully, and when well out of sight of the bull they put up a race worth going a long way to see. Earlier in the day there had been 6ome talk -of a handicap race, and after tho bull chase the handicapper -would have had no difficulty in adjusting-the handicaps. There was no doubt then , as to who could run the fastest. ■ It -was decided, as soon as breath and courage were restored, to name this particular reserve "Bull Run."