EQUINE TRESPASSERS.

Evening Star, Issue 4084, 29 March 1876, Page 2

EQUINE TRESPASSERS.

To the Editor.

g lßj —No wonder that many persons in Caversham were starled last night W the prolonged and shrill whistle of the Clutha train as it approabhed thb -station, the thought of poor Constable Vernon’s sad death being the reigning thought in many hearts. The word “ accident” seemed to fly like wildfire from house to house, and as my husband had left me to go into town only a short time before I could not prevent a dreadful fear taking full possession of me. You can imagine the sense of relief that pervaded when it became known that no worse thing had happened than the mutilation of a horse; However, one could not help thinking what the consequences might have been had the train left the metals. What 1 should like to know, Mr Editor, is whether or not the lives of the travelling community are to be placed in jeopardy for

the selfish gratification of a few individuals who allow their horses Jo roam ad libitum about the street* of Cavershsm and on the railway line every night. : Iftfttch persons a are too poor or perchance milerlyto buy horse feed, I am sure, taking into consideration the whole circumstances of the case, it would be wise for them to sell their beasts of burden rather than jfcm should be called upon to chronicle some serious nr perhaps fatal accident. I have > had my garden destroyed over and over again by the inrtads of ah old white horse—the identical horse that some injured wiseacre branded with theword " thief.” This brute is well known, and a perfect nuisance, his owner turning him adrift to provide for himself whenever his day’s work is o’er. On his account I have relinquished gardening; and when I heard of the accident last night I thought of my old acquaintance, and asked if it was a white horse tkat had been killed. I was rather disappointed when iniormed that it was not. With-Constable Vernon’s sad death still fresh in memory, it is to be that those Who have been in the habit of trespassing on

railway lines will do so no more. Regarding the roaming of horses, especially in the dark nights at hand, I beg Mr Editor that you wul agitate in the matter; mid I am sure many persons who have dear ones travelling by rail will feel very grateful to you. Hoping I have not trespassed too much on your space.—l am, &c., 1 An Anxious One. March 28.