A PLUCKY ACTION.
thrilling- incident recently took plate in the Drivi:iir Park .-it Seranton, L'n ted kstatt^&. J^ w^mj tJftf] fourth, ! i lay of the^Hf>6ui<^Eiftce».'aanVl A crow^ of i. .lxini 0,000 persons were present. j In scoring for one of ti*e, ,heiUs l tap, I hor^s came up to the wireat/a ne^- J perue rate of speed, aud Nellie, a liigjli-spinXe^'iifel^i^ idtc^'-ii-deail run." Her inn, indeed, was so oVajl that it nearly brought, dearh_tu_ hors driver, for her bridle-bit snapped Lie t w o, and she shot ah.eail of tbp rest \yi a wild g.Jlop. 7 FHedWveV, i! Barnbf Dcsmort'st, however, preserved his preSei.ce (7f piinjrf'iti £fn>) rffonieitt^f /extreme p^rttr I^wpinorfri'riTThe seat oi the "sulky" to the mare's hack, Imj elru'K'led up to her shoulders 'ilieir, ?to4piujr forwards, he caught her iy . theueck and shoulders, and brought - : h.e.rjto a sudden standstill just as she v wasj about, to take a flvin«- loap over a ste<jp embankment. Thutid&rm<* cheers greeted this act of courage, and' Barney Desmorest was the hero of the hour. Veteran horsemen who werfe present said it was the finesT djgfjlay of pluck they ever witnessed on ijlie track ; and as the track has been the scene of many " thrilling incidejnts," this is no slight compliment to ijarney Desmorest. i,? t ■ i . —
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Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 20, 23 August 1882, Page 3
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214A PLUCKY ACTION. Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 20, 23 August 1882, Page 3
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