RECKLESS RIDING IN THE STREETS OF FEILDING.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 112, 8 November 1893, Page 2

RECKLESS RIDING IN THE STREETS OF FEILDING.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAIt. Sir,—Permit me, through the medium of jour valuable journal, to draw attention to the exceedingly dangerous practice that prevails here of persons carlessly galloping through the streets on dark nights. Last evening, about half half past eight, I had the misfortune to receive a practical and decidedly painful reminder of the risks one has to encounter when promenading our streots in the dark and silent hours of a Sunday night. Ab I was strolling along Manchester street, in company with some friends, a couple of apparently brainless beings, evidently possessed of little regard for the life or limb of the unfortunate pedestrian, came galloping along in the stupidly careless manner peculiar to the tribe, with the result that in trying to avoid one of them I was suddenly knocked down by the other. Fortunately, I escaped with ray life, and I have good reason to congratulate myself on the fact that, beyond a severe shaking and a fright, I I have nothing to complain of. One of the riders I may state was a lady (!), and though it must have been clearly apparent ■to herself and escort that there was a human being under the horse's legs, yet neither stopped to see whether it was possible to render any assistance: " Man's inhumanity to man " is proverbial so it is only natural that this galloping pair of choice samples of modern Christianity, returning home from church loaded with goodness and a liberal amount of up-to-date sermon, should heedlessly ride on, little caring whether the result of their senseless horsemanship ended fatally or not On a previous occasion I had a similar experience here, nnd I really think, sir, it is high time that a stop was put to a most dangerous practice, now becoming alarmingly prevalent in this town. Life, we know, is at all times uncertain, and accidents will occur when least expected. Still, I am convinced that occurrences, such as the one above described, could easily be prevented were persons to simply evercise a little discretion when riding through the town at night. Possibly when pome good and honorable citizen has had his brains kicked out by one of the careless tribe of wildfire gallopers, who seem to infest the town on Sunday evening**, a loud and clarion* tongued howl will be made about the reckless riding in our streets at night. It would occupy too much of your valuable space, sir, were I even to attempt to enumerate a few of the many complaints relative to the matter, and to those who seek the enjoyment of a walk through the town of an evening, the pleasure is considerably lessened by the fact of its being attended with an amount of risk, almost bordering on the positively dangerous. If a person is knocked down and trampled on by one of these equestrian lunatics, it is on almost assured fact that they will take a fiendish delight in riding on, without ever dreaming of stopping and enquiring whether the victim has been made a mangled corpse or not. He is not built that way. In conclusion, sir, might I suggest the advisability of your again drawing attention in your popular journal to the serious results likely to ensue from this dangerously common practice of careless riding through our streets at night time. Apologising for taking np so much of your valuable space, I am, etc., B. Levoi. Feilding, Monday, November 6tb, 1893.