SENSATIONAL RUNAWAY

Nelson Evening Mail, 25 September 1916, Page 6

SENSATIONAL RUNAWAY

WOMAN'S PLUCKY ACT.

A sensational runaway occurred on Saturday afternoon. A young horse bconging to Mr W. Moorhouse was being ?xercised in a 'brake by Mr Arthur D3enjutt, and got out of control in Grove sreet, and 'bolted towards Collingwood treet Bridge. The driver attempted to pply the brake, but his foot slipped -nd. he fell between the horse and) the • ehicle, but, iortunately, clear of the vheels. He was bruised and' cut, out ustained no serious _injury. The runiway careered on,' crossed Collingwood street Bridge, and on reaching Bridge street, turned and made towards Normanoy Bridge. Near the Baptist Churdh it took to the footpath, and traversed the path till a collision with a telephone post near the Bread Co.'s factory separated horse and vehicle. Three horsewomen were near the Baptist Church at the time—Mrs T. McGillivray and Misses Bella and Nancy Cowie, 'late of Wanganui but now of Nelson. Mrs McGillivray had been induced to take an outing on horseback, hut 'had not bargained to meet a- runaway, and it 'being some time since she was in the saddle she considered discretion the better part of valour, and dismounted in remarkably quick time. The MHsses Cowie, however, are as much at home in the saddle as on foot, and l Miss Bella Cowie made a dash at the runaway and succeeded in getting ihold of the reins. Her mount, a pacer, apparently considered he was called on to show what he could, do, the result being that the pace became so warm that Miss Cowie had to let go her hold;of the runaway's reins. Onlookers were loud in their praise of Miss Cowie's plucky attempt. After the collision <with the post, the runaway continued its mad career and) was eventually' stopped near the quarry in the Maitai. The brake was badly smashed'. It is fortunate there were no people on the footpath in Bi-idge street traversed oy the horse, or the chances are -there would have been something much more serious to record.