BULLOCKS AMOK

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 10 January 1931, Page 8

BULLOCKS AMOK

GOLF COURSES FAVOURED EXCITEMENT IN MANCHESTER A number of bullocks, fresh from the prairies of Canada, made their presence felt in West and South Manchester one morning last month. A herd of 50 was being driven from the Mode Wheel cattle market to the Rusholine abattoirs. Obviously unused to the town, the herd was difficult to control. When passing along Seymour Grove, Old Trafford, six stampeded, and proceeded to award themselves the freedom of the Manchester suburbs. A hoy delivering milk, who put the number of unruly bullocks as high . as 15, suddenly found himself in the midst of a very good imitation of a rodeo, atid saved himself by “dodging” behind his truck of bottles. Another animal was seen jumping fences in Egerton road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy. , That, however, was only the beginning of the frolic. One bullock, in full career, shortly arrived at the Withington golf links. About 11.30 a.m., a party of golfers were enjoying their morning round there when it galloped along the path past the clubhouse. Two girls strolling in the opposite direction found it suddenly upon them and when it was only a dozen yards away they screamed and tried to scramble through the railing on their right. IN THE RIVER The beast, far from having any of the belligerent intentions which might he associated with a prairie upbringing, was as scared as were the girls, fell over the opposite set of railings and rushed to the fifteenth "Teen at the far comer of the course. No one was oil the green at the time. The Mersey is just beyond, and the bullock climbed the hank, clambered down, and swam across the river to Didsbury golf course. There it charged across several greens to the consternation of the greenkeeper. Not content with its already considerable knowledge of Manchester’s golf courses, it made for the Northenden course, where it behaved similarly. Another of the Canadian cattle took possession of the Christie playing fields, and a large crowd of people watched the efforts of two disconsolate cattlemen, for whom the problem of how to catch a bullock was presenting considerable difficulty. Altogether South Manchester spent a very exciting morning. The police told a “Manchester Guardian” reporter that most of the bullocks had been safely rounded up. One, howeyer, presumably that which so alarmed the golfers, had to be -shot on account of the damage it was doing.