AN EXCITING SCENE.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5255, 26 January 1878, Page 1 (Supplement)

AN EXCITING SCENE.

■ < The: iSoutk Register : describes a, scene of wild‘excitement at'the 1 Catholic jflcnic' at Woodvillemn Anniversary’Day,'-‘December, '2B':—“There"were'‘upwards of 12000''persons on' the-grbUnds— an' opeh-paddbck 3 adjoining the 'railway; amongst. phe attractions pi-ovided-Wa's a pony race, ’nbtwithstahd-' ipg,there, wa,s ho railed-off, course.-, The |bulk of the brbwd..were' in Ignorance of 'the precise , simp,6f the race, ;ahd there 1 being other amusements going oh at the same ,instant, they were scattered- in, ,groups- abput thp-. ipaddoclc, -but’ mostly bn.the, yery, place'wherp the race would he conducted the fierceat ( -^at, heayhalf ; dlstari.he.’ ■JJp intimation,jyas; given hut the,report of starter's pistol the very cpnstaples who! were there for the purpose of keeping tlie ttrayj clear were'hbt and'shated iii :r the‘general amazement at the’ sight 'of'.a string of monies flying 1 down'upon-the'crowd at tbpinbst racing speed. Mjtny persons had scarcely tinio! sufficient to shVe themselves, and tlie’'ei£Citement was almost frantic whe'h the' flr?t f pony was' seen to reel for 1 a r, mbmeht "in ’ its headlong, coursd and'strike tb'earth'three little ‘.children in a cluster. The rider 1 ‘vyent J bn : without the smallest attempt to stop,'’ and hax t diy !ha ! d , 'lhe’ ; sufferers been .removed‘hefoiV’ hd'came round a'see'bud -time', 1 ' despite ‘‘that. 'the /l course Svib* ‘Swarming With people' : > )vho. I were' l li'iirryihg to lisbbrtaih the 1 full exteht of the accident, j Tlie)sf f shouted to him to stop, and waked him back:' long .before ( hf, came pip.;,,butj sp far! from ■paying ’the i-lnallest deed, he' flogged Hisl pblujf l and rappd thropgd like p,..tiradniiiffi 7 '.This',tithe h'p.bnlysdcoeededdn flenpoking oybr 'one‘child, trao 1 ■ Then.he an Unmistakeable deter-' miuatibh 1 to 'finish'the race'with the third turn,’' but most, fortunately a.pqlicej-frppper .dashed, 'bver. l to i 'him/ht' v angleJ ! .and at" gr,sat' 'personal 1 rislc '‘compelled hirtt tb stop 1 .I”’She 1 ”’She of thej threefirst sufferers, a girl,.about 10 years old, nairie'd ! Hprriot'Tpcp.bh,' was'found to'be very sefiou'sly 'injured.' 1 She/’ was taken, to , l Dr , .‘ ',Gething’s 'House'at', 1 iPort,add ' flow lies 1 there In 1 W 1 most pteoatibuß' , c l ohditibn." A 1 bbhstabljs'hfHo 1 yyasmnjtliß gi'Qundmt thei time Y qf arrested the, rider, who gave his name ap William White, a-bricklayer living at Beverley ; 1 bufc-upqu; the, cbfldi apparently regaining con-, sciousness ho was allowed-to go. -Strangß as’ ifomight-appearpthere -whs quitela'!oo'iuhiOtibn '■ when WhiteSWas arrOsted.'.nnd: at one.tlme’itr -.seemed likely-thore would - be. a.-resoiioj >Tho ’ other children escaped with only a few bruises.”