NEW KIND OF JOY-RIDING

NZ Truth, Issue 1263, 13 February 1930, Page 3

NEW KIND OF JOY- RIDING

Youth Appropriates The Horse

(From "N.Z. Truth's" Dunedin Rep.) TN these modern times, when a cerj ■*■ tain type of youth feels like stealing a joy-ride, he usually makes tem- | porary use of somebody's automobile. | Not so • with Henry Winslow. His idea of joy-riding dates back to the days of the horse and cart. A tall, good-looking young man, 27 years of age, he presented a quaint figure when he stepped into the dock m the Dunedin Police Court, wearing a tiny military moustache and side-whiskers. ' f'l don't think he is too worldly wise," Senior-sergeant Quartermain remarked when . Winslow pleaded guilty to having converted to his own use, without color of right, a horse valued at £,% the property of William Baird, of Momona. In a statement made to the police and signed by Winslow the whole details of the extraordinary escapade were stated. . It appears that Wi,nslow was working for Baird on a r farm at Momona. One morning, becoming "full up" of his job, Winslow tossed the blankets aside about 5 o'clock and proceeded to carry into effect an irresistible desire to "tour" parts of Otago. Harnessing up the horse and springdray,, he collected his effects and set out for a jaunt round the country. At 5.30 a.m. he waved good-bye to his employer, who was still ! abed, and sallied forth on what eventually was a week's ride through various parts of the province. To Dunedin, Waitati, Evansdale, Palmerston South, over the Macraes, and thence through Central Otago to Middlemarch, the horse followed the route mapped out by Winslow. | On the last lap of his return journey to the farm at Momona, Winßlow was accosted by a constable, the result of j which brought him before the court. "This is an extraordinarily foolish act," said Mr. C. J. L. White on Winslow's behalf, when giving details of the trip. .. .'. ' '■' Mr. R. J. Bartholomew, S.M.: It seems to me that' it is a 'case wherehe should be under supervision.- Accused, apparently, is not altogether normal. ' Winslow was admitted to probation for 12 months. '■'. •

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