Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1896 — ANDERSON'S ESCAPE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ANDERSON'S ESCAPE.

How a Real Estate Dealer’s Preeeace of Mind Averted a Disaster. A circus trick seldom seen out of the sawdust'arena was performed by Mr. L. E. Anderson, a St. Louis real estate man, a few days ago. It narrowly averted a collision and probably saved a man's life, although Mr. Anderson himself was painfully though not seriously injured in the fray. Mr. Anderson is considered to be the crack horseman of St. Louis. He is the owner of a fine saddle horse, a spirited animal, with which he is on the most intimate terms. A few evenings ago he rode out to Forest Park, as is his daily custom. The animal was in high feather and sped lustily along one of the narrower driveways of the phrk. Suddenly Mr. Anderson not iced,a bicycle rider scorching toward

him. There was no time for clearing away, and a collision seemed inevitable. With rare presence of mind Mr. Anderson gave his horse the spurs, lifted him up by the bridle and made him stand on his hand legs. The scorching wheelman, scarcely realizing the danger he was escaping. passed underneath horse and rider unharmed. It was a remarkable spectacle for those who were lucky enough tb be near. But the horse careened in some way, and Mr. Anderson’s left hand was broken in the middle. It will be some time before he will be able to use it again. The inspiration of the moment and the instantaneous obedience of the animal to its master’s touch saved the wheelman’s life, or at least his limbs, for a moment later he would have run into the cantering horse.

WHEELMAN WHIRLS UNDER THE HORSE.