Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1910 — WILD HORSE IN NEW YORK. [ARTICLE]

WILD HORSE IN NEW YORK.

Roainlnar the Woods East of City Hall and Frlgittenlnir Resident*. Driven wild by cold and hunger, a black bobtailed ownerless horse has been running in Burden’s woods in the Ravenswood part of Long Island City and residents have asked the police to capture It. No one knows where the animal came from and Its presence was unknown until about two weeks ago, the New York Sun says. Those who know something about horseflesh say the animal is a thoroughbred and when out on a foray it clears a fence with the ease of a born and trained crosscountry hunter. Telling about the horse, one woman informed the police that it chased her around the yard and tore her waist from her back with its teeth. Another woman says it vaulted the fence into her yard, ripped her wash from the line and kicked over the outbuildings. On another occasion it bolted into the stall of a hard-working horse and, kicking the rlghtfcil occupant out of the place, proceeded to eat everything in sight. It is further related that it attacked a feed wagon on Vernon avenue and got two bags of oats. , waah llne Phltceof the Hunter’s Point station house, who has punched

cows in the West, accompanied by John Kelly, of the Bergh Society, spent all Wednesday trying to lassoo the animal. The woods where the animal roves are about a mile in length and half a mile wide. Morrison and Kelly got. back on Wednesday night emptyhanded. It is proposed to get a detail of cow cops together and have a round-up to capture the animal.