Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1913 — STAG ALMOST HELD ITS OWN [ARTICLE]

STAG ALMOST HELD ITS OWN

Animal Running on English Track Kept Fairly Ahead of Train for Bome Miles. A stag, appropriately named Lightning, after being hunted for an hour by the Essex staghounds, jumped on the railroad line near Felsted, in front of a passenger train, and a race ensued, in which the stag kept the lead for four miles. The description “famous,” applied to the stag by a local correspondent, suggests that it had been hunted by the hounds on many previous occasions. It was brought dp to Smith’s farm in a cart and liberated, the hounds being then put on its trial. They were quite close to the stag when it sought refuge on the railway. Finally the stag, with foam dropping from Its mouth, turned through a fence at Rayne. It was much exhausted, but its four-mile chase by the train had saved it from its natural enemies for the time being, at least. The driver of the train says he blew his whistle several times in the hope that the stag would turn aside, but It never left the track till Rayne was reached. He had to slacken speed several times to avoid running into it. —London Chronicle.