Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 172, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1914 — Team Near Mt. Ayr Ran Away; Boy Driver Was Game. [ARTICLE]

Team Near Mt. Ayr Ran Away; Boy Driver Was Game.

R. D. Thompson made a trip by auto to Mt. Ayr this Thureday morning *ad was on his way home wfien a team of horses hitched to a buggy and driven by the 12-year-old son of King Chamberlin, became frightened. They ' ran for about a mile, the lad holding to the lines and trying to bring them to a stop. The tugs became JUfe. hitched finally and the buggy was swUng loose and the lad thrown out The teaxp continued for about a mile and was stopped by a man named Bringle, of Jordan township. The lad was uninjured, the buggy was not broken and the team was unhurt. Mr. Thompson praised the nerve of the hoy who had made a valiant fight to subdue the team.