Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1917 — To Stop a Runaway Horse, Wave Hat in Front of It [ARTICLE]

To Stop a Runaway Horse, Wave Hat in Front of It

One wonders how many people 'nave the slightest notion as to how to stop a runaway horse. An old farmer in an adjacent state was coming home the other morning when he heard., a terrific commotion behind him, and when he turned saw a horse racing toward him in a frenzy of fear. In the spring wagon was a little boy of six or seven and ,behind the swaying vehicle *was a gray-haired man, evidently the child’s grandfather, chasing the runaway, says the Columbus (O.) Dispatch. In an instafit the farmer was out in the middle of the road with his hat whisked off his head, both arms gyrating in wide circles. The hat did the work, for the farmer told folks afterward that his mother had told him that a horse would always stop at the sight of a hat being whirled directly in ‘front of if^-The animal came tftUL stop within a few inches of the farmer, who stood his ground. It was thework of a few seconds, to.calmthe quivering animal, anil soon the grandfather camo up. He threw ills arms aroupd the rescuer and fairly wept for joy. <