Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1920 — HORSE SETS TRAIN’S PACE. [ARTICLE]

HORSE SETS TRAIN’S PACE.

Lafayette, Ind., . April 21.—A stray horse on the Monon right of way north of this city, set the pace for the southbound milk train for about five miles Tuesday evening and delayed the train thirty minutes. When the horse was first sighted, Danie) Leslie, engineer, tried to frighten the animal off the track by blowing the whistle. The horse merely continued down the track. When the engineer put on more steam the horse also went into higher gear ? Three times the train was stopped while members of the crew tried to chase the horse from the track, but the animal eluded them. • Finally a fourth and more determined effort was made and the train crew succeeded in getting the horse off the right of way. The train arrived here half an hour late and a freight train behind it also was delayed.