Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1890 — Stopping a Frightened Horse. [ARTICLE]

Stopping a Frightened Horse.

A horse, drawing a handsome carriage, became frightened at the elevated road up-town recently, says the New York Mail. He was a fine, highclass horse, and his driver was unable to control him. He dashed down one of the crowded thoroughfares and soon had a crowd following him. A policeman joined in the chase, and after a short race managed to stop the runaway. Afterward this policeman told the correct way to stop a runaway horse. He said: “Never try to check a runaway horse by a rush from the opposite direction. Ten chances to one the horse will knock you down, and you will very likely suffer from the collision. “Instead of that, prepare yourself for a,short run with the horse. You can measure with your eye the distance aod start for the run before he is caught up to you. A runaway horse will always keep in a straight line, for he is almost blind with fright and will run into a stone walL Get just as close to him as you can and. when he passes you take a firm hold on the reins. Then, leaning backward as you can. give them a jerk. Yon can add force to this jerk by sliding on your feet. This pulling on the reins tella on the horse, and he will very soon come to a staudstiiL He can very easily be pacified.”