Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1896 — ANDERSON’S ESCAPE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ANDERSON’S ESCAPE.

How a Real Estate Dealer’s Preeeacw of Mind Averted a Disaster. A circus trick seldom seen Out of th» sawdust arena was performed by Mr. ‘W E. Anderson, a St, Louis real estate a few days ago. It narrowly averted a collision and probably saved a man’s lifej although Mr. Anderson himself was painfully though not seriously injured, in the fray. Mr. Anderson is considered to be the crack horseman of St. Louis. He i» the owner of a fine saddle horse, a spirited animal, with wtfich he is on the mostl intimate terms. A few evenings ago he rode out est Park, as is his daily custom. Theanimal was in high feather and Sped lustily along one of the narrower driveways of the park. Suddenly Mr. Anderson noticed a bicycle rider scorching toward

him. There was no time for clearing' away, and a collision seemed With rare presence of mind Mr. Anderson gave his horse the spurs, lifted him upj by the bridle and made him stand on his hand legs. The scorching wheelman, scarcely realizing the danger he was escaping, passed underneath horse and rider unharmed. It was a remarkable spectacle for those who were lucky enough to be near. But the horse careened in some way, and Mr. Anderson's left baud was' broken ip. the middle. It will be some time before he will be able to use it again. The inspiration of the moment and the’ instantaneous obedience of the animal to its master’s touch saved the wheelman’s; life, or at least his limbs, for a moment; later he would have run into the cantering horse. .

WHEELMAN WHIRLS UNDER THE HORSE.