Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1875 — A Man of Nerve. [ARTICLE]

A Man of Nerve.

On Monday forenoon a number of trotters were being exercised at the driving park, among them Effie Deane, driven by the well-known horse-raiser, Alden Goldsmith. The horses were trotting at a live-. ly pace and were all bunched in a heap when one of Effie's reins broke, and Goldsmith toppled over backward, and every spectator expected to see him drop from the siilkyjmd mangled by the feet of the crowd of horses behind. This tragedy was prevented, however, for Goldsmith, whose feet caught in the foot-rests of the thills, recoyered himself and then gave an exhibition of nerve that was most thrilling. The mare, released from the restraint of the taut reins, broke into a run and flew ahead like the wind, leaving all of the others behind. While she was going at this rate Goldsmith crawled over her back until by reaching forward he could get hold of the snaffle of the bit, and then, lying upon her neck, he brought her up with a sudden pull that carried’her almost perpendicularly in the air. He was heartily applauded by all who witnessed Ute daring deed.— Kington. (N. Y.) Fre&nan. —■ ——— —Prof. Tice is for in Texas,