Show A RACE FOR LIFE A Farmer In Iowa Is Pursued Down a Lonelj I Road by a Mad Horse Special to THE HERALD Examiner Dispatch 1 BREEDS la May 20 There Is an epidemic of hydrophobia In this village and vicinity Mad dogs are running loose throughout the county and stock has suffered to a great extent John Ryno a farmer had a startling adventure the other day with a horse that had been bitten by a mad dog Ryuo was driving along a lonely road in a buckboard drawn by one horse He heard the clatter of hoofs and saw a huge white horse pursuing him Flakes of green saliva flew from the jaws ot the mad brute while its eyes were widely expanded As the animal tore away along the road it gave vent to unearthly shrieks Ryno realized that it was a race for life and he lashed his horse now whinnerinjr with fear into a terrific run The mad animal gained steadily and was soon snapping and biting at the backboard wheels and at the driver and horse Ryno lashed the crazed animal continually with his why but it had no effect When the horse of Ryan was about to fall from exhaustion a passenger train ap peared and attracted the mad horses attention After gazing at the train for a moment the brute jumped a high fence and ran across the field and began the race With the passenger train The engineer en-gineer put on steam and the passengers raised the window to see the race Revolvers were drawn and the brute received a number of shots but kept up the chase for half a mile when it dropped in a pit and was subsequently killed by some section men |