Show 11 I FOURTON FOUR TON ELEPHANT RACES THROUGH THE CROWDED STREETS OF NEW YORK fw Y urk i Nov ov The antics of a UT tt pig pg su SIJ s frightened a II fourton ele pant today tOda that the Us tg g beast broke away awa tm Its keepers kepers ac it the hippodrome trashed ruid ra through several stout doors which rd irl her h r progress and started on a wild lid ruu nm I toward the East river Down Forty Fort rd Td street to FJ Fifth th avenue and then crowded street the theis th thas is as beast swung along at a speed speet that mud d the great crowd following and spread consternation ahead of her No and was raised to stay sta her progress and sue swept along dodging street cars and automobiles Men Ien women and children Carted into doorways to give she the animal ivay n fly and horses hones roared reared and plunged and nd screamed In terror when they saw the lumbering pachyderm bearing down I tr r them Madison Park Lexington on Third and SPond Sf ond avenues were passed at top speed B twe n Second and First avenues avenue how hower howe er e r r y the frightened beast stopped short and plunged Into tho entrance of ot a tene ment house Tho passageway was too narrow harrow to admit the immense immen e bulk but bub bur r the elephant throw threw her weight cl ht forward and the sides of ot the doorway crumbled Trotting through the long hallway baUa she forced on oa exit in the same manner and then started on a wild rampage through back yard e fences By B the time Ume her keep ers on the scene cene she had swept through half hal a dozen don trail frail obstructions and the window of ot every tenement house in the block was filled with spectators The keepers finally tin aU succeeded In getting a rope around one of the elephants legs and by br b making the tRe rope fast to a clothes pole held her there the beast was securely secure tied Then camo came the problem of ot getting setting her back to the play house The beat refused to leave leae the yard ard even after atter she had been calmed and the ropes removed and amI as 85 a Jast last resort the he three other o hezo elephants were led to the scene It was necessary to break br ak down two more fences before beCore they could bo be gotten gott Q to the runaway Then Whon she sho had been joined by her companions the big beast became bec me as tractable as no a kitten The four Cour animals were driven back to the hippodrome through streets hued with spectators I |