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Show HORSE AND RIDEH , CRASH INTO Ali : 0 fff As Result, Mrs. Donolicr and HE Daughter Have Narrow 111 Escape. Hlf HORSE BADLY INJURED : II RIDER ALSO IS HURT B All Comes From Racing, and 1 One Man Is Under f Arrest. IB Snorting with fear, a saddlo horse, Mi , maddened by blow? which another rider Ms was raining upon it, plunged headlong J Fridaj- night into an automobile in Kx which sat a woman and .a Utile girl 3Vs years old. llorso and rider went, down m in a heap., woman and child were ( thrown into fho bottom of tho automo-? automo-? bile, which was hurled twenty feet j; ahead by ihc impact, but the companies" compan-ies" ions of tho unhorsed rider, who were ji another man and two women, sped on-;i on-;i ward, jdj Tho horse did not rise again. It W probably suffered a broken shouldor, H .which likely will necessitate it being ilj. shot. The Vidor, M. ,1. Kilcy, crawled ( to the .roadside with a severely injured cg. Tho woman and the child, Mr?. Ul "W. I'. "Douoher. wife of a physi-jjj; physi-jjj; cinu. and her dnnghrer. gathered them-fi them-fi selves up from (ho bottom of the ton-1 hi ncau. Mr?. Donoher with a severely -Zi vrrnncliefl brick i HIH That death was not the result of the WKfj accideut is tho marvel of all those who vy saw the crash. The mount of Riley, liKKj v-'ho says that he is a traveling man. Hl ifl was going at break-neck speed, urged Hf f on by tho lashings from a whip in the Hl If hands of ono of Riley's riding oompan- Hl i ioas. At every leap tho whip fell ifj across the horse's llanks. while the $ riders shouted with glee. The horse, j, maddened with pain and terror, plunged -ft on at. an ever-increasing, nerve-racking ,8 .speed, until it hurled itself headlong inlo the rear of the automobile. Then 5 it went down in a whirl of dust, ijjl "Without giving another glance at Iheir companion, the other riders sped plj The accident occ urred about "1 1 KAl n "clock near Seventh South and Main tercels. T)r. Donoher "s automobile was mffl standing "dead" at the side of the mil road. It had run out. of gasoline and B8 .Dr. Douoher. who resides in the W Sinufl'er apart menls, had gone into a fl house near by to telephone to Botter- ItS ill's garage for a fresh supply. Mfll Up South Main street came a party fcu dI riders, two men and two women. & urging their horses to top speed. The : fy women were in advance. "Riley and a fejr male companion were in the rear. S Faster." shouted Riley's compau- iS ion ; "they will beat; us yet." It Headlong Into Machine. Wi With that he laid the whip across l 3 fi ley's horse. T!ie animal, already do- w iug its utmost, plunged in fright. The ISJ 7ioxt instant it had swerved and hud j gone headlong into Dr. Donoher 'S ma- H& C Mrs. Donoher and her daughter. HR'y .T'.oodv. were in the rear sear. Dr. tt Donoher had just stepped to tho side of tho machine and had his hand on HHft the brake. The noise of passing ears HHw ilrownpd the pounding of the oncoming HBI Suddenly Dr. Donoher felt the ma- HHtf chine shoot forward as if it had been HHi'. catapulted. He saw a horse Tear up Hf? ;inrl then vo down. Dr. Donoher lu'm- H self was thrown to t.hc ground and Hflnj l)ai-oly misled going under the wheels of HRlj 'who.n the doctor arose he saw a man Htj and hor.o struggling on the ground. HSjj 3Hs tirtt thought was for his wife and Hp daughter, whom he found piled in a HpRl heap in the bottom of the tonneau. HI Thru he looked up Main street. There Min were three riders still speeding on. H Tho doctor ascertained that Mrs. H Douoher and the little girl had not HHvt been killed: then he turned his arren- HBjij tion 1o Riley and the horse. Tho ani- aHrji nial was Iv'ing on the ground, while uj Tiiley. dazed by his fall, was crawling HHsjj f;harles Speny. deputy sheriff, who HflBj wns ait tye-witness io tho accident, put HKlj Jfiley unWr-arrest and took him to the HS! iouiity, jail. A charge of reckless Jn riding 'probably will be placed against HHlj Then 'another Hiitomobile. carn-ing fn gasoline for the Don.oher machine, ar- j! rived. It towed the damaged :ar to H8l ltr'the"nieauriin'e. wnic on had sent HSi in a call for the roli'.e. T.y the time HBlj f.h.N panel vagou had arrived, nothing Hi! was left to show that three lives had HBn teen r it: dftnger, e.v-eit an injured M Iiotsp "lying by the roadside. ! Tt, all' came -o uicklv that it is Hpfil hard to d??cri!if it.'' Dr. Donoher said H w.Ucn ihe .tnljed. :U police headquarters jH r-i rcxiort the accident. "I" had just j . stopped from a' house where 1 had been HH tf-Iephoning. when tho horse plunged JRjj into mv automobile. T leaned for the JH lirake. but T was too late. The machine hlior forward with imiiieue force and HH i 1 u'hk tossed to one side.' H T.lic hore which was injured be 1 1 longed to .To hit X. T'ursell. 61 AVe?.; H J Third South streot. The names of th HH or.licv ridei-s could not be learned bj |