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Show SIAR1PBDE'0EMUSTMWT;: i SIARTLES?NEW YORKERS t i , ' v ' assssBSBSBssBssj , . . r. v Stone Jhrowrtby Small Boy Frightens Ilcrd of Horses That Give East a Touch of Rarfgc Life, r ' NEW . YORK, May. 13- A. taste of life 60 the range haa been given to the ' resident, of the Upper West Side - by the stampeding of 100 mustangs at Sixtieth Six-tieth street and -West End avenue. There was a wild scramble by the cow- boys who came east with the animals, which. were to be sold here, but the bunch scattered in all directions. After three hours most of -them . had been rounded up .by the aid of the police. - A small boy started the stampede by hurling a stone at the ponies. - Part of the herd waa caught at One Hundred and Tenth street and Central park, west. Another section rushed out to the end of the Forty-fourth street pier with such speed that three of the animals were thrown into the river and drowned. On every street and avenue mounted men with ropes gave the section sec-tion the air of a Western round-up. A horde of automobiles Joined in the chase. The tooting horns and screams of passengers increased the excitement. ? Numerous accidents were reported at various .places over, the district, but no one was seriously hurt. - , |