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Show 'BRER STEER" PURSUES DECK H HAND IN AN EXCITING SWIM Chases Man from Deck of a Delaware River FerryBoat Pursues Dull Ferry Takes After Boat Race Ends Half Mile, with Bull a Close Second. Philadelphia. A big steer, a dock hand, a row boat manned by six mon nnd a steamboat had n thrilling pursuit pur-suit raco over a half mile courso In tho Delaware River, opposite Cheater, tho othor morning. Tho stoer pursued pur-sued tho dock hand, who fortunately was a good swimmer. Tho rowboat went after the bull, and tho steamboat naturally trailed along bohlnd. It wnB lucky for tho deck hand In tho river that the men In tho boat ovor-took ovor-took tho bull before it overtook him. Tho steamboat was tho Major Roy-bold, Roy-bold, which mnkos dally trips between this city and Salem, N. J and it Btarted Its Journoy up tho rlvor with tho Bteor, tho rowboat nnd tho deck hand aboard. Tho bull wns on tho freight deck, with several stout hawsers haw-sers about his horns and lees. Whothor tho nnlmal suffered from tho heat or disliked tho prospect of leaving tho green fields of South Jersey for the hot city Is not known. At any rnto, tho steer, with a toss of his powerful head, snapped tho ropos that held him and started on tho rampage. Tho bull charged across tho dock nnd tho deck hands scattered. They hid behind tho wnter barrels and mounds of merchandise on tho deck. Tho stoer advanced toward thorn, and tho deck hnnds Jumped to their feet nnd boat It to tho engine room. They hnd barely time to slam tho door In tho animal's noso. Ono of tho deck hnnds wns unablo to reach tho englno room. Ho started to run across tho deck. Tho bull saw him and followed. Tho frightened dock hand saw tho bull at his heolB, so without hesitating ho dived over tho sldo of tho vossol Into tho river. Tho bull kept right on nfter tho mnn Into tho rlvor. Fortunately Fortu-nately tho deck hand wns a good swimmer, and ho Btarlcd up tho rlvor with tho tldo. Tho mad steer kept going, too. Tho MnJ. Reynold slowed up and followed slowly nfter tho man and tho bull. Tho captain saw thnt tho animal ani-mal was gaining so ho ordered six of tho crow Into a rowboat to overtako tho bull. Tho mcu soon had tho boat In tho rlvor dnd they went after tho bull, rowing forty strokes a mlnuto. At tho end of tho quarter mile, tho deck hand was about ten yards ahead of tho bull, which led tho rowboat by twenty ynrs with tho Major Reybold Just behind. Tho men in the boat saw tho bull closing up the gap betwecrv H him and tho dock hand nnd Ihcy in. BBHH creased tholr stroke to forty-thrco. B Gradually they drew up on the unV BBBH mal. Whllo four of tho men kept at BBHB tho oars two of them tried to lasso H the BBBH Kvery tlmo they cast their ropo tha BBBH bull shook his head nnd tho lasso slip- H led from his horns. Tho swimming BHBB deck hand was getting tired and tho BBBH : The Steer 8wam Close In Hit Wake. bull wns nlmost on top of him. KlnnL ly at tho end of a half mile, ono of BBBH tho lasBoers succeeded In ringing tho BBBJ steer's- horns nnd tho animal wns BBBH brought to a stop with a Jerk. BBBH Tho problem now was to get the B animal aboard tho boat. When thej BBBH Roybold camo up, tho captain or BvBB dcred tho heavy freight gungplank to. BBBfl bo slid Into tho water. Meanwhile, tho- BBH deck hand, nlmost exhausted from his BBBH long and exciting swim, mnnngod to- BBBfl get aboard tho steamboat. Ah tho JBBJ gangplank slid Into the water, tho BBH ropes about tho nnlmal's neck were- B reinforced by several stout cables.; BBH Theso cables were fastened to ii B Btnnm winch nn tho deck. At a glvcu BBfl slgnnl tho engines wore started' nnd the snorting, kicking bull was drag- BBBH gcd up tho gangplank on to the deck BBBH where the deck hands pounced upon BBBfl him nnd tied him with n dozen ropes. flflBJ |