Show I Breaks LegIn Leg teg In n Fall From Horse Fenton John Bu Butch ch DeMill ManU Mantl suffered a broken leg in inan inan inan an accident recently as he was riding his horse east of Crystal Springs south of ot Manti He was in Canyon and was climbing a steep mountain by weaving the horse back and forth across the face The animal animal ani- ani animal ani ani- mal slipped as it was making a turn and backed into some oak The horse lunged forward and went over backwards Butch took his feet out of the stirrups and the horse fell so the saddle saddlehorn saddlehorn saddlehorn horn struck the rider on the left leg breaking the big bone about four inches below the knee Butch watched the horse roll rollon rollon rollon on down the mountain about yards and hit into oak trees He felt the animal was injured or dead and not having lla ving a gun of any kind he said he panicked He was in three inches of snow and slush which probably saved his life Ufe Crawling down the mountain to the horse he found IDd it allright all allright allright right just tangled Getting the animal loose it started to run with the reins dangling The injured In Injured injured in- in man kept calling and creeping toward the frightened animal he finally reached the reins He hooked his belt in the reins to keep the horse under control and crawled on down the mountain the entire time taking an hour and a half from the time of the accident He climbed on a rock and slid into the saddle saddle sad sad- dle dIe but couldn't stand the pain so finally tied himself in with the saddle strings Just above the Manti dump he was found by Alvin who sent for a doctor and ambulance He was sent to a bone specialist in Provo where the bone was set and returned home They later took him to the Gunnison Valley Hospital and he was released on Sunday Butch is married to the former Connie Jones and they have two little boys two and four years of age He is the son of Mrs Melba DeMill of ManU Mantl and anda a grandson of LUlie Lillie Metcalf of Gunnison and Mrs Monroe DeMill of Mantl Manti Butch is the supervisor of the cutting department at the Carlisle Manufacturing plant in Gunnison |