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Show CIRCUS ELEPHANT CHASES AUTOISTS Salt Iake, July 15 Chased by an escaped and infuriated elephant and escaping death or serious Injury only D) the speed of their automobile was the experience In Downey, Ida., a few days ago of A. H Ensign, a Salt Lake insurance man, and his family Mr and Mrs Ensign and their son have just returned from an auto trip through Wjoming and Idaho and hae been telling their friends about their remarkable experience and their wild I race to safety "We were motoring near Downey " said Mr Ensign yesterdav. "and an elephant belonging to a small circus that had pitched Its tents there had become unmanageable and escaped. We did not know that until we saw tho huge beast rushing toward us in the road, bellowing and snorting furiously furi-ously with its trunk raised. "The elephant was evldenth In a very bad humor It waa coming to ward us at a rapid gait and completely complete-ly blocked our road ahead I quickly turned the ear around and started In the opposite direction, the animal was scarcely more than ten feet behind us. Then began the most thrilling and hair-raising race I have ever taken tak-en part In. We knew the beast had escaped from Its trainers and Its ac tion plainly showed It to be In a mad animal rage "The, beast raced after us. whipping whip-ping Its trunk in the air and continu lng the hideous noises Realizing that we were in the gravest danger, that (t probably meant death for us if the animal overtook us I coaxed speed out of our machine "In order to get away from our pursuer pur-suer as quickly as posslhle, I did not turn completely around In tho road but start pd off to one side. The ground was uneven and with our gathering speed, we came near upsetting up-setting This added to the danger of our situation. 'For a time I though we would have to plunge into a caual and endeavor en-deavor to escape, across lr but as our car generated speed we gained on the elephant. Also the animal began to tire In a few minutes we were beyond danger "Clrene nMiMio - i , vv.o wu urn BOB ana arm ed with huge hooks soon appeared in pursuit of the elephant Tho fart that the beast had got tired In Its wild charges made it possible for the circus people to subdue It after a considerable struggle. |