Show EXCITING RUNAWAY nelson family has narrow escape while on outing in monroe canyon horse becomes unmanageable and runs away last sunday N ill be a d daiy diy ay iy loni long re ll 11 andrew nelson and ins its farr il on tile the oci aaion of the visit abit of his con on A W INT nelon elcon and in his eife ife the family arr hinged i a trip into monroe cannon which is famous for its scenic two lurry rigs were ere secured and ohp th journey to monroe was inas made without incident except for a little nervousness displayed ed by one of the horses when the cannon was entered one horse persisted in balking and when the narrows was nas reached this team mas as abandoned and the people were transferred to other vehicles vehicle i which were nere going into the canyon on the return trip the team which vas a as driven by chris nelson became unmanageable several children were in the rig together with chris and big sister callie one horse persisted in liing down in the road and it required the efforts of several men who va were ere in the canyon on pleasure to get it to its feet mrs andrew nelon nelion and her daughter in law refused to ride in the buggy and they hung bung on to the back trying to steady the rig from the plunging of the balses but when the narrows was again reached the horse lay down and would not budge the other team which had been left on the up journey i was hitched up and after the obstinate te animal which persisted in lying down had been coaxed into rewriting its sprig t pt portion the other outfit with I 1 az ir nt lon on a i lu hi it aon on so tool toa the leaa at aai down don the can cannon on when half N way ay between the narrows and thea ohp mouth of th canyon chris team agan again shoved signa sign of restlessness and in a few minutes started to plunge with all his strength chris hung bung on to the lines and would hae succeeded in bringing the b horses to a hilt halt but one of the traces became booc and fell among the horses feet this frightened them and N with ith a d bound they NN were ere ot off down the cannyn chris was anas pulled forwald and a lunge of the vehicle precipitated him the wheels heels x the pole dropped to the ground and a low place in the roadway where a recent storm had aft 1 ft a pool of water was as encountered and the pole stuck fast in the soft ground the fastenings gave way nay and the horses were freed from the buggy miss callie who occupied the seat by her brothers side waa a thrown out under the feet of the horses and into the mud but aside from a few bruises and a seere secre nervous shock she was uninjured when chris was waa picked up it was thought his leg was broken but on ar rial here a physician was called who stated that no bones were broken the runaway horses continued a short di distance stanLe down the canyon when the horse which had bad lain down several reveral times went down again and was dragged several rods rod by the other horse when found it was as thought that the horse on the ground was dead and the other was secured and taken back where here N the family were gathered on oil reaching the sime same spot a little later t the he horse had bad disappeared and it had made its way y down to monroe where it was captured mrs nelson nelbon was badly upset and N was as confined to her bed several das dabs from the nerous nerious strain in fact all the family were vere upset with the terrible experience |