Show A COWBOYS NERVE shot tho the horse dead which was Drag dragging ginz him henry ferster of otto wyo employed on the big horn basin ranch of richard ashworth ash worth as a cowboy had bad a frightful experience tuesday and hal bal it riot not been for his nerve and presence of mind would have met an awful death ferster left the ranch on horseback horse back leading three other horses attaL attached hed to the pommel of his sad lie ile the horse lie he was riding slipped and fell un seating ferster who in falling got his foot entangled in the rope with which they were fastened together the horses started to run dragging ferster between them he was lying on his bis back and managed to keep his head from the ground he drew his knife to cut the tha rope but it was knocked from hie hia hand ile ho then got his revolver from the scabbard and fired at one of 01 the horses horse the shot was not a fatal faial ozie one and ferster had to take two more shots before he be killed the animal and stopped the runaways ferster escaped with some bad bruises and scratches and with one of the small bones oi of the ae leg broken but f considers on siders he be had a lucky escape carbon county journal |