—♦ — An Infuriated Cow on tile War-path. Narrow Escape of Several Cyclists. Finally Charges a Traction Engine. Yesterday afternoon there were several particularly wild beasts yarded in a local saleyard, and three of them were the cause of a considerable amount of trouble. The sale was completed, and stock drover Femvick was engaged transferring the cattle from the pens, when with a rush three of litem broke away, and each took it into its head to go a different direction. One made for the town, and came furiously over the Waipoua bridge, and round the corner at Ewing ton's blacksmith's shop; Mr W. Reside being in full pursuit on horseback. He, however, was unable to turn the beast, and Mr Fenwick joined in the chase. The cow continued her headlong career and pedestrians and cyclists with all possible expedition sought protec tion on the other side of fences, or any where else handy, It was not until tlio stockmen had reached as far down Kttriipuni as Mr W. Morris', that the infuriated beast was turned. This two mile chase was excit ing enough, but it was uotlr-ig compared to the return journey, The horsemen during their chase exercised their best endeavour to "turn" the beast, but on tlio" re-turn" their chief anxiety was warning and protecting pedestrians and cyclists, the latter receiving a patieiilarly warm reception whenever met, and at one stage of the journey home, there were no less than three bicycles left to the mercy of the animal in the middle of the road, two of the cyclists having come to grief through colliding against eacli other in their endeavours to put a good safe dis tance between themselves and the pursu ing animal. The result was disastrous to the machines, for both were more or less damaged, although the riders, fortu nately, secured safety. It was lucky, indeed, that the animal disdained to have anything to do with the wheels, for had she been that way inclined, there would have been a busy time this morn ing in the cycle repairing shops, The beast was eventually got as far as tlio top cud of Chapel-street, and the men had a particularly trying time in getting to Queen-street. 