[The scene was very exciting and^everybody who witnessed it held their^breath, expecting every moment to see
)horse and rider dashed io death. The Ten^Mile ditch was right in the track of the the
Iing an ilia I. aud unless he cleared it there
|WON little hopes of man or beast escaping^with their lives. On thev came, straight to^the ditch, whi.'h oould be easily jump. .1 un^^der ordinary en cumsi an.es, but now then^was no chance: the puce was too sw ift, and^to add to the danger, boxes had been put Hi^to carry the water across a small gidly. The^horse burled himself agaiustthem with lei^ritic force. The rider was thrown forward^aud to all appearances was a dead man.^The horse Hoiindi red in the ditch and sank,^exhausted m the mud.
Thehorrified spi-ctstois rushed up the^hill and pu ked the man up, and then re^^leased the horse, The man was badly^bruised, but was found to be still alive,^while the horse was bleeding from a great^gash in his breast made by the end of a^broken board. The scene of horse and^rider tearing down Iteservoir hill is de^scribed as one of the most thrilling ever^witnessed. Hoth recovered, but not much^sympathy would have been expiessed if the^rider had bioki n his neck.
I0BTHIB1 KTtX K IM l.l.'KMS.
Kyis I'ri.e Uepon- Ihe lliiftliie^^ in a^tlourifttiiug ( ondition.
