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June 12, 2005

RUNAWAY HORSE

An excerpt from the Leinster Leader from January 1901 concerning a runaway horse in Kildare Town.

Leinster Leader 19/1/1901 p. 8

A RUNAWAY HORSE AT KILDARE

On Saturday last, a race horse, the property of Mr. F. Cullen, Curragh, whilst being exercised bolted and ran at furious speed into Kildare, carrying its rider, a son of Mr. Cullen. When near the Ball-alley a car was approaching and despite the rider’s efforts the horse ran into it. The shaft of the car entered the animal’s body and killed it almost instantly. The rider was thrown from the saddle but escaped uninjured.

Posted by mariocorrigan at June 12, 2005 07:42 PM