PRIME FAT STEER LOOSE IN CHRISTCHURCH

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 249, 15 July 1920, Page 10

PRIME FAT STEER LOOSE IN CHRISTCHURCH

PEDESTRIANS CAUGHT AND TOSSED. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) Christchurch, July 14. There was a big commotion in tho city Into this afternoon owing to tho vagaries lot' a. (pi'imo fat 6teer, (which escaped fTom the Arlington yards. He was chased. by a stockman, but in his hurry the latter forgot his whip and was powerless to turn the animal. The frolicsome bovino had a clear run through the centre of the city, but in Colombo Street a pedestrian was not quick enough in getting to shelter. Tho sfeer tossed him playfully, rolled over him, prodded him twice witli his horns and then moved on, his subsequent movements being watched from Beouro positions by large crowds. A man who emerged from an hotel and ventured info the road to see what was amiss was caught amidships, tosaed and left winded on the road. A woman was next tossed. Then a vacant seotion was explored l>y tho steer and in this ho was corralled. Messages were dispatched to tho saleyards and drovers camo along with' some well-behaved ' cattle. The steer mixed with these and was got back to the yards without trouble. Those tossed were not seriously hurt, but tho first man to suffer the attention of tho steer hnd to have wounds on hie head and body dressed at the hospital.