THE JERSEY BULL.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XX, Issue 2066, 13 January 1925, Page 5

THE JERSEY BULL.

PONY GORED TO DEATH, ANOTHER MAN ATTACKED. There have been several exciting experiences with Jersey bulls in this district, one near Otorohanga having fatal results. Two more cases are reported in the south, when a few days ago (says the Manawatu Times) a boy named Albert Coley, of Makerua, while riding his pony through one of the paddocks on his father's farm, stopped to close the gate, when a Jersey bull that was grazing in the paddock charged the pony, knocking it down, and goring it while on the ground. In the meantime, the boy secured a stick, and pluckily drove the bull off, but not before it had killed the pony. It was fortunate the bull did not get the boy, as there was no one close by at the time of the incident, and, this being so, the lad showed fine courage in trying to drive off- the bull. Mr David Clark, of Totara, had another exciting experience with Jersey bull recently (states the North Otago Times). He was attending the animal after returning from a picnic, when he was savagely attacked. The bull knocked him down and gored him severely. Fortunately, however, it was attached to a chain, and this fact probably saved Mr Clark's life, for he was thrown by the-animal just outside the chain-line. When he was discovered by his family and dragged to safety, he was in an exhausted condition. His body was covered in bruises, and his left shoulder was fractured. His Injuries are not of a serious character, however, and he is making satisfactory progress.