HIS MASTERS COAT.
DOG'S ERRAND OF MERCY
TEN MILES FOR HELP,
Wearing the blood-stained coat of his master, who lay in the bush with a broken thigh, received in a full from his horse, a faithful dog returned ten miles home and (says the Grafton correspondent of the Sydney Suit) brought assistance to the injured man. Alfred Hackett was out riding in the Nettle Creek district, an isolated spot in the Compunhnrst region, when his horse fell, and rolled on hint, breaking his thigh. The horse galloped away, and Hackett lay helpless on the ground, in the lon'oly spot, with his dog as the only moans of bringing help. With mute understanding that his master was in trouble, the dog ran about yelping excitedly. Hackett calmed the dog then the idea occurred _to him to tie his coal round his canine friend, and send him off for assistance. At first, however, the animal failed to understand the part ho was expected to play, but eventually he was scared by the whip, and raced away with his strange burden. . . That was at noon, and two hours later the dog led the relatives of the injured man to the spot.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 445, 10 July 1922, Page 2
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198HIS MASTERS COAT. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 445, 10 July 1922, Page 2
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