THE REPORTER AND THE DOG.

Manawatu Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 7630, 23 January 1903, Page 4

THE REPORTER AND THE DOG.

They " tell 'em ta'l" down Carter-1 ton way as thus : " A reporter of ' The Leader had a rafchor unique ex- j perience last evening ai he was! cyling to Greytown. At the southern | end of the Waiohine bridge he wag . bailed up by a fierce looking retriever, ' who roughly resented the blandishtnents which usually find favour with canines. The cyclist then decided to j run tbe dog down, and going bick to ( tbe northern end of the structure, straddled the bike and put speed on. The retrieve? saw what the cyclist intpnded to do, aod rushed full speed up tho bridgo to frustate tbe strati gi- ; cal movement. Our reporter •' hit his ■ machine up for a 1 it was worth," ! and bike ard dog met with te iffic force in the middle of tha passage ; tho result was painfully disconcerting to the dog. The front tyre struck him fair on the forehead, and be rebounded high in tha air, and, descr.b ng a parabola, fell clean over the ten feot rails of the bridge a mangled corpse on tbe shingle lying thirty feet be'ow. The bicycle, wh'ch was , a Raleigh, efcaped injury, A postmortem disclosed the fact that the dog had died of bicycle shock.