DOG SAVES MASTER

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21698, 13 January 1934, Page 3 (Supplement)

DOG SAVES MASTER

MADDENED HORSE BEATEN OFF To the bravery and sagacity of an Alsatian dog two brothers attribute their lives following an alarming adventure at Penarth. The dog, named " Wolf of White Blossom," is owned by' Mr. G. A. Miles, greengrocer. Mr. Miles stated that ho and his brother, a lad of 14, were passing a field when they noticed a horse straying in the road. They opened the gate and drove it through, but no sooner were they inside the field than the horse turned on them. "My brother," added Mr. Miles, " took hold of the animal by the head, and I grasped its neck.. It seemed to go mad. " Throwing us oIF, it started trampling on us as we lay 011 the ground. " The sight of those hoot's fiashiiig terrified me. I bent over my brother to protect him, and screamed. "'Wolf,' the dog who was in the rn.irl rlenred tlifi frntft in a hound and

"My brother," added Mr. Miles, " took hold of the animal by the head, and I grasped its neck.. It seemed to go mad. " Throwing us oIF, it started trampling on us as we lay on the ground. " The sight of those hoot's fiashiiig terrified me. I bent over my brother to protect him, and screamed. "'Wolf,' the dog who was in the road, cleared the gate in a bound and flew at the maddened horse's throat. He hung on, despite the lashing of its hooves, and we managed to scramble away.

" We found afterward that my dog had a hoof-mark just above the eye, but he did not let go his hold on the horse until Ave called him off. There is no doubt that ' Wolf ' saved our lives. One blow on the head and we would have been at the animal's mercy."