ATTACK BY BULL
FABM HAND'S ORDEAL SAVED BY YOUNG GIRL PROMPT, COURAGEOUS ACTION ANIMAL SUBSEQUENTLY SHOT [TIT TELEGRAPH —PHESS ASSOCIATION'] CHRISTCHURCH, Hondo* The courageous action of a girl aged 12 probably saved the life of a farm hand at Rakaia, who was attacked by a bull. The farm hand, Mr. D. Hopkins, noticed the bull feeding on a wheat stack on the farm of Mr. W. G. Reading early in the evening. He tried to chase the bull away, but as he drew near it charged him and knocked him down. With great fury the bull again began to attack him. Mr. Hopkins had the presence of mind to grasp the ring in the bull's nose, but the animal became even more enraged and stamped viciously at the prostrate man. Mr. Hopkins was injured in the chest and other parts of the body, but held on until the ring slipped from the bull's nose.
The bull was then free to use its horns and was on the point of doing so when Gladys Rowe, aged 12, who had seen the man's plight, ran up armed with a pitchfork. This diverted the bull's attention and the girl called a dog to her help. The dog held the bull by the nose until the owner rushed across the field with a gun and shot the bull dead.
Mr. Hopkins was badly bruised, but his condition is reported to be satisfactory.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22032, 12 February 1935, Page 8
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