BULL IN STREETS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18162, 9 August 1933, Page 6

BULL IN STREETS

AUCKLAND EXCITEMENT ESCAPE AND CHASE An enraged bull, with tail erect and head down, provided the thrills of a rodeo in a number of Auckland streets on Monday afternoon before he was captured by one of his many .pursuers after a chase of nearly three miles. The animal, a half-grown Red Polled-Angus, escaped shoi'tly before 5 o’clock, when about to be put aboard the motor-vessel Waka at Northern Wharf, and ran wildly through the busy streets for about an hour and a quiirter before being lassooed in Ponsonby. • ,' ’ '■ - Scattering in front of the angry beast the few people on the wharf when the bull escaped rapidly cleared a passage for him, and lie ran without interruption to the head of the wharf, and out of the gates into Quay street. Perceiving such unusual traffic careering along from one side of the road to the other, motorists made all haste out of the bull’s way, some swerving wildly and others stamping on their brakes to pull up short. The bull bellowed and continued his run.

As they realised that pursuit on foot was out of the question, the waterside workers who had been dealing with the beast enlisted the services of a lorry driver and armed with odds and ends of rope set out to follow. The bull was setting a smart pace and appeared entirely oblivious of its surroundings, running across the foot of Queen street and through a crowd of people near the ferry building without interference. A little further on one or two of the more courageous spectators attempted to bar his path, but the beast, enjoying his freedom to the full,, turned ferociously toward them. Although the truck overlook the animal quickly, the amateur cowboys, wielding) their unaccustomed ropes as lariats, unable to get near enough to catch the bull, which eventually entered Victoria Park, to the vast surprise of young footballers. He eluded the men from the wharf and dodged a number of cyclists leaving the park. | As hurriedly as he had entered the animal next made a bee-line for the open; gate of the gasworks, and careered i round the yard among the tar drums. I He again escaped capture and dashed. through the gate, followed by waterside workers and about 50 small boys. The, men again boarded their lorry, but could not rope the bull, which ran up College Hill and through into Franklm road, where one of the men dropped a noose over his head. After a further struggle the beast was tied firmly and was eventually taken back to the wharf.