" BULL'S RUN."

Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 12 December 1912, Page 3

" BULL'S RUN."

.EXPERIENCE OF TIMARU iGOUN-

CILLORS,

CHASED BY 4 BUtLU,^

AN EXCITING TIME,

TIMARU, D.cc. 11

The members of the Tiimaru Bbrougu Council bad a most exciting: tiiimie when they paid a visit of inspection to some pfl .their irebervejs at ißainicliiff. 'Oil© counioillor dlislcovered a p;airticuiairly g;ood patch of land, and he called all the other councillors who pere wTithiii ciaill over inspect it wii§h (hian^ _ Tdiey went over, and were sjorry for it. To see the land in question, they had to approach close ,to a< herd of younig cattle, and it was not until they goifc aiJigh.4 up to theim that they discovered1 a fullgrown bull there. They- would have been all righjt had the. bullsnot shown a decided objection to being in ifo& same paddock ■with boroughcouinicillors. With tail in air and head dolwni he (issued ia series of warning Hoars, but did iiot t/ak© further atttdoin imiinediately. There was t* hurried1 conisu'litation as to what w:as best to Ib© dlone, al'. being anxious to xetuirn home with a whole skin" . Some oounlcilors recalled what they had rfeiad wlxxut ith© hypnostic stare, and its effect on infuriated animials, buit at the Same time they preferred' that someibody else should try it. One said the best thing to do was to take their coats off and! leave these as a solace to the bull When he1 made his charge, the- suggestion, being that wh/iile he was teaming up the coats the owners of thenl would imake good their escape. This proposal found no seconder, and was discarded in favouir of artather one tliat they slhlouild all take to their heels. One of the parity foittunatedy put >a<stop to such a fooldsh .proceeding as this, pointing out (that if they wanted the bull to charge them that -was the best 'way to gat him to do it. Another series of wild' bellows now renrt the air, and something had to b<! done hurriedly. There was si steep gully not far off, and while one .portly councilor is said to hiave scaled -«a ca'bbag« tiree in faster time than "a. milonkey could have done it, ajnother is pictured m: hangiriig over ii stiee.p ravine, while another cleared a five-barred gate as cleverly 'as a oat might hiavo doiie: All succeeded eventually in gainlung the friendly shelter of a gully, andl when well out of sight of the bull they put up a race worth going la 'long <wiay to see. Earlier dn the day there bad been some talk of a handicap (race, and afiter the bull chase the handicapper iwould . have had no difficulty dh adjusting the handicaps. There was no douibtt then as to vrhk* could run the fastest. It was decided, as soon as breath and courage were restored, to name this particular reserve "Bull Run."