The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 26, 1900, Page 15

THE SUNDAY CALL. 15 dz of 77‘(5’ dn Jrancisco’s Park Police (n .fi‘ant//iny y?unaways = —_— Sttective Wetho > T ACT S Goacr- G472 /72//(5_)/?040 v Ao 08,6 9, 2 ( G T7oMsoN . s =~ NS ) e in roping gaso- = ool 1 Run c1 yelled th e Bt < e y they are ready ahead until his rider could grasp the bridle To the mounted men falls all the br firmly. Then came the struggle. For a work of stopping runaways, sav hundred feet or more the vaquero horse, akers almost stiff legged, was tearing the gravel of the s out of the road a »wed down the At pre rs of the mounted 2 tons' wetght of ho and rig. By th wad S. M. Thomson, Nelson Nor- time the outer runaway horse ton, Christopher Areilanes, T. J. Kava- dragzed up half over the back of his nagh and Manyel de la Guerra. mate, upon which the vaquero horse was The “trying out” proc also leaning. With a few useless, tired examination is le plunges they stopped, and while the po- and John McLa liceman straightcned his hat and held the Under the new charter In force in San new shamefaced, chokiug, panting horses, ancisco, the park squad has become a the uprushing bystanders assisted to the part of the regular police force, with a ss or practical ‘aptain Thomson park superintendent. first prize nacadam. uing and d over on hot through yn the gritty sulted In fa- police had t r » : ground A weman with the bright joyful- raise in salary from $5 for mounted men r e e s gy o ness of a new saved life showing on her foot men, to $100 for each In- face. Around her neck two frightencd ther on horse or afoot. The rear seat of the barouche was a arms still locked. The horses were placed in charge of an- other mounted vaquero policeman who came up with the runaway buggy horse. Captain Thomson, who had made the rescue, was off to attend to his other du- for mounted police honors tles. Was he forgotten? g ¢ qualified to character TR and intellect—is taken b; 1 of six years, held ad held her that and not to the Park but the examination will prob- e as heretofore. looked, see- v suddenly popped e fairly in front of dying team he driver tried to save ering it care- there will ain Thom- ke had cleared the : : son and Superintendent McLaren to the . the man must a thro buggy Seventeen years ago the first mounted .. "croung, the speedway > one place bridle, lft its wn and his own rn policeman went on duty in the Golden i 'tne park where driving over ten miles and set ened race. Gate Park of San Francisco. The park an hour is not prohibited. He m the ground, dusty was comparatively unimproved at that on the park horse, nis ¢ hadow passed him. time and not particularly popular, one saddle with high horn, curb bit and raw- & nd rider went over man being amply sufficient to maintain hide la The initiate 1s first put 3 X 1 miles an hour. It was one law and order and catch the occasional through kis paces as a rider—sent tearing Rewer vmu‘xl:.edr,:f ro policemen with his trained and the handicap of a long head start and in an Instant its head was choking hand reached for the bridle of the horse runaway. up and down the speedway at breakneck v ‘g"me pwf which the runaway had, the end already over the back of its mate. The man next him. For over five years 8. M. Thomson, the pace, picking up handkerchiefs from the wn |r.r. e attempt. er left without patrol. with @ willowy rider, but a heavy horse But horse and man were stayers. They against the reeking side of the right-hand threw back its head, striving to escape watch alone. Then It was found neces- dle. and all at full gallop. Then he fs re- e 1 r;‘t‘;» B B and heavy rider. leavy ‘and speedy, came up on the right-hand side of the run- one in the Tunaway team. his grasp, and struck the rider a smasn- sary to Increase the number to its present quired to catch a runaway horse by the &P dm[.}“““- 3“ ’;‘“ -"‘Qdmr“m)" 4\3:1::: th the welght and Swiftness of an ex. ning team, overtaking it as fast as though Dropping his reins upon the neck of his ing blow In the face. Almost blinded, tha queta of five mounted men and eleven bridle; then to stop a horse and buggy. ong“hoi: g s . S 4 days see the whole squad out i e and the strength to conquer, it only stood. His riata swung, shot out horse, he left the intelligent animal mas- officer paused a second, when his horse foot men, with extra men for Saturdays and then to lasso an escaping team. The td:réehglxl i‘fi?ni‘fn v:h:n the park hl:no-': 2ding a race with two lives for @ stake, and caught the neck of the further horse ter of its own motions and with his frec took matters into his own control and shot and Sundays. 1.t and most difficult of all the tests is crowded. ght, flectfoot gazelle of a horse, in sight, & turn at the foot of the hill. with the riata brought his horse up As ke leaned over the enraged animal present chief of the park squad, kept ground, vaulting in and out of the sad- » '