Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

The St. Charles Michigan Harald says: “J. H. Griffin, of this city, was dangerously bitten by his stallion ‘Black Hawk,’ near the house of Charles Smith, east of St. Charles, on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Griffin was in the act of getting into his sulky, when the horse made a dive for him, jumping about eight feet, and caught him with his teeth in the left side just over the heart, and drew him back over the sulky, shaking him as a dog would a mouse. The horse was fearfully mad, and repeated the operation several times before he could be driven off. This was only effected after a vigorous application of a club over his head. Mr. griffin was brought to the Minnesota House, and Dr. Sudduth called, who dressed the wounds. Two ribs were badly broken and chewed into a pumice, and the flesh torn and lacerated terribly. It is feared that he may have suffered some internal injury, but at present the indications are that he will recover. No reason for this sudden mad freak of the horse can be given, other than that he was tied in a stable the night previous with other horses, some of which got loose and were fighting and kicking during the night.”