Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

A strange case of a horse taking revenge on a brutal driver is reported from Rennes, France. The horse was dragging a heavy load of bricks from a Kiln at Lormandiere to Rennes, and the carter hardly stopped flogging him all the way. On reaching Rennes the driver was unharnessing when the horse bolted down the street. He allowed himself to be caught and led back quietly, but the moment he saw his tormentor he rushed at him, caught him in his teeth, dashed the man to the ground and rolled upon him. The man was seriously injured and would probably have been killed but for the help of the people standing round, who had, nevertheless, the greatest difficulty in getting the horse away from his victim.