Joseph E. Hodges rescued Nancy Cummins from a runaway, Shelby, Ohio, September 8, 1915. Miss Cummins, 39, took hold of the bridle on her horse, and the horse began to prance and rear and to act like a mad animal. Miss Cummins was lifted off her feet; her feet then struck the ground and a ligament in one foot was broken. She feared to let go of the bridle. Hodges, 43, clerk, ran to the horse, grasped the bridle, and knocked Miss Cummins away from the horse. The horse reared and lifted Hodges off his feet, and after Hodges grasped the bridle with his other hand, it reared to a vertical position, Hodges being raised in front of it. It put its forefeet around Hodges and brought them to the ground, and Hodges was held against the horse’s breast. The horse then began to rear and lift Hodges again, and it jerked its head, broke Hodges’s hold, and threw him eight feet away. The horse lowered its head then, walked a short distance, and stopped. Hodges’s right leg was fractured, and it was amputated below the knee. 15607-1403
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