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LABRADOR SLEIGH HORSES SLAY 2 CARS
WebPosted Thu Mar 10 11:10:33 2005
HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, Nfld.---A tourism pitch went very wrong in
Labrador this week when Belgian horses pulling a sleigh ran amok,
demolishing two cars.
The horses, a brother and sister team named Rusty and Becky, belong to
Happy Valley-Goose Bay farmer Tom Angiers.
Angiers decided to bring his sleigh team to a hotel in the Labrador town
where Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams and his cabinet
were meeting, as well as Liberal member of Parliament Gerry Byrne.
"We're trying to promote agriculture and promoting our farm and doing
sleigh rides and that, and it was more of a matter of going up to see
[Mr.] Byrne, who was going to take a few minutes to talk to us and
possibly take them for a sleigh ride or something like that," Angiers
told CBC News.
Rusty and Becky were willing – until a vehicle pulled up
beside them.
"Rusty got a little edgy because the exhaust fumes were hitting him in
the face," said Angiers.
"So as I was trying to get the vehicle to move, Rusty tossed his foot
backwards a little bit…
"I guess he hit a nerve in his foot. It spooked him. He jumped ahead and
Becky jumped ahead."
2 cars struck in parking lot
The horses circled a power pole, a move that broke their reins and freed
them from where they had been tied.
They surged across an intersection and through a parking lot, swinging
the sleigh they were pulling into two cars and causing heavy damage.
All the while, Angiers was hanging on in the sleigh, trying to
regain control.
"Once the team of horses got the idea in their mind to go home, they're
gonna head home," he said. "They had a good trot on, so … it took
us a few blocks to get them to settle down and come to a stop."
Edna Pilgram owns one of the two damaged cars.
"My boss come in and told me about my car, but I didn't believe him
first," she said.
"I looked out and I said, 'Geez, I can't believe that,' and he said the
horses did it."
Angiers said he's never had trouble with the team before.
"We've had them in the Santa Claus parade and there were sirens and
flashing lights and horns and PA systems. The horses never even batted
their ears back," he said.
The politicians never got their sleigh rides – Angiers was too busy
dealing with insurance questions to follow through on his original plan.
Copyright (C) 2005 CBC. All rights reserved.
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