HBH 1890 May 26 RUDDICK Mr RUDDICK, with some members of his family, drove to town in a buggy and pair to visit the cemetery, the vehicle being safely left by the gates. When the party were about to return Mr Ruddick attempted to get into the buggy first, so as to have command of the reins, but the horses suddenly started off and threw him down onto the road. The startled animals tore down the hill track alongside the cemetery at a fearful pace, the buggy jumping from side to side as the horses galloped over ruts and hillocks. Turning safely into Chaucer road, and thence into Emerson Street, the horses galloped at top speed into Hastings Street, and away in the direction of CLIVE, finally stopped near Awatoto by Messrs MORRISON and MURROW. No one was injured.