Willard H. Kelsey, 18, farmhand, attempted to save Herbert Beattie, 47, farmer, from an enraged bull, Bellona, New York, September 29, 1912. Beattie was attacked by the bull and lay helpless while the animal struck him repeatedly at the stomach and chest with one of its shortened and blunt horns. Kelsey, who had run rapidly to the scene and was somewhat winded, grabbed a dung fork and attacked the bull, thrusting the tines into its neck near the shoulder. He jumped back, and before he could raise the fork to thrust again, the bull sprang at him and knocked him 10 feet. It returned to the attack before Kelsey could get to his feet and knocked him down. He grabbed a ring in the animal’s nose and held its nose close to his side so that it could not strike him. Then assistance arrived and Kelsey escaped, only slightly bruised. Beattie died within a few minutes. 9360-799
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