Obituary and Records - November 15 1801

This being the anniversary of the Stamford bull-running day was, in consequence of its falling on a Friday, postponed until the following day; after the bullards had enjoyed as much sport as they thought fit in St, George’s-street, a wider field of operation was afforded the poor animal, which, quitting the town, crossed the river Welland in the direction of its home (Bainton), when Benj. Overton, a horse keeper of the town, whilst violently perspiring, out of breath, and in a state of intoxication, plunged into the Welland after the fugitive bull, and, as might be expected, struck with the intense cold, sunk to rise no more, although every effort was made to save him.

Source:

Obituary and Records for the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland & Northampton by Justin Simpson, page 18. Printed by William R Newcomb, Stamford 1861.

Submitted by Ronnie Teasdale.

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