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Seth Mead, Greenwich's most enthusiastic sporting fan and incidentally a young man of true courage, is in line for a Carnegie Medal for bravery. It was not so many months ago that he halted a runaway team, and he repeated the feat again on Thursday.
"Seth" was standing on the sidewalk near the Thayer taxi stand on Greenwich Avenue. A driver of a team from Semloh Farm, the H.T. Holmes estate, pulled up in front of the Boles store and left the horses untied.
A passing trolley car started the excitement. The team, perhaps impatient from the snappy cold air or frightened by the noise of the trolley, started on a mad dash up Greenwich Avenue. "Seth" saw the horses start, realized the situation instantly, gladly and without thought of self, yielded to the impulse suggesting action on his part.
He ran into the street, grasped the reins of the near horse, leaped about in front of the two galloping animals, got a good hold on the bridal of the far horse and held on grimly. The team failed in its attempt to shake him loose and finally halted.
"Seth" was congratulated by spectators and thanked warmly by the driver. His quick work possibly prevented all kinds of damage being done. The boys at Whalen's, 'tis said, are preparing a petition to be forwarded to the Carnegie Bravery Medal Commission.
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