Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives News.....Colt Injured, 1936 

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"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 16, No. 44, Feb. 13, 1936, p. 1, col. 5 

"BELIEVE IT OR NOT" 
   ACCIDENT HAPPENS TO 
        COLT ON FARM HERE 

  W.M. Bradshaw was showing us yesterday a 20_inch section of the butt end of 
a pitchfork handle which Dr. I.P. Gilbert, veterinary surgeon of Courtland, 
extracted from the chest of one of Mr. Bradshaw's fine registered Percheron 
colts on Wednesday of this week.  About the day after Christmas Mr. Bradshaw 
noticed that the colt was badly wounded in the chest and had been constantly 
doctoring the animal, calling in Dr. Gilbert in the meantime, but neither of 
them noticed the presence of the pitchfork in the animal's body until it was 
discovered this week and pulled out, the broken end of the handle being at 
least four inches within her body. 

  The colt, which is about one and one-half years old, weighing approximately 
1,000 pounds, is one of 16 registered Percherons which Mr. Bradshaw bought 
last year in the Valley of Virginia for breeding purposes.  It is almost 
unbelievable, and a fit subject for Ripley's "Believe It or Not" feature, 
that the colt could have been so terribly pierced by the pitchfork handle 
and survived, Mr. Bradshaw and Dr. Gilbert stating that the animal will 
entirely recover.  The pitchfork must have been sticking in the ground at 
an angle and was run into by the colt as it was racing through the pasture, 
the handle entering the colt's chest and running up by her fore-shoulder 
between the ribs and stomach wall. - Franklin, Va., News. 


Additional information: 

The owner seems likely identical with William Mills BRADSHAW, Sr. (1884-1936). 
   He appears in the 1910 Census as a laborer on his parents' farm, Windsor 
   Dist., Isle of Wight Co.   In 1920 & '30, he rented a farm on South Quay 
   Rd., Franklin Dist., Southampton Co.  He is buried in Beaver Dam Baptist 
   Church Cemetery, between Franklin & Carrsville. 
   Beaver Dam list (BD-12), an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 

Dr. Ivan P. GILBERT (1900-1939), a native of Stuart's Draft, is buried in 
   Riverside Cemetery, Courtland - Episcopal Sect., Plot 26 (his in-laws'). 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Riverside list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

His obits ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," & "Tidewater News," Aug. 1939) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g416i1ob.txt 


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