RABBITS ARE HARD FIGHTERS the charge of cowardice a slander defeat of 9 ferret tell a man that he the pluck ot of a rabbit and it he disprove it by hitting you he Is certain at any rate to be extremely annoyed yet the tha taunt Is a libel on the rabbit A doo doe rabbit will fight like fury in defense of her young she will harge charge like a battering ram and use c those long sharp of hers to capital purpose an old buck rabbit Is not to be light y tite tackled kled by weasel veasel stoat or even terret ferret on the sanded floor of 0 a small public house bouse near Cheit chestnut nut of ong experience was matched with an old ild leared lop eared buck the property of the landlord The ferret made straight for the rab bivs throat but the latter was in the air before master ferret could reach him and alid leaping clean over the ferrets head let out with those powerful hind logs legs of his a kick which hurled burled the ferret ferrat bodily against the wainscot twice the ferret returned to the attack and twice he missed his grip and went hurtling through tho the air the third repulse was enough for him he knew he be was waa beaten and could not be persuaded to stand up tip for a fourth round pearsons Pear sona weekly ia