| Show A WILD CAT farmer cerrille ler rille fight faith an animal aliat was kilens his sheep N Y dec 3 special chauncey snyder who lives on a road leading to the overlook mountain for some time has missed sheep frem his flock after the recent fall of snow be saw the tracks of a largo wild cat in one of his fields that night accompanied by his big bull dog and armed with a eun snyder lay in wait for the sheep killer near midnight the wild cat made its appearance in an instant dog and wild cat were engaged in conflict the cat was a big one with alawa as sharp as needles and when snyder neared the combatants the snow was red with their blood the wild cat had the advantage of th e snyder aided his ann it own with of thecae th ecat the animal reeled and appeared dazed for a moment then it sprang upon snyders dera shoulder and drove its claws deep into his flesh the dog was up in time and with the cat and then there as a rough anti tumble fight snyder rained blow after blow upon the cats levad with his avin barrel until the animal was killed both and bis mil dy p aid dearly for their victory rhe farmer had a deep wound jn bis ho while the dog vaa wounded n alces the wild cat weighed 34 pounds and ww the largest of its species ever killed in the Catskills |
