Show DOGS NO MATCH FOH BUCK animal at bay proved itself master of pack that had been put on ita track i animals of different species do not often fight one another because they cannot comprehend or guard an attack different from that used by one of their own kind the predatory beasts in many cases overcome their prey not because they are very much stronger but because of the tear and contusion that etheln strange method of attack rouses in their quarry for example a dog of a breed charges like a lion and nearly every member of the deer tribe in eluding even the elk and moose files from him in panic but when one 0 these animals learns the real power ot the dog it Is a different matter hobart ames kept a number of deer in a park at his winter home in ten nesson among them a buck with a fine set ot horns the buck came to have a great contempt and dislike for dogs and any unfortunate dog got into the deer inclosure did well bof escape with his life the buck had learned that no dog could withstand the charge or thai thrust of his horns and running from them was the last thing be thought of on the other hand the dogs were greatly puzzled by an animal ought by all rules to run away but did not one night the big buck jumped out of his yard and mr ames foreman put the dogs on the deer s track and found him in a thicket a quarter of a mlle from the house there was a fight and then the dogs were seen coming home at top speed followed by the enraged buck ilia hair was turned the wrong way and his eyes burned as he charged every dog he could overtaken several of the hounds were badly hur and all of them were scared they fled to their own quarters and it required the combined efforts of tha kennel men and stable boys to rescue the pack probably it a single one oti the hounds bad learned to fight a deer at bay his example would have been followed by his mates youth s companion |