| Show m do 2 U II A a jl PUMA J P L LION ON I r a J Gall Call Him Poor Old Tomcat Is 18 Easy jj They 4 Whatever U tai nJ U 11 II h j panther mountain puma Fella will I you 0 what a NI r ll 1 him tm cowboY fa DIO la B a dum wry pallet the v ea an lit t with withof oa en of ot all thieve I b and rarefy ventures lk by ho will run In tor ter terro torI at t vc half hElt hEltH halft firth ro 11 Mil cog less than t I a unless corner ih H alas and aad n never agate of ot thieves the tho thess thooM I HItter the ss t this thin very Cry oM 1 r of at hated r Urge the moat 5 hum strikes ho IIa JI U l and jeer once y ho ht 11 th Cho j a 11 liP Uh tiit newer net nt at at t 3 by br c ran an hI 1 flight ask k by Ire ho hns It po d that ts Is hl much cb I lo for mutton One Onea of mY flow At g e a t d r tM eat aut wt 0 of on I tr r even flock but bit In u ulu n IcHI t few rew anha nl S hr he d seemingly for forth lu I dm S OIl ho hot lt It Fo Fa PI over ocr tWO t 10 1 th fun o of V m tn that t all ot n IIII w Urt U D l I j tnt m for his hla nI he hie ep for r rit stu From II a p pd In hi poor pim S J t from hn d 1 splayed It t PH II r irue with a steel l trap trapI f 2 I U q cleverly h h hr i i bo however w c I caged to dl direst wi t ra 8 a iii l ho he never Minted y were elt rt ua and wn nos finally kilted killed by n how collie puppy tit he ant being 4 b bit o l t l on close closey y 7 p saed Placed flank diet i thoI t a H ht him to 0 fiC f ba II a ehn ht 1 h collie of ut utI 1 jt kuta t n II a thud hi weight I ht and size I hr him i thin Hv are Ii minute got ot f n h we Ir rm tt tired up In hl Int t t C ue l h a I mn Inn 1 nna OWl rP mm nUll nIne rt I t l long n from tip tin to ht am and ni kill killed i in Inaldo Ot f that tip hI at t to l halfbreed dogs do U I but lui nl nil H roil lilt e and IHl 1 hava hl hlf f n r i i 1 Lh actually whip m 1 fur fart M by h a mother burro burlO de cle I all al alI ll 1 i n h b teal a luling I L b be ii la i tJ ti I worst t cult olt and Uld killer I In n n m un il lh Ute tango ions and ond more young i tK le 1 I VH by these the pests peats thun thuu l br all ail il the other i range put JUl to get Th mr is ury sary considerably con In Int Ih t h lor Mod size lz I have killed them thom thomI I a r dos no ii gt Y and reddish t l 1 n ih the tint u being a n morn morno o fa ii I bl mid id J Mi tun In lightest t on the un on uni t t It nI i 01 H years yearn YI ago atro the bIg t rill p et QU Jr 1 I L i Batt al W lIaM H under seven Revell fc lIP th In n Irr lh but hut in 97 I shut hut ono olio th nh h ear r it iu nJ in inches lii a and ane heard of oC nn no not r fht t i n h h I J t I aM dpp dependably Inform Norm Norme e r n n 11 i 1 I to 10 i M and ind 1 Inch The Thet t 1 I a Iii t MV In third or mol moie ri t tIe c a length I of or the and t f are made from Crom tip of ot tt t i md end of or tall both extended ex lend 11 In u ft FI line lineIn liaro lin linIn In 29 T a aIS s With w those Ui 1 t f during which time I 1 have hav lived 1111 lirt y i in to by them themI I M If ilp o h hd J d x nilly good V f t f r their vt v nation gallon anti and study I r Iti In ti n v er un oa OHM n hi hart aid the stereotype ir Tr a a ike iX n cry which thoy tho thoI m n I i u 11 supposed ld to make 1110 kc for the thel I l d l 1101 H w O of ut luring people Jj Ople to tot toti ti II dha I hse t K rt i t I ti i m under nil all kinds of oC r MIS In love lovo and ami In Inn n rr In a the i 1 or r leaping lI e tl t ill r 1 ind ads n In u th throes s of ot their death to tos 1 r Mrs ug s i In ell ki s 9 sand ond 0 nd health trap tid rd J aid Hi at and lod I never heard t i r am any i th r sound pound than a 1 low lowin lown lowIg n in Ig a II M vi hu us hiss or a at 1 Ia I t e i snarl I had Ind two of ut oft t i a ai at 1 with me for three nd my ui JM J nation I fe that they n 1 th the mo mon mar t rid su nt at of ot all nil American I t nl in aa er r n e me that their ji t I u j f uita ta k It Is generally gen rully a It pounce En u 1 iI a i In of i lr their prey with the thea a B U fir rn M c IM r ti il point The Th necks are acs r nary try al all 1 broken seemingly I h a f ur n n hh g bite bito bit i while the loins loin I ro rr in p 1 i it nin Hl by the tho claws n Uw IIi bind hod im feel ri PI The h leap IB is usually but mt art 11 lava n k y taken from rota an nn em I nce and ana ir tt I sight I alone of at a full tun I PT Mi wn 11 It Ib 1111 u di ugh to break brenk down I I T paws l n r i of the colt cult II a l 12 Molly when It In to el ra I Char r I tier Ir ar well wo authon l 7 f r cougars jumping B TAM tr D f 11 I rt n Hu their ir victims under t irr ir I tin p In this enn nn t I In II tt It m may be e r i na 4 EC rl l I that re 1 n I us w IQ seldom make the Ih S n attak upon UP Inman Mn that at all al 1 1 IJ is to 11 nw v e tatty may b bk brnE be coated n in lIT the rnE of ot one hand out V the Ih k d two taro of ot t ue sr ar t v t lot t grave doubt doubts a I n Its e ting Is tease tit 5 II flatly lull tl a timber limber animal lilts n is b by r among lImong rocky t II h of at rn s athon although h he makes bU ut tho tha among 11 w r i ii h y day dur and pima S e i i w c nth Ih t nine deer ore ate on the troll Ho lIo Is on nn adept ut ol douching crouching FO tat low and Ind nd conforming In hI color toor 6 so en da do ly h to the ground tints tint that tu hh f Is II t to 10 lui al un uni i III oyo even when on Oil fairly open pen ground round Once On l U Is started hj h Is la the plainest object ct In tho the land laM landscape by II run ol pf gf t the tho high hight curving bound which to Iu 1 koop knip fO II him con eon In the air ott l orm an animal lI of r f M III elze elz hI he con can when skulking In lit mall email hush brush put Iq r 1 n Q greater percentage of rt than titan can call any other tal r rd larger r than u II shrew mouse mou A habit of ot the tho Is 19 the Iho ac ting or with It leaf leaC and I trash of ot Kill which U I I any In not at tt once devoured At these thew the caches Iw ha In Is Int ally basily t trapped should hould he hI l tum Which however hOI Jr he Ite does unless a by IW hunger arl from an fill fillI paucity of gaue ClUne I have huv known I n a cougar to lo kill and cache five dyer dIN In lit one tiny neither of which nos 1 I tIl I disturbed by lIy him a II cougar CImini In la taught nt ot a i 1 In open Oln county general generally ly Iy v absorbed In a meal on some yearling or of with 1111 ru bOt covers In 11 touch such rasa h he affords the cowpunchers OH punt lure considerable fun tun which ID Is fast furious It la lusts Jails t One Olle Particular of ot title tills kind l I reedit l with n II i vivid a a aIn In company with whir two well known Imon ea Me M l Pont lorn m Dull Dole DullI n I ad d ChR Butler Buller J I Iwae WB WI rIding for fot on I trio broken I blow elo v the tho theIn theIn In Sal mountains in Utah We were working for rOI tho Lacey outfit and had hart VOl vury my good strings It if happened this particular day dRY that we W were riding the I tap tal oj horses of ot the whole LC rc and they hy were fairly fresh WI 0 u had not nol got more mota than a II mile runt camp when Tom lont spied the foot oat of ot u n cedar bluff ani strung w Iun l lit behind It to Investigate We Wo veto IelO jogging along ut n It fox Cox rot ol OI when we WI heard IH urd ids hiM gun gill apt look lug around haw tho the smoke of ot hla Iola eec rec e ond shot impost at ut the same Instant vr wr saw a I long Mite lithe bounding object directly of oC him him h m and coming oming toward us nn Lion said Raid Chan Chun putting Jutting the Iron role Irlo his hla horse tiding riding wide to head the lit cot ent off ort while I r pulled Up pr FO as an to corn com pieta pet the tho triangle and yet let him between up uy I 1 cannot now non recall n a more blu thul hit bit of oC action nation than tho the of of ot tb that t beast Ho Ito hit the tho ground like n It rolled i pi Ing In long easy graceful I broods that never seemed teemed to tire gain gainIng log Ing In tre h Imn with every ever KUrt apart of ot dust that Tom mum rO 1 throw up nt at hl his heels fm m 11 he ho h was beautifully cloae cloan the tha distance b between them th the fact that his hl horse wan Jump Ink mg as on fast Cant and ami high a as the lion was wit a Apparently not seeing either cither Chan Chaner pr er myself who were on slightly lower ground and ail anI somewhat screened n il tam from lilt hie view lew lel by II a 11 thin line Inns of high 6 wood wN the th WK hl cat got gut almost dhe between bet en us till before he discovered his hili HU Ills only chance was to tu keep ep straight ahead as al a we sea closed In III upon hint him and hI wont went through like i t hush Hash heading for a It timbered gully guly some mile ahead of ot u us Ul Our horses by b this time had caught aught the Infection and for a 1 minute I 1 wan as M of or only ono one OM thing and that war van tr the tho extremely III chance Z I would have of ot ever going cat coursing cour again If It old uld ever eer fouled n a lodger hole hol Then the th mad delight nt or the th Ih pace l 1 me ml and I 1 hugged the leather mod frantically yelled I to the horse who was wan going gln Ilk n I cyclone c and una rapidly I eating up tip UK th gap n me rue and the animated tl Vail tillI lall r ad Hut fiat at na fast as he was wan old ell 01 t 1 High I tall nil was wan faster u r and almost with des de deIr Ir 1 saw that lean leall gray head hood creep Int III past and amt caught n a whiff of ot sul sulphurous sulphurous 8 from the tho Colts whose report urns vaa spat Jost J in the Uw thunder of ot the hoofs 1 Lon Loft anti behind I noted with n x fierce tense of at ungenerous lion n ft a t I threw threll my own on gun up and took a a map at nt the elusive form Corm The rat nt fit gave Inc a great grent Jump Jum sideways side and 11 I 1 Iwas was WIH nearly by Ii the tho of ot old ohl who Instantly 1 his hla course conformably Again anti again u ln I 1 fired with no effect and Chan Chinn was wu like unfortunate Then 00 m the lion turned 1 once more moie In my In direction I ripped d a I chunk out of ot his hi hem horn and he doubled up with a I snarl stopped loppe Instantly and 1 I nearly went vent over oer hie lie hood bond recovering Just ju t In time to seo Chan swing his 41 U one more moie on the tho again running cougar who tarred tIll md n a double at the ro re report port ort find and lay My fY first Brat cat ent course was wao over lIr S I have hav coursed ro t the Ha yellow scourge many litany times but jilt only once with st cues when herr upu by b dogs III Ill the hunk adobe barrancas that lie along the fig Ii andy between the Pd Pi 11 and mountains In Arizona 1 once a 0 cougar feeding on ona ona a i In a w little l lax hox ox wash unarmed I 1 rat ran Lim just JUll In a u spirit of mere mer sport port and was surprised to find that thai although I 1 but hut Indifferently catty tIll mounted on a I big American tV airy of un no particular speed I 1 was wa able lo to run over him several lavern times and fina ley forced him to tree In Ina Ina Ina a low scrub where when J I hold hint him him until n II nearby prospector wont went to camp and got hU his hl rifle cilia On examining him we found that not only hla Ile hl forepaws neck nIl and breast but buthis hit his tongue jaws Jaw nod and n l 11 III HH us wel weI w l vero 1110 bristling with whit porcupine which 1 may account for tor bin Ile or QI disinclination to run runY Y a Coursing cougars rs with doge Ix is to my nind but Jut v very i 1 tune tome sport port the I Iol event ol nt lt Il itself elf eIt Into n a matter of I IId c ld Id scent cent am annh a consummating of or the tI beast out of ot a treel tree l I here IH III s In this Mud kind of ot hunting neither danger l nor excitement other tuna than th tho through thorough the rough and finish which some iren then seem awn lo In fort forcing Ing their poor dogs dOli to make Time The spent scent of oC a I IOU con conger irai ger lies lIel so 10 strong that almost any dog can fin hold it II one on of or the UtO best beat Je t lion dogs I 1 ever CHI paw being a cross crops crO 9 between a n grey gre greyhound hound and Rne a II collie Usually U a fL hound 1 la Is employed na an a R strike dog dol to work u ua up a n old cold trail while the tha mongrels do th the work worle when the cat cart nt la In knocked knocket out of ut the try tree In the Iho winter of ot 94 a heal hunter surprised a I an and fur cur pur cube cuba feeding on tin u II leer near nel toy m In county Colorado nm and billed HIed them all al before they the l y could drath re Wh cover cOer Pot For one of tho time the cougar r possesses surprising small amuil vitality Am and Amis is pm I very easily killed In consequence Th The fhe mushroom bul but bullot lot lots Iota make horrible In ht his hla soft s tt n h and I have known an exceptional Iv large one on to succumb to a u 22 2 short ehor bullet hullet ut It the hands of ot a I hay boy armed only with selth a cheap Flobert Westeri Held |
