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Show I LASSOED A LION. I m J. BI. Pulsipher Performs Daring Feat flj in Dull Valley Country. 9 Kbde Trembling Steed Within 30 H Feet, Threw Noose Over Beast ?H and Drug it to Death. W (Dixie Advocate. J ZriBj From southern Utah 0 oiuco. It n- &X tuin 6tory Mint 1h a classic. It is MM thrilling, too, although tho dotuils yffl told by tho writer nro given in a mun- jfH nor too simple to bo ovorly vivid, goB and only suggest tho lloroo pioturo $SK that must havo boon prosontod when llH ranohor witn only pony and a 13b lasso, rodo his quivorlug mount onto Kgffi a mountain lion, lassoed him, and Em thou slapped tho spurs into bis hurso ffl$& and dragged tho lion ot doath. pj5 Thoro is a grizzly boar story told $tfg, over and over again of tbo light in m& which tho hunter asked tho Lord to Erf; stand usido uud not help tho bear, if wr ' llo wanted to boo tho prettiest light ffi. on record. This 0110 only luoks u jBtf.1 littlo iu vivid phruseology to rank wm with it ns a classic. (jjgf Mora is tho talc, us it is sout tho iBB "Nowb" by John M. Pulsipher of St. SJHj George, Utah; and to 0110 reading tho jBj loud ponoil copy with its directness B and simplicity of diction, tho con- I pj viotion that the talo is truo drives fWjB away any tendency to laugd down uJ tho incident ns u western expansion ,' W story, dospito tho foot thut it is dated from Bull Valley. HUNT 13 EGLNS:. Brook's Ranch, Deo. 1, 1900. I went out this morning and followed a course up Ooogor annyon. What did I Hud but a lion traok in tho ) snow, tho snow boing from six indi es to two feot deep in tho drifts, so I cold easily track the lion. Thou 1 began to wih for my gun, but I , followed along tbo track, uud in about a mile I came to a calf he had killed about three days before. LOCATED DEAD CALF. Ho bad just loft this calf 1' could boo, on tbo run, so I wont aftor him at 11 gallop. It wub a very rough country, but in a mile I got sight of Mr. Lion. He was leaping uloug, Booming to go about .'10 feot at a jump. Then doin came my lasso and 1 began to Hank my horse with it. PON' TREMBLED. He had soented tho lion and did not want to face the music, but tbo lasso and my spurs mndo him go on up towards tbo lion. When within about 30 foot of tho lion I made a throw with my lasso aud caught him fairground the neok, then took my turns. Tho lion grabbed tho rope in his toetb, but tho horse was wild with fright, and with mo giving him the rein and Bpur ho mode such a bot Ipuao that tbo lion never gained his foot, and was turned end over end, so he let loose of tho lasso and 1 tiover let him get bis feet again until he was dead. ROPE SHOWS TEETH MARK. Tho lasso has tbo tooth marks where be grabbed it Anyone can search ' this bide for r bullet hole. If any one thinks I Bhot tho aniual 1 will ft t H - hold this hide until tho 15th of this month to lot him oxamino it. Then I wnut to sell it. Tho head is on, and tho foot up to its knoos, Tho lion wno Bovon foot from tbo tip of tho noBo to tho tip, ot the tail, uud stood throo foot high. M. PULSIPHER. Washington county. Mr. Pulsiphor is a well known ranohor of tho southern country. It is not probublo that anyouo will bo dubious ouough to wnut to soarob his lion polt for traces of n bullet. Ono thing is oortalu about tho talo: It Is tho most wonderful iu Utah, sluoo tbo phenomenal kills mudu a year ago by bounty buntors who did bum uess with the county clerk's ollioo. Dnserot Nowb. |
