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Show lur rnrsnee m Horseman. When a grlzily aces a human form he does one of two things runs right away from the atrangcr or right at him. In tho latter caaa It Is generally all up with tho stranger. In Routt -county, Colorado, a man went out to irounil up some of hla stray cattle. Ha did not And them, jnd was standing ,by hla horso wondorlng which way to jturn next, when he hoard a stir In tho I Ibushes. Ho parted them expecting to I find a cow, and to hla horror confronted a bis grizzly Ho did not atop to take a, second look, but made a bolt for .hla horse. The stood had alao seen tho bear and did not wait for ordora, and It was only after a run of about one iV (hundred yarda clutching to tho pom- ' mol that tho man managed to throw I himself Into tho saddle. Meanwhile t V tho bear was losing no time, and as i 'ha mounted a huge claw ripped off ono V heel of bis boot and a portion of the V horse's hide. Howovor, thla acted on ' the horse better than a spur and he v made racing tltno. Bruin alao lot him-eelf him-eelf out, and It was nip and tuck until they reached the door of tho rancher's hln, when the grizzly turnod about and made for the woods Tho man bad a gun InslJo his cabin, but ho was too frightened and exhausted to touch It until tho bear was out of sight. |