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Show ANIMALS KILLED DY TRAINS. '" 0li lllten tho Mrtliut lloaa l.arrri tf I mr. The report printed a few days ago that a buck deer had been killed by a train near Hayvllle. I l reminded sportsmen of many similar tragedies of tho animal world. When the buffa-Iocs buffa-Iocs roamed across tho plains they not Infrequently compelled tralna to slop until the herds had pasted. Antelopes were killed quite often br the locomotives. locomo-tives. Tho glaro of the headlights at night aecmt to stupefy birds and beasts that cross railroad tracks. Owls are killed frequently, as well aa manr other birds, during the migrating season. An engineer on a Now Jersey railroad. while paatlng through the pineries one night, heard a faint crash of glaas above the roar of the train. Instantly the headlight went out, and th Ire-man Ire-man went forward to learn tho use. A short-oared owl had flown Into the glass, broken It, broken the chimney of tho lamp, and lodgod against the reflector, re-flector, ft dead bird, The fox, In spite of Its craft. Is ma of the animals most frequently killed by trains. Tho chances are that most of the foxes killed kill-ed aro young and Inexperienced. In Kngland foxes, closely followed by a pack of houndt, have been known to run In front of a train k.ong the track, then Jump oft again before the train came up. The dogs would follow after In full cry and n doen or more would be killed. One pack ran under the wheels of aa axprett In their, eagerness to get the fox. lUbblts, wild turkeys, skunks, partridges, quail, squirrels, wild ducks and geese, and many other klnda of animals that abide near railroads, rail-roads, have been killed by the trains. |