Show cowboy sorry he tried to lasso hawk on rail dewet texas it will be a long time before zelma oneill ONel ll farmer cow boy of this community again tackles a hawk ile he Is laid up at ills his home because of an encounter lie ile had recently with one of these birds while riding through his pasture oneill saw a hawk on a fence post and decided to rope the bird unwinding his reata he threw the loop and caught the gaii hawk k by one of its legs this was the signal for a desperate battle in which oneill came out very much the loser the hawk flew at him fastening one of its long sharp claws into the mans knee and the other into the horses neck the horse plunged la in terror and agony and oneill fell off the horse kicked him on the other knee the hawk still clung to him having in the meantime loosened the rope from its leg the bird clawed great gashes upon the mans body and this pain together with that caused by the kick from the horse made him when lie he revived the horse nad and hawk had disappeared he managed to drag himself home where his wife put him to bed |