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Show DOGS NO MATCH FOR BUCK Animal at Bay Proved Itself Master of Pack That Had Been Put on Its Track. i Animals of different species do not often fight one another because theyi cannot comprehend or guard against an attack different from that used byi one of their own kind. The predatory beasts in many cases: overcome their prey, not because they are very much stronger, but becausej of the fear and confusion that thelri strange method of attack rouses in their quarry. For example, a dog of a flghtingj breed charges like a lion, and nearly, every member of the deer tribe, in-) eluding even the elk and mooie, fliesi from him in panic; but when one of! these animals learns the real power of) the dog it is a different matter. Hobart Ames kept a number of deer; in a park at his winter home in Ten-j nessee, among them a b'' rfith aj fine set of horns. The bucK came to have a great contempt and dislike forj dogs, and any unfortunate dog that got into the deer inclosure did well to( escape with his life. ) The buck had learned that no dogi could withstand the charge or thaj thrust of his horns, and running fromj them was the last thing he thought o.i On the other hand, the dogs weraj greatly puzzled by an animal thatl ought by all rules to run away, butj did not. One night the big buck jumped out1 of his yard, and Mr. Ames' foreman put1 the dogs on the deer's track and foundi him in a thicket a quarter of a mile, from the houBe. There was a flght, and then the dogs were seen coming; home at top speed, followed by the1 enraged buck. His hair was turned the wrong way, ' and his eyes burned redly as he: charged every dog he could overtake.! Several of the hounds were badly hurl and all of them were scared. : . They fled to their own quarters, and! it required the combined efforts of the; kennel men and stable boys to rescuej the pack. Probably if a single one ofi the hounds had learned to fight a deer at bay his example would have been1 followed by his mates. Youth's Companion. Com-panion. |
