, 1875-12-11
a HUNTERS TALE.
Tow II E1Ountnirerr Captured q Wild
Pony Ani Killed q Puma.

f5sfy Mountain .itm&.
M. e. ltTiDt, tie mullltaintet Auntor, recont-
IL cnurc Into Colorado 3psiuEs from tho noun.
tslna. and teportod tho discovery OF pony IN
company with hard Ut biAon kEonu to EanRe
among tic hL!la about tho nortboru bnso OF
Pixies Peak. The pols had often boeu eeon 6y
o1her hunters isaing~the bison herd, and iong
been knos TN rs the property Of an o'd citizen
nor absent. Irving. Believing that he coud
capture tho pony, was appolulod By Justice Lyon,
Deputy Guns sbe. for thAt pArtose. and he
aa5s aEo. moan,od Oh q mu!h w.lh tariet, sific,
and mountain onst.- On Tussdsy Ao returned.
bringing nnh him tho pony.
HIS nla5ner of capturing tho hnln4l was an
achievement tint stnlids alone among iariek-thtow
ing e1ploits. Tho thi1d day out in thu moant-
aus he discovered the pony in q omA part Of
aon,e fifteen acres, t,xethes w,th several bison
aud largo rcrl of eIk The pony, it appears
uas fecdng of little distauco from tho herd.
1lyiDR, by king close to tho back Of bis mule.
Au1 pei uniting 1t to feed slowly along, succeeded
10 getting between X and tho other Hulmafa,
wlseo he roae mp 10 his Sas!d!e aud gave, An nn-
earthly scream, at tho SUM tlEDe bearing down
Oh the pony. which, with suort aad bound.
started oI III IN orponito direction from the now
frightened herd. The b'son and elk were coon
out Of s,Eat.
the park, wheto 1t disappeared up doep narrow
rocky canon. Irving, tiad.a1 It smpoasib1e to
usgo his m,ie a'oug tho almost lmpAssabio goree4
d,snounted, NJ !, leaving lhc hu.mal seeared 70 =
CuQIlAIl61 &I}t t'uEdHll QD AnOtt EtE uG&EIY
2 miles lle foltowet the devious cousao Of the
caDon, which IN f!a:cs 4as not u ore thxa 5 test
W,dc. itB sails rising parpendlcu:arly to heGhs
Of several hundred feet. Tho canon uuexpected-
~ opened into PARK Of SONS 29 Of 800
tcros, around which Euolr tAins rose with grad
uat s!opes covered with deuse growth OF thu
piuion tree. Following tho path o! tho pony
s,nonR tlo plnions along the base OF the moun-
lain, Irving was startled BY ftrange 1otre, tho
like OF nhlch bo had ueyer board before, and
wldci Oiled him With naussieSs dread. He
hsstcned on, however, and aoon caale upon tho
pony. securely IN tue lower Of mountain tion+
which bad fastened its teeth 10 Ito side, pulling
II d lwn to the eaetl.
frying'B first movement Was to recnEo the pony
rth hls tsr,et, one end Of whtcn was fastened to
tls bet. No svoner had lle accomplished thiu
than no was discovered BY the lion. which, loosen.
inS ltH hold on tue pony, sank down by ita sido
Ia i oroucLlng 4th!ude, with ita gaze 6xca upon
him with the crushing poaer peculiar to thu
animal With the celebrity mud ACCURACY OF tho
experienced hunter, Irving Beut = ball from lliA
Winchester through ths brain Of tho lion. Hhtcn
bounded through tho alr with rusr that mlgAt
have been heard ; tnsle, and quickly exptted.
The pouy, ailghfY injured, tugBed lnsuly ii
the lafiet 10 lts effoEtstso regain It's freedom.
Int Irving says that. aEter reading the execution
to him, TO eeotned to glyo up. ami lerame Qnta
doc.]o. Tho hide and hcad or tho lien "erb 80.
cured by the hunter. aud were on exhibition n
Colorado spriugs yes.crhsy. The !eneth Of she
snlusal fro nozo 70 tip Of tAl Ia feet ncheas
Tho pony hss beon Advertised at CoustAble's 10 eata,
and many biddetn a1e aNal'ing tho dhs Of salo.
II il shaggy. vicious, withholding AL NAL.