The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1882-08-09

The jack-rabbit is an inhabitant
Texas and some other Western States.
He Is often called the "mule cared rab-
bit, and, by the cowboy, Is Familiarity
spoken Of as the "muley." He LIS not
a rabbit at all. A rabbit is an unobtru-
siye little animal, who is found by
school-boys in hole in the ground az
the end of n long track in the snow.
The so-called jack-rabbit is quite dlf-
ferent kind Of soup-meat. He Is ident-
cal with the British hare, except that he
is larger, his color lighter, and his ears
much longer. His avoirdupois is about
twelve pounds, and his ears measure
from tip to tip about sixteen inches. He
does not burrow IN the ground. he hes
under cover of bunch of prairie grass,
but is very seldom found OF home, his
Office hours being between sunset and
sunrise. He is to be found during the
day on the open prairie, where he feeds
on the tender shoots of the mesquite or
sage grass. The jack rabbit has sew
eral enemies, among them the cowboy,
who shoots him with his rifle, the coy
ote and the dog that tries to run him
down. He has two ways Of protecting
himself against hisNenemies. One way
is to squat when he suspects danger and
fold his ears along his sides. By doing
this he often escapes observation, as
only his back Is exposed, the color OF
which harmonizcs with the brown OF the
witherad grass. The other plan that he
uses when discovered and pursued Is to
create remoteness between himself and
his pursuer. In giving his whole atten-
ton 10 this matter when necessary, he
is a stupendous success and earnest to
fault. When disturbed lie unlimbers
his long legs, unfurls his ears and goes
of with a bound. He generally stops
after running about 100 yards, and looks
back TO see if his pursuer Is enjoying the
chase as much as he thought he would
and then he leaves for parts unknown
There are many fast things, from an ice
boat to q note maturing in bank, bu
nothing to equal the iack-rabbit. Al
unfounded rumor gets around pretty
lively. but could not keep up with hin
for two blocks. When an ordinary GU
dog tries to expedite iack-rabbit rout'
, he makes a hu1niliating failure OF it. III
/ only gives the rabbit gentle exercise
| The latter merely throws mp his ears
and. under easy sail, skins leisurel.
along, lacking occasionally to give tn
/ uneral procession time to catch up
i But if YOU want to see velocity, urgen
speed and precipitated haste, you hav
only to turn loose a greyhound In tn
: wake of a jack-rsbbit. Pursued by
I greyhound he will "let himself on" i
T a manner that would astonish prepai
I haIf-rate message. If he is rabbit tha
has never had any experience with
GREYHOUND before, he viii start off at a
easy pace, but as he Turns to wink d.
risively at what he supPoses to be an o.
'e binary yellow dog he realizes that thel
q Is a mace in nature hitherto unknown
= him. and the look of establishment, alarl
' and disgust, as he furls his ears an
It promptly declines the nomination,
n amusing. Undersuch circumstances
: Goes too fast for the eye to follow Il
movements, and presents the optical
d Iusion of a streak Of jack-rabbit q mi
b and a half long.-AUstiR (Teras) So
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