Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-07-14
WILD BOAR nusT.se.
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Three u as we're "a = deer drive IA good
Old DEtibbsha CouatY, aud bordering "a
Trfme4as swamp. a fe- mAss north An1
wsst u Stacxslls hss = beautiful s4T-
shaped prairie. about oes miis across Sn1
$40 ths ioagesI 4 amstsT; peFfeelly lsssl,
snd al ths tl8s oas alass u brilliant n0~-
srs an1 ~Ild straw berries A gray horse
IA the company boxed "a thoash be had
walked ia blood fstioek deep. just from
ths strzs barriss crushed Ia riiiag over
the prairie. As ~s rode thfoags tRs cen
ter se mst a hunter On h0rssbaek carry
Ing a wounded hound before nlm on
saddle and Ia bis arms. aud upon inquiry
~e learned that ths monarch boar Of al
gh4t country had attacked sad nearly
kallsd his fayoslse dog, and he ~as hurry
fng home - have blm attended tO-at the
came time, with hearty oath, he wished
would 20 back with him aud Kill the
brute. After attending % his bleeding
hound, ~s mounted and rode back vita
aka. calling Ia al the dogs I'VE had ten Or
twelve splendid Ouesl except one, a pup
that Ne had lost al hour before, that Was
still behind Al old boar, monarch OF a
gang Of hogs. running Wild al his life, as
they do in the swamps, Is dangerous en-
envy u meet
After riding a nile We found him backed
into a clump Of small pines, growing very
thick. with his head just out Of II and his
body partially protected lie sat on his
hauLehes ehamping his jaws and with tho
white foam gathered IN great hecks over
his breast and forelegs- The hounds gath
erred baying around him, Of which be
seemed wholly unnindful aud gave no
evidence Of watchfuiness, except from the
vicious look OF his devIlish eyes aud al Oc-
easional swift movement OF his hea when
an unwary hound came too near him. But
while We sat on our horses aud consulted
whether We had better shoot him he sat
We heard far back OF US and coming over
the prairie the full mouthed cry OF our pup
We had lost some hours before aud now
was on our track hunting Us up. As he
Game near enough Co hea- our dogs and our
voices no raised his head while ia full run,
aud, seeing the boar facing out of the
clump OF pines, without an instant's hesi-
tation, he charged directly upon him, and
leaped squarely upon his head. Instant
", and before We could think for "A Sec
ond, every dog was upon him, and
be striking and cutting with all his fear
ful power. The whole scene one
OF wild confusion, and in a second of time
Calvin, our stOutest and bravest, was off
and on TO him, trying 10 save his dogs
In fact, almost before we could think
were all on top of him, and hold
ing him down. 1t was "a fearful fight for
six Of our dogs. The poor pup, whose in
considerate courage precipitated the fight,
did not suffer SO much some others, hav-
ing been cut through the side about four
inches But we had the boar down and
were sitting on him. Now what TO do with
him was the question. l measured his
tusks and found them five inches and a
half long, white as ivory and sharp a
knife. We broke the points off, and con-
cluded, after a counsel of war, that we
| would let him live, if none of the hounds
bled TO death right there. But we were
| tying up the wounds and staunching the
| blood in the meantime, and found that all
would get well with care. So we let the
| monster 90. Even then We were careful
to mount, and call Off the dogs out of his
reach; but he simply rose and sullenly
stood his ground, while we rode off and
left him, the fight not all out OF him yet.