Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-08-16
FIGHT NITg A Will nm.
Narrow Escape ola Hunter Bbo W.. ,..
by an Infatuated SIN, N' A'Jagae.

49,. ., hunter Nh0 Was Atfs.t.,
py an Infatuated Stallion '''''Aed
The hfst rogue l fell in wi,b
one o. the upper tributaries of ", @' 90
brands" says writer in tT vle Rio
/ Companion. Il was on hou.h's
the country to Santa Fe, and bs5! across
| alone one afternoon In a hell cS AIped
wood which extended for a mile ~ .0.'0l-
I along the watercourse. W more
/ i was riding at that time "a w.
saddle hoss, and after hobbnLy h,,. syol
/ Sot water from the creek ana Jul
kindling fire to make tea. "ooa'
ing over and IN the very act a.oop-
striAlhg match, when hearo c,g.s VI y.
the timber, and had just time +, in r,,'.u IA
and face about when saw ps,n,sp3 lP
| great calico-colored hoss rusb,S',
me, not twenty PAGES away, COMM o.. -t .'-
/ spring. '-A
"A more ferocious looking ANNA, 81.
you'd be difilsult to imssin- H. "
were bloOdshot his ears laia bSo. ~
long, yellow testh, exposed, wbis I ~,
| heavy nane rose up ike a be5,...9
/ along his cCaned-ous neck s''0"
Il took one look at Nun and than i,..-
/ cd for my rife, which had set up.a,.-ltf,
/ tree a few steps away. But -
could reach it the boss vas SO close 9.o-
me that l had to change my cou,,s md
run Cor another tree.
Il thought | could dodge 4vay fro,,
| him, but l never boss so quick.m5,iore5
before or since! His nose was reao1Io.
round that cottonwood trunk fox mn. ~,
/ the time l got behind IT,! ran for az
other and he almost nabbed me before
/ got it!
"Ihere was no other tree beyons that
one within fifty OF sixty feet, but hsd M
run again, and before l could get tos
! tree he was down on me with v.esa5
! squeal and grabbed me by the sho8d4r
IKE a tiger, blowing his foam all over
me.
In an instant l was twitched of nv
feet and dragged along through the brush
and grass. Never in my life have er
! perienoed a moment OF such oomplste
hobelessness and terror. l was as power.
less as if a lion had seized upon me.
For 100 yards, | tnink, was dragged
resistlessly along, the stallion going at
full speed. One moment I was swung
CT sar Of the ground; the next, was
! thrashed over logs and br ars.
Suddenly my deerskin Jacket gave
way and l fell into little arroyo or gully
az the animal bounded over it. / fell
among some reeds and vines, and dad The
sense to crawl little out of sigh. into
them and lie still, though l was half stun.
ned and dreadfully shaken up.
at was well got 10 cover, for the in
! furlated stallion came rushing back, as
! if in search of me, and lea ped the arroyo
again close by where lay. He gallOped
away toward where | now heard lyOwn
horse whinnying, and after a moment or
two, frightful squealiug and the dull
| thud of horses hoofs kicking kicking,
! plainly indicated that a battle was in
progress between them.
"For some time lay still there, feeling
/ quite unable to stir; but the outcry which
! the two horses made aroused me at
/ length to the assistance of my own good
steed. In great pain, and half fainting
at times, orawled along the ground to
where | had left my rifle and secured it.
"The horses we're still fighting or rather
my own had got the worst of the battle
and was trying TO escape from the wild
! stallion. They were cOnrsing along alta
! distance of half a mile ou the plain. But
! still loyal to his master, my own horse
circled around and came racing back TO
the timber. The halter rope mad been
pulled of his nose in the tracas bat
swung from his left fore leg, whore had
| tied it, and as he ran it at length cooled
around the other leg and threw him
! heavily,
"Oompletely Forsted, the poor fellow
made nos an effort to rise, but lay out
stretched on the ground at the fee, OF
his couqueror, WHO paved at him IN
triumph, but was himself painting and
feoked with foam all along his glossy
sides
"My moment for revenge had come
had strength 80 rest my rifle across ioR
at the edge of the timber, and at ol'
lance of about twenty rods put ouIe'
into the body of the dangerous ANNA"
As | fred he gave utterance to wild cry
and dashed away, but fell atler running
800 or 400 yards, and lay writhing' ,
SIT was at least sn hour more before
could muster sufficient strength to gs'
where my own horse lay. | feared ina.
he was fatally injured. Bat to my gISas,
delight he got up at an encouraging ~ot1
from me-having laid there all thai Nu'
in a kind Of faint, think.
Gle was badly bitten, and mad uo''
than a score of great welts and puded.qP
Jumps upon his sides and hanh'-'n'
marks of his adyersary's hoofs.
CAS- for myself, my jacket was loII
badly and my shoulder was pan utSa'.
wrenched and pinched by tine s'"'''o-
teeth"