Sharp County record., 1888-08-09

twiched off my feet, and dragged
along through the brush and grass.
Never in my life have experienced
moment of such complete helplessnes5
and terror was as powerless as II
lion had seized upon me.
Fora hundred yards, think, ! was
dragged resistlessly along the stallion
going at full speed. One moment l
was swung clear of the ground; the
next l was thrashed over logs and
briars. Suddenly my deer-skin Jacket
gave way and fell into little arroyo
or gully, as the animal bounded over
it. 1 fell among some reeds and vines,
and had the sense to crawl a little out
Of sight into them and lie still, though
I was half--tltHned and dreadfulIy
shaken up.
1T was well | got to cover, for the
infuriated stallion came rushing back,
as if in search of me, and lCaped the
arroyo again close by where lay. He
gallnped away toward where l now
heard my own hOs5 whining: and
after moment or two, frighttul
suuealingand the dull thud Of hO5ses
hoofs kicking plainly Indicated that
battle was in progress between them.
For some time I lay still there,
feeling quite unable to stir, but the
Outcry which the two hosses made
reused me at length to go to the as
sistance Of my own good 5teed. III
great pain and haif-iaiutiug at times l
crawed along on the ground to the tree
where I had left my rifle and secured
it. The hOsses were still lighting, or
rather my own had got the worst Of the
battle and was trying to escape from
the wild stallion. They We're coursing
along at distance Of half a mile on
the plain. But still loyal to his master,
nv own boss circled around and came
racing back to the timber. The halter
rope had been pulled off his nose in the
fracas but swung from his left foreleg
where | had tied it, and as he ran. 1t at
length coiled round his other leg and
threw him heavily. Completely
worsted the poor fellow made not an
effort to rise, but lay outstretched on
the ground. at the feet of his conquerOr,
who paved at him in triumph, but
was himself painting and Hecked with
foam all along his glossy sides.
MY moment for vengeance had
come. had strength to rest my rifle
across a log at the edge Of the timber,
and at distance Of about twenty rods
put bullet into the body Of the dam
gerous animal. As | fired he gave
utterance to a wild cry and dashed
away, but fell after running three or
four hundred yards and lay writhing,
1T was, at least, an hour more be-
fore could muster sufficient strength
to get to where my own hOss lay. l
feared that he was fatally injured.
But to my great delight, he got up at
an encouraging word from me-having
lain there all that time in a kind OF
feint, I think. He was badly bitten,
and had, more than a score Of great
welts and putfed-up lumps upon his
sides ana fanks-the marks Of his adj
versary;8 hoOfs.
"As for myself my jacket was torn
badly and my shoulder was painfully
wrenched and pinched by the 5talliOn's
teeth. Next day l was 50 stiff and
sore as to be unable to travel and l
think my hoss was in much the same
condition. We rested there till the
following day, to nurse our bruises
and recover from the effects of the
encounter.
That night I heard the wolves
howling and quarrejing out ON the
prairie where the stallion had fallen;
if he was not dead already, they no
doubt made an end Of him.
That was my first and last eX-
perience with a rogue. - K0uth8 COM
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