New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-16
SPECIALIZING IN COYOTES.
TAKING A PRAIRIE WOLF WITH A IARfAp
MS ONLY NIGHT IN MENAGsnr

HIS ONLY MOTT IN MENAgBaIr
nat do know about coyotes, young man,s
ne asked. throwing himself back In bis chair. sgy
TIE way VIC don't call them hai-otcs; hia-o-tsss.
ss'-o'toes IL fhe way to pronounce IT, And let ms
SaS right here that I've seen MANY a man pst int,
tonoo Dy dmog what yum havc Just done Out
West we don't Ike 10 have our feelings hurt we,s
mighty sensitive abont some things, youns man, and
cOyofes-Ral-o-fees, say, you won't make thai
mistake sganis one Of tbom rye seen the boy shoot
for less than that. IL you 90 out m Wyoming.
don't you forget that II Is ksi-o-ee. kaLotee,. and
he biz the end Of long cigar and struck . match.
well, you ash me what know about them.
once owned q cayOs that II. owned part intcrsSt
IN him. think thst was The finest cayote I ever
saw lie Was simply tho tsrnauonslist sll.nshsse
you ever saw. Fight he'd fight anything, that
critter. ! turned him loOss the champion
bulldog OF Evanston. and Wish you eouh have seen
that dog sftcr the irst minute. Ho loohsd Eke .
rag baby. We got Jim, that was his NAME near
billiard. don't suppose you ever heard shout
billiard. It's on the ". p, not far from Evans
ton: not . big place, you khow-water tank funs
and four charcoal Minis. We wrre rounded up thero
IN 70. with 10000 sheep, and thst csyote used ID
come around camp ct night. bowling funeral dirsss
uptil ws made up eur minis vs wanted him. Wen.
so got him, but we hsl big Job on our hands.
MAKING THE CAPTURE
"Four OF us started out on horseback with lAris1
to Assoc him. We chased him for shout fifteen
miles. trying for him all the time. but We cohldnt
get him. Finally he got desd beat, and turned.
Then the rosl clrcns began One OF tho boys hookei
him the first time. but that crfcr chowed the srtat
In two 10 three minutes. lie backed up against
sage brush and snapped snd snsrct Lie . mad dog.
he hsd Q wirkct- looking set OF teeth, ana nobody
dareSl Ia touch lin. Three times We hooked him,
aud each fine he chewod tho lans 10 two. He VAS
FILLER Of fight thsa over We had only one good
lsnat iet. aud thSt Btll Ryder's1 Bin allowed
that he would Hx thst cayoie he rode Oh about
100 feet and got BIS Mouse ready. lie was mighty
handy with . ropo, and when saw HE game
said: Now, Mr.. Csyo,e, YOU'RE done for.
Bill dug his spurs INTO his brohcho and they came
on Ike whirwfnd. A. no rushed past the csyotc h.s
lsrtat shot ou In . circle no bigger than has Ho
caught Mr. Cay te square around fhc neck and icrtpd
him twenty feet That took the life out Of him, snd
10 did not tyy to chew any thing again that day We
eot him TO camp and chsncd him 10 stake Thss
ntsb. he almost ehswed The rahs through Amer fhss
We fixed him with an rvn psket How Jim used n
howl A. frs, II vas simply terrible. We brohe him
OF that, though by taking him on out OF sight ana
leaving him alone at night When We moved camp
We urd chuck Jim iniU sack ard tie u mp sronno
him. lust letting his head stick ont. Then wcd dump
him into the provision wagon.
JIM IN A MENAGARIE.
I've lep, Jim for Q year and he 60, so attached
had unclaimed him. but nevor gave him the chance.
The next summer We struck Green River. II you've
ever been there youl remember that right in front OF
the railroad restaurant at the station thoro rs largo
cage MS fun Of prairie dog' rabbits and osnef
jim Tor hi. and aftor tslns the thing over
we decided 10 soil him for 80. % Jim won't INTO
the ucnagorc. The next morning We went down
10 see hun His new owner wss distracted. AZ
| hat was In Of tha mensserse w.s jim, rec 2
oh ,wol tho whole thing up. Tho Moor OF the ole
cage was covered with fur. bones and skins While
Jim 50, In one CORNER. his bloodsh0 and restless
and bis lvns white teeth cleaning whno. lie snsppe0
1t every one who came pear him a1d Soscd lhs1 .s
" The n,sn gave " snoshrr clio 10 tshe him sway
bu, tlst night spoiled jim. lie WAS never eoufenied
nuisance: We nnchsipsd him. hoping h: would strike
GIm ali piaht long We CHASED him OF With
stones hred Yt sI;.hoOsfs aud ava evs,ythins u ss
rnall, we tooh pity him and let him alone put no
hogan 10 droop. civilized lle vss TOO nueh for nlm
| ana no dled two months after his night IN us
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