Telegram-herald., 1890-11-22
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a. sAis Ps<lo1 of the rear
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full q eghs as candidate Is of promises.
AoE Il Pete particular @s - tas eharAc-
Ter or sazlity u his conbzk As long as
II = azht be i satisfied de has sFied
70 STIR ap : Bass With some II tie deer
that share tAs iRclossFs With him and
his Ia4iiY. bat though they have s0Ue
lively battles among themselves they
sviteatly consider that Pete 10 the John
L. Saiiisan of the crowd Aad pay 40 a.
seAtion 70 his challenges. Nor can be
force them - a hghL Whenever hs
charges Ga them the bucks dodge him IN
the brush. sna, owing 10 their lesser
bulk, easily avoid kim. Pete's long
legged offspring. born some menths ago,
has rather hard tlHe OF IL these DAYS,
bat hs hides himsslf among the bushes
aad so evades his parents irritation,
Up 10 night before last the best nght
that Pete could get up was with ono OF
the fence posts he butted and paved
a~ay a. this until it looked as II he'd
smash the fence. Fortunately the big
blAok-tail buck showed zap and took
Z Pete's atsention from the post, and by
the tlme he had chased the buck three
I or four times around the paddock Pete
had forgotten about the post
But night before last Pete got chance
and sho Led what Was in him. Though
he Is out % temper with his family, and
indeed al the other tenants OF the
deer paddock. ne nevertheless considers
himself their guardian and will always
savagely resent an attack on even his
long-legged son.
Pete was standing In the rpoonligh az
the eastern end Of the paddock when
little doe away of a. tho other end OF
the inclosuro gave q loud bleat OF
alarm. One OF tho park policemen saw
/ her spring out Of the brush, and TO his
/ astonishment observed that coyote was
/ clsnging 10 her throat He started 10 her
( as fast as ne could. but Pete was ahead
+ OF him.
The elk gave one loud answering call,
a sound between the roar OF bull and
! the baa OF goat. with moro OF the roar
than tho bsa in 1t, and then tore OF
20 the rescue OF the doe According 70
the ono spectator. Pete laid bis horns
over against his back and hardly
saomed TO touch the ground after tho
first Jump. The coyote held on 10 the
does throat until Pete was within a
dozen yards OF him. Then be letgo and
started for the fence. He reached tho
palings, but could not get through, and
the now thoroughly enraged elk over
took hlEa. Lifting his front legs with
amazing swiftness, Pete brought his
sharp hoofs down squarely on the in
I trudcr's back IL must have broken the
coyotes spine, for he made no further
attempt 70 escape. but lay there strug-
I Cling, yelping and swapping. lie got one
hold on Pete's fore leg, but the ok got
his big horns TO reinforce his hoof, and
after some very lively thrashing around
he broke the coyotes hold. Then Pete
went in to finish his adversary Hoois
and horns worked so q, ickly that tho
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Once Pete raised the prowler clean of
the ground with his antlers and tossed
him ten feet In the air But the crippled
coyote was no coward. for a wonder.
lie lighted lighting. and somehow got a
grip on Petes haunch.
Thon there was lively work. The
cOyot 70 was safe from Pete's antlers, but
the big elk had his kicking apparatus
very handy, and il was no time at all
before be had knocked the coyote of
hin and sent him rolling down the
slope TO the middle OF tho paddock
Then the fight was finished
Peter gave two bounds down the slopo
and landed, all four feet together, on
the bspless coyote.
That probably killed the marauder
but Pete by no means let up. He paved
and kicked and gored the body until it
was cut % pieces 1t was half an hour
before the biz elk quit msuling the
carcass.
When he did be simply sounded an
other challenge, OF which thore we're, of
course. no takers, and then stalked
haughtily around the paddock making
bluTs at the bucks.
How the coyote got into tho paddock
is a mystery. No break was to be found
in the fence, and IL was evident that he
could not get out when the big elk
charged aim.
There has occasionally been seen
about the park an old weather-beaten
coyote. that ordinarily kept well away
from tho more travelled localities,
though he has been seen st night drink
ing from the water-trough. This IS
supposed % Dc tho vicsim OF Pete's hoots
and horns The doe that Was attacked
is small. weakly creature, the feeblest
in the paddock. The corote doubtless
made snap for It's throat but only
caught the skin. These animals kill
sheep By cutting TIE arteries in the
neck and drinking the blood until tho
sheep IL dead. aud the coyote thought
that In The absence Of mutton veni>0R
would nos Do bad
POLLY MADE A MATCH.