Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-03-23
Jim" A Darling Coyote.

l once owned a coyote; that is,
owned part interest in him. l thinl
it was the finest coyote l ever saw
He was simply darling. Fight
he'd fight anything, that critter.
once turned him loose on the champi
on bull dog of Evanston, and / wish
you could have seen that dog after the
first minute. He looked like a rag
baby. We got Jim, that was his name,
nea- billiards. / don't suppose you
ever heard about Hilliard. It's on the
/ Mp, not far from Evanston not a big
place, you know-water-tank, fume'
and four charcoal kilns. We were
rounded up there in '7o, with 10000
sheep, and that coyote used come a
round camp at night, bowling funeral
dirges until we made up our minds we
wanted him. Well, we got him, but
we had big job on our hands Four
of US started out on horseback with
lariats to lasso him. We chased him
about fifteen miles, trying for him all
the time, but we couldn't get him.
Finally he got dead beat. and turned.
Then the real circus began. One of
the boys hooked him the first time,
but that critter chewed the lariat in
two in three minutes. He backed up
against sage brush and snapped and
snarled like mad dog. He had
wicked-looking set of teeth, and no.
body dared to touch him. Three times
we hooked him, and each time he
chewed the lariat in two. He was
fuller of fight than ever. We had
only one good lariat left, and that was
Bill Rhyder's, Bill allowed he could
fix that coyote. He rode off about 100
feet and got his moose ready. He was
mighty handy with a rope, and when
| saw his game, l said: "Now Mr.
NOlONOY 1Oh IL OOllC lOI DIN dQ8 Ills
spurs into his broncho, and they came
on like whlrlwind As he rushed
past the coyote his lariat shot out in
a circle no bigger than hat. He
caught Mr.. Coyote square around the
neck and jerked him twenty feet.
That took the life out of him, and he
did not try to chew anything again
that day. We got him to camp and
chained him to stake. That night
he almost chewed the stake through.
After that we fixed him with an iron
picket. How Jim used to howl at first
twas simply terrible. We broke him
of that, though, by taking him off out
of sight and leaving him alone at
night. When we moved camp we
uaed to chuck Jim into sack and tie
it up around him, just letting his head
stick out. Then we'd dump him into
the provision wagon. We kept Jim
fol- year and he got SO attached to us
that / believe he wouldn't have run
away if we had unclaimed him, but |
we never gave him the chance. The
next summer we struck Green River.
If you've ever been there you viii |
semember that right in front of the |
railroad restaurant at the station there |
is large cage. 1t is full of prairie
dogs, rabbits, and other small animals.
The proprietor of the restaurant want
ed Jim for his menagerie, and talkins1
the thing over we decided to sch
Tor $40. SO Jim went into the men
igerie. The next morning we went
iown to see him. His new owner
was distracted All that was left of
hat menagerie was Jim. He had
;hewed the whole thing up. The floor
If the big cage was covered with fur,
zones, and skin, while Jim sat in one
corner, his eyes bloodshot and restless
md his long white teeth cleaning
white. He snapped at every one that
anne near him and looked just as he
lid the day he backed up against the
The man gave us another
so to take him away, but that night
poiled Jim. He was never contented
With bacon after that, and he got to be
great nuisance. We unclaimed him
oping he would strike out for him. {
elf, but he used to hang around camp