New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-06
A GALLANT Elk
San Francisco Examiner.

| from Ine San FRANCISCO EAdnihcr'
Pete the big elk out in the Park, distinguished nm
self the other night. Notwithstanding Petes long
residence among civilization he is always savage at
For ' Week or more he has been fun Of fight as
candidate Of promSes Nor pese pasc oar as
II is fight he is satisfied lie has tried 70 sur up
nss with of the deer that share the Enclosure
lively battles among themselves they evidently con-
slider that Pete is the John L.. sullivan Of the crowd
and pay no attention to his challenges Nor can he
force them to fight Whenever he charges on them
the bucks dodge him in the brush and Owing TO tie,r
spring born some months ago. has rather hard time
Of it these days bn he hides himself among the bushes
and so eyades his parents irritation.
I'D to night before last the best fight that Pete could
get up with one Of the fence Posts lie en'.e sa
fence Fortunately the big blacltal buck showed mp
and took Pete's attention from the post and by the
time he had chased the bnck three or i4 t ,m n't
But night before last Peter got chance ana showeS
What in him. T0 he Is o Hf G Of e
deer padOe he snndns % ss at the
gssas end OF he when little doe
OF at the other end of the Enclosure gave lond Dss
Of alarm One Of the Park policemen sa% heT spr3
that coyote clinging to her throat ne starsed
toward her as fast as he could but Pete was ahead
The elk gave one loud answering call, sonnd be-
tween the of buIl and the baa Of goat win s
%o the 81 ss G q the %oe 0 %ccod
a Pete laid bis horns & against hs o dSe an
inmp The coyote held on 10 the does throat unt
petf was within dozen yards of him. Then ne lei
90 and started for the fence He reached the palngs
int could not get through and the now thoroushiyy
enraccd elk overlook him. Lifting his front legs win
amazing swiftness. Pete brought his sharp hoois DOWN
souareIy on the nruder's back. II must have broken
the coyotes spine for he made no further attemp! 70
escape but lay there struggling, yelpng ahG shappna
lie got one hold petes fore leg, but the elk got
his big horns TO reinforce his hoor ana after some
very lively thrashng around he broke the coyote'
hold Then Pete went in to finish ms sdvelsary
Uoofs and horns worked quickly that the pohce-
mans eve could not follow Them. -,
. once Pete raised the prOvler cream OF ,hc srou.u
with his antlers and tossed him ten ieet III ue ar
Rut the crippled coyote was no cOWhru ior "9nue,
lie lighted fighting and somehow got grip OH fe'e's
Then there was lively work. The COYOTE was s, saic
from petc5s anters hut the big elk had his kchihe
anparatus very handy and IL was no time az All eiofe
he had knocked the royote of him and se MN rolihe
down thc slope TO the middle OF the paddocK: ihen
Inc fight was finished. Pete gave two bounds down
the slope and landed all four feet together on inc
hapless coyote. . s 49,. ro.o hv No
means lot mn He paved and kicked ana gored inc
hody until It was cut TO pieces IL was nan an hour
before the big elk quit Tnauling the carcass
When he did he simply sounded another chahenee
IN which there were Of course. no TAKERS ana lhc
alked hanchtly around the paddock making buns at
the bucks. -. A.. ss..,, &C. . r,ystc,r
M brca, was 10 be found in the fence. and Y was ev
dent that he could not get out when the big elk charged
him.