The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-11
i BICICIISr CHISID NJ UOLVES
Saved by a Herd Gf Elk.

Mr.. Fred Whshaw gives in Lagt and nias+s"'
an n;connt Of BIZ EeinH 'hasri 10y wolves in
with T"ycla. and at the time " he e in " With
the wolves was IN his machine. hav ing covered
distance Of SONG twelve miles in al endeavor
had the says ridden but mile or two on
the return Journey when it struck me that |
a lew drops OF oil: but hardly was on loot DOT
than. haprening to glance back along tho
ssw r OF Ta at s s s.
soon, gave place to very different sensations.
Hardly a quarter of a mile behind. and com
the ground ut wonderfully rapid pace. were
,ye large gray wolves say the leader raise i,
There, was no doubt, about the fact;
w"f s Ss a"G 4s dpsfse e po up
IT, ihsy Sd mrHas5 to 10 Wss
cycles and wolves: had at least ton m lies TO
iho do tina, hna my he hour a
the wolves accomplish tho distance in less
time The situation was by no means ono for
being tho s,an,aneous conviction that wolves
had game, Upon me. they had gained hum min
dred yard, at least: At this rate quickly. cal
rwstSd they w2s ra me nown st afo"t
tim and city OF refuge Lavrik; unless. IN
deed. they could not keep UP the pace. which
| nnttcrei myself was rather hot!
Another two miles and another peep behind
ne, The wolves were barely two hundred
yards Away do sGmg a"nv thHush
ing wolf Licked his lips As he saw me look
around ,ri"d snntt. tn" road was $ level
TO tho utmost. But even as l did SO it was
borne in upon me that squirting would not DO
keen up the terrific rate at which was now
travelling. In TACT. / must economiZe all
ny sinynG powers in order to last oms
occurred to me. would ring nv bell loudly
would produce. pressed the gong. aud turned
round to observe whether the sound would
ous No sooner did the rst cans s Of the gong
rim: out than the wolves-every one OF them
asSa a vs d 05 bGhnH Il.
my triumnh was short;liyed; on look ing bael;
a;ain in full pursuit However. l had gained
stient e the ense Of ,ha was
magnificent: ut lcast It Won ID have been II 1t
had not been so horribly dangerous. There
and rode at the side. which was smooth. for
rule wear the snow. 1t was easy enough. OF
to avid the ut when idHng straight
danger OF my front wheel Slipping into It. and
either checking tho way OF tho machine or
even causing capsize. had Just turned my
head to look round up,3n my pursuers for the
and, we're now. within nifty Yards, Hearing a
to see what new danger threatened me from
that direction. In thus twisting back and
round again allowed my front wheel to so out
Of the direct line. Tho next instant l was in
the rut, and. before had time to see what was
happening. was. with my trusty bicycle. buried
a couple OF feet deep in tho snow ut the side Of
tho road. gave myself up for lost. All this
did not take long to happen. and us emerged
from the snow was in time to SEQ two things.
The first object which met my caze was
n magnificent bull elk. followed by four
smaller ones. Just in the act Of trottng
across the road. not ten yards from
me. striding through the snow at long
trot. their heads well raised and resting back
on their shoulders The ether object WAS the
little pack Of wolves. Scarcely ilty yards be.
hind me whom upset, these were upon me in
u moment aud had barely time to seize the
heavy spann"r OF my machine md put my back
10 II tree whom. to my delight. tho wolves
but five yards from c--pricked W. their ears
passed me liko fash Of creased lightning.
and dartcd away in pursuit OF the elk. |
picked UP my bicycle. and. 10 put 1t mildly,
rode away with all erred. think | rode those
three mites in record time" anyhow. il was
fifteen minutes less than two hours from the
start when scudded into Inyrik. and II ] had
not ridden twenty-elght miles l must have
done very near II.