The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-17
SIMON CLAY,S FIGHTING CATS
A Vendetta OF Hawks Against Them Which
II Turning Out Bad for the Hawks,

| VENDETTA OF Hawks Against Them Which
| II Turning Out Bad for the Hawks.
| ROULETTE. Pa. Sept. 16-For tho third time a
! hawk has made the attempt to carry Off cat
from the yard OF the Simon Clay farm at Ed
son. The FIRST and most notable attempt was
made three years ago this fall. the second one
last fall. and the third one a few days ago. The
hawk bent on getting away with Simon Clay's
cat has not been tho same one in either in
stance. nor has the assaulted cat been the sam g.
There can be no doubt about this. for neither
one OF the hawks survived it's attack on the
cats. which were first mother. then daughter
| and then granddaughter. which makes 1t
look" says Simon Clay. las II some hawk
family had sworn vendetta against my cats"
The first attempt OF hawk to carry of
Farmer Clay's cat was made by an immense
fellow that had boon providing around tho
place for several weeks with his eye on the
poultry yard. He got no opportunity to snatch
meal from that 30 one day he bounced down
on q pet Maltese cat that was summing itself
in the backyard. The hawk lifted the cat
easily enough and was moving away. when
the cat recovered from its surprise and began
70 squirm and claw. Feathers tumbled ont OF
Of he cat. and the big bird which had gone me, UP 10
In tho air hundred feet or more with his
seeing that he had caaght Tsrar luossaa f n:
nod rth "a n ta6Gy ana she started toward the
The hawk must have been wofully hungry.
for It swoopod down on the cat again and
seized her before, she reached the ground
Clay II she had struck nS the eslss
at the rate she was going all nine Of her lives
would have gone out at once
But the sscond capture turned out TO BIO a
bad speculation for the hawk He grabbed
hs cat near her ,a and had hardly recovered
hight when the cat. furious at his assault.
although 1t had saved her from sudden death.
hawk with all four OF her sets OF claws. Not
only that: she fastened her Jaws on his throat.
efrectualy. and although he pounded and
IN the ar T Saht his great wings It was
uttsred to the sround s Was wheP b ns sa Xxx
cat came down the hawk was in his last gasp.
y. The exciting mid-air struggle was Witnessed
spot where the cat ana hawk came down. the
cat sat by the side OF the, dead bird licking the
@ Sn serious sa R and S So days hsy a Tss
me 6 cat n became re, the mother Of kittens.
the house one day. going on a little hunt for
hhs,a NICE ety., when Sns WAS p0unsed upon BY
her from the ground and was making good
Roadway with her upward
ping would have resulted II one, OF Simon
t,hys sons had not happened to be coming
moving away with the cat. Young Clay had
him. lie e ahSo tfs nS had n h.
6ied II and the cat Ia. the ground The hawk |
died with his talons fast in the cats hide and !
they had 10 be cut loose. The eat was unin. |
lured. with the exception OF the wounds made
by the hawks claws 0
Last Friday year-old daughter OF this cat
was taking almost the same Journey her
m 6 or started to take that day two years ago
4ctly the same way. This attack was seen Ly
Farmer Clay's little daughter. who at once
gave the alarm. Whether this hawk was lack
ing In strength and pluck. OF whether this cat
vas smarter than her i'm 10 ediate me estors had
been under similarly trying circum sta noes, is
not known, but when Farmer Clay hurled 70
he scene he found the hawk on its back on
the ground, while the eat %as between the |
bird legs. her teeth SGT IN his neck, and her
mind feet rHkina the feathers out OF him In /
g & btbnehsS while the hawk was valnly
each side. Of the cat IN less than = rnInut"
siter the farmer arrived on the scene the cat
had stretched the hawk out stin. There wasn't !