Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-09-15
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WENT FisHiNo.
And '.ash, 1.h, ." witch some
th'ns ~math,his usrrsnsh
"Now Jersey snakes hav" nevor
pushed themselves 10 tho front
much, said John Gilbert tho travel
ing groc"ryman. T." u New York sun
maH, "hht the, have -omc snap aud
vim in them nevertheless There
arc u few fish left yet In the Papa
kating river, and now aud then some
ambitious citi/cn with leisure gon.
out and tries to catch one or two
Dominic taurhrr. Of Ay's urnor-,
havin longing Tor ii.h for supper.
went out the other day and after
long and patient ang ding, got u bite.
lie gave the fish plenty oi line aud
hnally yank"d ~ Iithcr tho Hsh
had very tough Jaw or the domi.
MICS hook was worry duh, Tor tho Hah
dropped on whl,o IL was In mid air
and fell back into the water Iils
furtunat" that the angler IN l.
occasion wa, dnmlui" Cor thus not
oVly wa -pdr"d tu the cirta mnmhiont
air much vigorous language. but a
snake story wa. brought In that.
with any other than n dominic to
tell It, would Do regarded -omo what
with suspicion
eel haInt seen any snakes. said
Row MIR tanchcr. and WASH,
thinking of such thing, and can.
not for tho ~" 81 the Imagine whcro
that snake camo from 50 suddenly, but
that fish hadn't more than II uck
the water whcu | saw a little com.
motion around H. and the next In.
slant ] ,aw the h,h In possess on OF
two water snakes don't know
what KIND ~ f.u II vas. but IL wa-
about eight inctcs long, and | saw
nj once that the snakes which wcro
big fellows were contcnding for IL
10 add 20 my Aston.-htnent those
two contcnding snake, wore not tho
only ones that had appoa 81 So sud.
denly on tho scene Two smaller
on"> ono on ca h side ~ the con.
te~tantS. with heads slightly raised
abov" tho water. had pnppc I'M
from some wherc. and wcr" evidently
Interested spectators Of tho struggle
Ono II the big snakes had
seized the fish by the head. while
the othor grasprd ny lost prize nv
the tail The 10 NOR ~ course. had
the batter hold. but tho one with
the tail hold was in tho nghr to
make the bost ~ H. even II ho was
at u disadvanta The snakes
dashed the water into quite q little
sea OF furious waves 10y thor frantic
movements to got away with tho
fish. The contest was nea- tho
shore. and twice tho snake with tho
tail hold Vound several coils OF
himself around u stick that proi 100
ted over tho water. and rot by the
leverage he thus obtained, An ad.
vantage over his Antagonist that
moro than compensated him for his
loss secure hold on the fish. and II
he had been left to himself I have no
d 'ubt he would have game tho VIC.
tory.
IL had supposed that ne two
spectator snakes were entirely neu-
trail In tho battle. and 10 they wore
until the ono snake got tho hitch
around the overhsnging stick. Then
both OF tho small snakes pitched
into him savagely each time ho
~ound himself around the stick and
forcsd him TO lot 90 They wer.
evidently friends Of that snake that
had the head hold on tho fish. and II
| had done right. | would have tstsr
. hand In the tumpus then myself
and driven the interfering reptiles
away. But ! wac 60 thoroughly
amazed ~ the whole proceeding that
] never thought Of such . thing un.
til TIE struggle WAS over
The fight lasted good Ave min.
utes, and then tha snake that had
the hsh by che head gave himself q
giant twist and lifted 6sh and COZ
testing snake clear OF the water,
giving . movement 10 the taiI.ho,
snake just Gbout like the ono q team.
ster uses when he snaps his whip
and jerked the snakes hold OF the
nsh'S tail so suddenly that the snake
dow over tho surfa o OF the water
for . couple OF yards like . boy skip.
ping . stone The victorious snake
turned and sailed down stream with
the dsh In his mouth. and followed
glibly BY tho two smaller snakes
The vAnquished snake made his way
TO the shore. orept with u crestfaileu
air mp the bank. and disappeared in .
hole '"