The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-03-15
JACK RABBITS IN A FIGHT.
The Fur Flew i'm Reality and Boil
of the COmbatants Died.


A San Francisco man recently re-
ceived two consignments Of jack rab-
bits from the country. They were to
be'auSed for cOursing purposes, but
having come from different localities
the two tribes were continually at war.
An observer, in telling a reporter for
the Call about one battle royal, said:
1--WE we're chatting over the prospects
g next days coursing and commenting
on the weather, when a jack was
seen crossing the field in the direction
Of the escape with another jack in
dot pursuit. At first I thought some
stray dog had got into the field at the
south end and was driving the hares
toward the breeding paddock. Sud-
denly hare No. 1 turned in it's track
and dashed at it's pursuer. They tele-
scoped, so to speak, and then the fight
was on. You should have been there to
see the fur fly. There was no fake
about this match; it was for blood and
fur. The rabbits rolled into the mud
after the first charge, and as they re-
gained their pins they rose quickly on
their hind feet and slashed at each
other with their front paws in man.
ner that would have made champions
of the prize ring feel as if they were
as slow as a snail in their movements.
positively never have seen such fierce
fighting. At each stroke the fur would
be seen to fly in punches, and the
blows, if they can be termed as such,
were fast and furious After min
ute's contest the pursued hare made an
effort to run, but it was SO badly Grip
pied that it lost it's equilibrium and fell
in the slush, where it received still fur
Their punishment from it's opponent
We thought that the jig was UP with
| No. 1, and moved slowly toward the
| spot where the conflict had taken place
/ When within fifty yards of the fight
| Eng quadrupeds the hare we supposed
was dead Or dying leased to his feet
| and fought more viciously than ever.
The contest did not continue much
longer, as the hare which had chal
lenged it's opponent fell back as if hit
with leaden pellets and lay apparently
dead on the field Of battle. After driv-
ing the successful competitor away and
picking up the PROSTATE animal we
found that both eyes were completely
destroyed and it's face horribly LAGER.
ated. We easily captured the con.
quering hero, and had the two little
1 puSlASIo Su1Cu lOI DIS We'll dS ClCCuul'
stances would permit, but they were
too severely punished to survive their
wounds, and that evening the propri
stor Of the park found himself minus
two Of his imported flyers they had
kicked the bucket
Persimmons and Crab Apples ON One
| Tree.
There Is a curiosity in the tree line
near Cohutta, Ga. 1t is a tree which
bears persimmons on one side and wild
crab apples upon the other. OF course
as matter Of fact, there are two trees
but it takes a very close examina tor
to- convince a person that there are
They have grown so closely togethe1
that each has lost its identity, 50 ia,
as appearance is concerned, and thu
people in it's neighborhood insist tina,
1t is but one tree. The persimmon side
is the most fruitful and produces &
fairly good yield of fruit, which is MOI
IN the least affected by the presence Of
the crab apples. The other side does
not bear very well, and it is onlJ
during an occasional year that there L
a yield Of crab apples, but beth sides
have been known to bear coed crops
in the same year. Tho rosts hav,
never. been examined st Lout,
!. GlObe-DemOcrat