The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-29

he hunt started, had noticed magnin-
cent spike bull, and thai puncn m"s
still within reaching distance ns ,,,aI pn.9
turned my horse toward IT, ue,or,ilh%ou %
10 bag that spike. i hadn't gone iar ~
fore discovered that Suter clark Oh ,no
post had his heart set also on , seGurlnR
the same animal. At once WIN iaco
began between Us To win the pilAc. "e
sped over tho rough and uncertain t,ounu
like gale Neck anu neck we ghilopcu
but Clark got tho lead. His horse plasd
him alongside the coveted spike. Slarn
raised his pistol To fire, when MS morse
threw his head high IN tho ar anu
stopped so short that his rider was .hrown
forward ON his neck. Ciark neiu Oh iiho
grim DEATH and as he struggieu 70 heoP
from failing 10 the ground, the pis.oi Was
discouraged The horse fell back on ms
launches, anu Clark tumbled on anu
rolled on the prairie. The morse yuhpeo
10 his feet, and began turning rounu ahu
round in a circle, with his menu hear 'he
ground, cooked comically TO one slue.
II drew rein, of course TO see II the
unfortunate sutler was hurt. he Wasn't,
but he no sooner got 10 ms iee1 When
ping ping ping! came the Whi11 oi
bullets, SO close To our ears that We couiu
almost feel the wind they raised We
look ia the direction those startling mes
sengers came from, and there anotner
novel sight met our gaze. Ine Borernor
friend Morgan had been unhorseu ny
ball he had attacked ana tne Duii was
chasing him around on tho prairie, whlie
the broker was trying 10 put an enu 10
the unpleasant pursuit by turning at
short intervals and blazing away at the
bulls head. He might as well nave hreu
against "a rock, even If every one Oh ms
snots had hit tho bull. lt was plaln,
however, that none of his shots went
where they were sent, but sailed right
toward Clark and myself. Wo were III
more danger, consequently, than either
the broker or his bull, and II both OF the
latter hadn't suddenly Disappeared IN ono
of the gulleys. there is no telling what
the result would have BEEN to us.
''All this time Clark's horse was whiri-
ing around in his little circle. We caught
HIM and found that the carthage Oh ms
nose had been perforated by bullet ana
that another bullet had almost severed
one of his ears close TO his mead. lho
bullet in his nose had been undoubtedly
one from the brokers pistol that had
caught him as he was carrying his rider
70 the spike bull. The ear hau Deen
shot off by Clark himself when his pistol
was discharged while he was struggling
to retain his hold on his horses neck.
This bullet had fractured the horse
skull, and the poor brute hunting days
were over.
"Bv this time the bunch of buffaloes in
| which was the spike bull wanted nao
| between me and their flying hoofs. They
were now the nearest of all the herd To
me however, and il / were to have any
| thing TO show for tine day hunt must
| bag it out Of that bunch. 80 L put the
| spurs TO my horse once more, ana literally
| flew over the prairie after the rapidly dis
\ appearing quarry. 1t was stern cnase
| and "a long one but my horse was good
| one and L at last had the pleasure OF bear
| ing down upon the butfaloes ut the head
| of which was this magnificent spike
4 was soon at his side, and aiter a nuihpef
| of shots and many difficult manoeuyres to
avoid the fierce charges of the bull, l AT
last succeeded in stretching his shaggy
| form upon the grass. The battle ground
| was over and upon big colony OF prairie
| dog burrows, which had been abandoned
| by their rightful occupants and We're pop
uiated by an army of skunks. Owing tc
the excitement of the struggle with The
| bill / had not taken into account thl
| possible consequences of proximity to suci
| company, but when the bull fell deat
among the burrows l found that th'
atmosphere was so laden with th'
mephitic odor of the occupants or th'
! prairie dog town that ii was almost SUMO
eating. l dismounted and attempted T.
secure the head of my buffalo, but tn
| odor WAS SO sitting that l WAS forced Il
abandon my trophy. But, l could no
abandon the odor of the placesso easily
1t clung to me with such persistence Una
/ became an outlaw, as IL were, from tn
rest of the party for the remainder of tn
hunt. They could not stand my presence
''The hunt lasted for about an hour
When tho party assembled at IN
rendezvous it was found that twenty bull
had been killed. OF these Governo
Sprague baggcd five. His friend Morga
had managed to escape from the bull tina
had unhorsed him and chased him NOR
than a mile over the prairie. He had use
up all his ammunition during the chase
but had failed to pring his tough antagon
ist down."