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A COYOTE PARTNERSHIP.
IL Means Death to the Antelope and a
Meal For the Wolves.

II nj Fans Death to the Antelope and .
Meal For the Wolves.
The prong horned antelope is the swift
est animal on the plains, and yet the coy
otes catch q good many of them just by
running them down. This sounds like
paradox, yet it is quite true and Is ex-
planned by the cunning of the wolves and
the habits Of the antelope.
A single coyote that undertook to run
down single antelope would get tired and
hungry before he accomplished much, but
when two or three coyotes are together 1t
is quito different thing. The coyotes do
not all run after the antelope together;
they take turns, and while one runs the
Others rest, and SO at last they tire the an
teope out.
If when it was started the antelope ran
straight away it would Of course leave all
the wolves behind those that wero resting
even more than the one that was chasing
it, but the antelope does not run straight,
away. Instead IL rUns in large circles, and
this enables the wolves TO take turns when
chasing it.
When three or four pr.irie wolves de-
eide that they want antelope meat for
breakfast, one of them creops as close as
possible to the enc they have selected and
then makes a rush for it, running as fast
as he possibly can so as to push the ante
lope to his lest speed and TO. tire it out.
Meantime his companions spread out on
either side Of the runner and set upon lit
tie hills or knobs so as to keep the chase
in sight. They trot froIn point to point,
and pretty coon, VIXEN the antelope turns
ard begins to work lack toward one of
them, this one tries TO get rs nearly as pos
sible in it's Path, and Us it flies by tho wolf
dashes out ct it and runs after it at the
top of its seed, while the one that had
been chasing the antelope stops running
and trots off to some nearby bill, where
while the water dTirs OF his lolling tongue,
he watches the race and gets his breath
again After q little the antelope passes
near another coyote, which in turn takes
up the pursuit. and so the chase is kept
lp until the roor antelope Is exhausted,
when it 10 overts. ken ard pulled down by
one or more of tho hungry brutes. OF
course the coyotes co not catch every ante
lore they start. Sometimes the game runs
such n course that it does not pass near
any of the waiting wolves, and only the
one that starts it has any running to do.
In such case the pursuit is at once aban-
doned. Sometimes the antelope is so stout
and strong that it tires out all its pursu-
ers
1t is a common thing for a coyote to
chase an old doe, with her kids, just after
the little ones have begun to run about.
At that time they ere very swift for short
distances, but have not the strengths to
stand long chase In such case a moth
er will often stay Behind her young and
will try to fight off the coyote, butting
him with her head and striking him with
her fore feet. Ee pays little attention to
her, except to snap at her, and keeps on
after the kids Several times l have. seen o
mother antelope lead her little ones into
the midst Of a he'd Of cactus, where the
wolf could not SO without getting his feet
full of tho7ns. If the bed is snail, the
wolf will make ferocious dashes up to its
border, trying to 1rightcn the little ones so
that they will run cut on the other side
and he can start after them again, but
usually the mother has no trouble in hold
ing them.-George Bird Grinnell in Forest
and Stream.