The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-17

Copyright 1883 BY TIE Bachelor Syndicate
con. wolf and rooster II Is ar odd
gi1mvfrsee. The greatest of the three -
tne COW. tor ere weighs no less than a ton
a1d half In these 6zys % prize beef
there u nothing very surprising about an
or that weighs a ton bur when. as IN his
case. co~ not only atsains but greatly
matter
This largest 81 COWS Il the pride Of T>a.
isre. Cal sac stands exactly sixteen
hands high. or. In ordinary measurement.
fees inches. She il beautifully propor-
toned. and as genie as th- gsnriesf Of her
kind Sac weighs 900 pounds. and. con-
rary &c al precedent. h q good mixer.
TOO. AT her best she has been Known 10
yield four gallons Of milk a day. TIE
mfk. TOO. IL o. extraordinary richness. and
the butter obtained from tie cream 10 20
excellent an 70 bring almost double ths or
binary price.
This mage animal ~ feet inches In
length. All his growth has been attained
In six years. and one Of the s.rsngest facts
IN connection with the animal Ia that shs
IL Still growing. Her owner IS erm 10 the
belief that IL she he allowed time she wiz
tip the team some day At two tons.
Following the same route TO fame 10 the
calf Of this formidable animal Though
only . months old. Il is already as large az
any ordinary COW. and Ia growing al an
astonishing rate. II weighs 4 hundred
pounds for every month OF srs age. and
from present indications In a few years
VIII rival is giant mother. The mother IL
valued a. $3.50 No valuation has ever
been placed on the cali. and money VIII
no, buy f. Taken altogether. the pair can
r-uthfully De termed the star attraction II
Tr1are county
There is Little In common between q cow
achieved greatness In all eense< Of the
term. White the gfan; COW Ia browsing in
the succuient pastures of California. the
biggest wolf and the only white wolf ever
captured in Texas IL snarsing and putting
a. the end Of big chain on Q ranch near
Grady. In that state.
Though a large specimen. the actual
size OF this wolf is not 30 very great, be-
cause he ~ OF a small variety OF the
ccyots-but II Il only second 70 the hyena
in the horrible sensation produced by It's
howl white wolf. however. Ii q raEa
avis. and this one has a temper that for
the particular species 10 which he belongs,
10 as extraordinary as the color OF his
fur. The coyote 10 q coward by nature.
No specimen was eyer known 10 make a
fair fight Indeed. the coyote has been
Justly called the American jackai. Mr..
Mccomb. who captured this remarkable
animal. tells q graphic story OF how he
managed TO iariat his prize. This is what
he said 70 the writer:
ITO understand about the captureof this
white wolf OF mine, IL IS necessary to know
something about the nature OF the coun-
try where he was captured. The face of
the land is very broken. often you Will
encounter csnons three hundred feet deep:
a good share OF the country round about
Grady IL OF such a nature as TO render
Il almost impossible for a man to travel
through IL on horseback. IL be wants 10
see what II Ii like he has got TO foot IL.
and don't mind saying that's a lob that
there Is no pleasure in. Naturally. the
country il thIniy settled, and IL really
isn't OF much use to anybody but stock
men.
Several weeks ago. while was riding
on my ranch. ! saw what I took TO be
white wolf When saw the wolf. 1t was