The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-27
FIGHTING STOCK ON RANCHES.
A Colt Which Killed n Bear and n Rnu4
That Butted a Robber Over a Cliff.

That Butted a Robber Over n Cliff. Y
I'm Grass Valley. Col. where I spent most
OF the past ummer. l saw two ranch animals.a
horse and a Cotswold buck. each Of which had
won name and fame by n fighting exploit"
said A. b. MESSENGER OF New York. THE first
was n horse called Ginger. owned by my friend
John Cuthell. at whose ranch | was staying.
He was a spirited but docile animal. a cross be-
tween the broncho and fine Kentucky running
stock. and | rode him hundreds of miles during
my stay In the mountains. Four years be-
fore. when n three-year-old colt, Ginger. / was
told. had killed a full-Grown grizzly bear.
Nobody saw the fight. which took place in .
pasture out of view from the ranch house. 1t
was in the early spring. when bears are par
ticu'ariy bold and hungry. and this bear had
evidently been starved out Of the upper leye.S
and had come DOWN into the valley ready TO
tackle anything that he could kill and eat. and
he struck Cuthells ranch first. The cattle
wero all down at the lower end of the valley.
but the colt had been turned into the pasture
Tor the afternoon to give him a chance to ex.
ercise. and there the bear found him.
When Cuthell went out near shutdown 10
drive the colt back to the corral he saw the
bear lying dead in the pasture. He did not
think OF the colt as having anything TO do with
the bears death until on examining the body
wound. but the animal had bled a little at tho
p%ostrils. This drew Cuthell's attention to the
rible blow delivered Just above the snout. one
long scratch made by five claws down the colts
pressed him. when n. lucky kick. fair on III.
nose. the bears sensitive point, where n hard
blow Is almost certain TO Kin. had bowled tho
4 t the head of the valley a Imam nam.l Mur.
aocE, Z s~eotchmnn, had a ranch in which he
the bucks in his flock was a big CotsWold NWhoss
IHGmper had got gIeered with advancing y"ars.
to the other bucks. and the herdsmen we're
aafraid OF him: but MS he vas a specially valua-
s S5s i1!%fl to 'oE Ee STSfSaii lne. P9S n Sss ID. his Of 2"P TG5
range Deep Canon Greek. that waters the VI.
bottom, " Of a S su'is from Sna t'RRin rtS to f nst Sf Feet a. do aTs
with perpendicular Sides, At one place a path
cnmrd Se ha 4 made down to the creek so that stock
When August came round last year. the
s srass T Is th thi ju %aet9n Sn 1dGeePi fed lS on G%] o29sGMRnpla
found that he was losing from some rcu.e
that they had not heon carried Of ,by wild AMI
mails: and bis spsplcIons fell on 4 bad Mex can
dealings with. thief meat dealers in some OF
the COLORADO towns. A watch was set aud the
i hlsh 81 t ,bH s the po stsnI WAS arst seen wf Ps, tGs
Tie bic. cetswqid buck" which was usually
iE nase a sssPer jSIpe Gy ,h si%" H,ha;r had .Eaon brG #.
man detailed to watch fell asleep Ho vas
SaSe IN by 4 e@mmoti2n in the mock, ara
wnrd the path that led own int" the creek.
with u sheep on his back, Before the sleerv
herdsmnn could get his firearms IN working.
m Cotswold buck came from the flock ~ n
tremendous pnce. heading straight as n bullet
i%s me sheen stes'er He caught him behind
Thief and stolen sheep ali went over the edge
The herdsman ran to the spot and
: deep nooI. shaE N.Y. w"t t6e v W"te !nS from rH bs n THa
the edge Of the stream PonchO lay on the
ROCKS dead. with his. neck broken. the weight
Dl the sheep strapped to his shoulder haytn"
carried him down head foremost, t;-47"