The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-13
DOC AND EAGLE FIG HE.
Tho Surprise That Cnme 10 nouncer when He
Was Catching Crows.

ORRINGToN Me-, March 1O.-The crows have
been reaching Maine on the installment plan
this spring, about 10 per cent. coming every
week. Soon after the first lot arrived Henry
Damon'sd dog Bouncer began to wander through
the fields and tolc the birds up to him after a
manner which he has learned from years of ex-
perience among crows Bouncer is an aged and
fat Yorkshire terrier. an untidy combination
of hair and cunning, that looks like a
floor mop when he Is dry and acts as
n floor mop as soon as his coat is wet through,
but he knows tho ways of crows better than
most dogs. and his physical dcformities, instead
of acting as n bar to his progress in crow stalk
ing. serve to help him in every undertaking..
The snow lies fence-cap deep In all the down
east fields. Nobody has seen q piece of bare
ground rs big as u tablecloth since Feb. l. Con-
sequently the crows are obliged to seek their
scant sustenancc from the piles OF stable dress
crust and left on top Of the snow above where
th"y think the ploughed land ought to be. Here
stray morsels while the daylight lasts, and here
BOuncer was in the habit OF displaying his pecu.
l larme sr,' a mhiI pro wSs srse.ily GeiesIss By The The
crows, IT was Bouncer's practice TO seek ono of
these isolated heaps before daylight and pro.
coed 10 make himself up 30 he would look like a
dead dog, an act which required very little
transformation ON Bouneer's, part. Having
OF II dog that died last year, no would
stretch himself out on the wnrmest slope
TO carrion. and are not particular about the
breed of the animal which produces the required
result. so when thoy had inspected Bouncer's
remains for an hour and challenged the mort
mass for signs OF life they were ready for break.
fast. Soon after this there would be an eXplo.
sion among tho crows on tho heap where the
Gog was lying. and when the survivors had
flown AWAY Bouncer would come wagginK back
to tho house. bearing a dead crow in his mouth.
This Kind OF business was fun for Bouncer and
great sport for the farmers, who Dragged about
the dog, had him photographed, and got his
name into the local papers. No doubt 1t would
which Bounccr was not to blame. Bouncer had
caught seven crows, and had set himself for the
eighth ono when something bore down upon
him and took him and nil his makeup
aa sa,RI b 1T was a boS case and Of lilo and
all tho energy he had. and the eagle. who had
evidently taken him UP In tho belief that he was
talons. which had become mixed up In tho matted
hair OF his victim. Two farmers, who were pass
ing and saw tho battle, sRy IT was the grandest
display OF animal skin they had ever Witnessed.
body and bit as hard as he could. emitting howls
and feathers. Meantime tho eaulo tried
to fly, away with his prey, but could not
do SO, because the wriggling dog destroyed his
fought, and then fell on the snow In a heap, the
dog on top. Here the dog had tho advantage,
ana the eagle made haste to fly away, leaving a
good portion OF his plumage behind.
slight harm. but he has quit setting himself for
crow bats. Night is his chosen time for walk.
ing out In the fields, and when he sees q crow
living overhead he drops his bushy tail between
everybody that he believes 1t was q crow that
wrought him harm.