The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-17
WOLFCHASING In THE WEST
4 MUCH MORE KxCITING sPoRT THAN
FOX HUNTING.
Gray Timber Wolves That Are Larger
Than n Newfoundland Dog-Led by an
old She. Wolf That Cared Little for Dogs

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From t1s Washington Pos.
u, Gamma o., IA. ,,,ite IN. fagbiou TO ride To-
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hOunds mere III the East sh'u W. ~ 'aUi'e'u
Of Sheridan Wyo., the other day. u suppose
tint 4. N bc,it,yc frnr our English ancestors
or, al least, patterned alter our hhEhsl cousins
OF course have been corrupted by living IN the
wild and woolly West. and can sec little fun in
,' " W. o'' -, -. ul h,
tue SPor too way " ~ pufSucu he'c' ""i haNo
to plead my residence in eAtenuation, II that
will be p,,dnu,h. nu, This thing of dragging
=, ,.'I, , at, all, -,
all au'Se oag over 'eh VI h'''e" UNIV '""''o
seems to me about az taslelrss as soup without
salt But VIC mus, keen IN the swim, and even
h"edolun'p FENCES ohiy thfec 'e't h'snou mag
nation c"i u" the rest The brush isn the whole
thing after all
~ ha,', - ,i,,t. .,,,,,, .,,,, l., . ,,tu. mn, in
We nave ''"e Spoi' once III Mu.'e ou' ~
my country, though don't know that IL ~ 50
swift when IL comes to be examined critically.
w.h,J,u,l,c,,.... .hn,, limo ,,r,, and thongbt
n"u "''' e'iaee '" ~, "ine ,,u,
was not there but then he has lived In Sheridan.
and n, h,. .,r,. .x,,,.i,, ,,o,.,,v interests
"''" nv nus ''n'' 'N''h0''' ''OP'''
near lhcrc. mchtloh ihls To snow tha' ohefi
dan basks at leas, in reflected glory, even II
IL possesses none uf its own But about that
wolf chase The people out there love anything
that sa,urs Of hard riding, and the brUncOs
never Seem To tire when they are IN pursuit Of
anything There wcre number VI guests
stopping AZ the Sheridan Inn and the hotel pro
prrtor wanted to get up little function for their
amusement So Ne Ind this wolf rhnsr
The wolves had been captured in heavy steel
| traps three Of them, but they had not been rem
ds,rd Al All du,r nv tLei, lev DAYS Of sssorn,iun
| with human beings. they had ali been lan,d by
| tile sharp teeth " the traps and big I'D She
! wolf had attempted to gnaw oil one u her hind
! feet in order To obtain freedom They were not
| thrs" little coyotes They were wolves the great
! gray. umbc; wolves, larger than a Newfoundland
I.rih hat snnpS.d "mn"usIy " hr1sny ,iicc
| near them They are moi towards those timber
| wolves They wil attack a man even when they
| have not the encouragement, Of a pack \ timber
| wolf can throw A s,c"f and chi his throat uuicKef
thana cowboy. That The reason why the ranch.
men are "a, an >in,ls Ia get nd of the pests Iiut
ury are cunning and II is not often that one get4
| caugnt In a trap
Word vas sen, throughout the town tina, there
| three bundled men vnmen and bnys came nIIt an
broncUs To- follow the hounds The pack was
d. ,s ,t. u, H. f,,,n,I n ia. En,,b,...f Z ,6inL
| IhHt t'ol Cody owns some n, them There w.r.
| then, Inn, ,nnyy s,ngb",nJs ih.t weed
from twenty tn u1cnty Ave- f.ri al lean while
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III n,ay hsyr s,,,,c Jam" ~, teDIe,fot who
| ,in,nn! nav N''nl,N ,aic W a NI'ueiioot VINO
| ddh kn4" ANYTHING about NE speed ana enuIt
anvr 81 'h' uthuet MONeh' buI !. dlh hY' ! .ak
, ,E ,.' surh So",e.s w oc ennEu!ch,d. ,n
| TOURISTS rom th' ,tln Netr gwen ruaCn iI r,
me Top OF wh.ch ,heF could view the hnhl Inc
| wolves Ncf. ihkeh pu' IN wagon anu given a
utuS sta!t DcigiI ihc hnunaS were unleashed
AZ hrgl hcy lad down as u hopeless OF esSape
and absolutely refused 20 bulge, Ever, kicks
IN. ira" r St' Tp and T Started %" viii. h%p and
We "ihers followed him moment Iat"t They
did not run last at least ihey dld not appear TO-
ana cNc,E one SAID NC chase would te if3s'
| IA ab"ul minute thr dogs Mere turned loose
ana thcy took up the scent with chorus tina,
"a ,'ct The way the leaders covered the ground
WaSacaUuor ana u seemed 10 me as the three
would be orcfiak"n IN less than hre minutes;
The reason We thought that was because We had
not been looking atthg wolves. The minute they
have forgotten all about steel traps and captivity
They had an awkward gait but the way they got
be no brushes tn distribute
The old III" wolf Was ( ing "u tnrrc legs,
from Suckwclls nch started uut to flank them
| IN order 10 keep them from getting into
the fs''nlil~ around liS Coos creek, They
riin, AZ too Sr""d, and iinally got then, gong
IN the direction tIeN Tanlca them. but LneT'
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