The sun., 1900-08-19
A COYOTE ROUNDUP.
The Prairie wolves Are Getting Troublesome
How the Hunt i Managed.


AKRON. Col. Aug. io.-Eastern Colorado
ranchmen value an ordinary covote at t37 so.
This cStravagant price will result in another
great hunt this fall In which IL is estimated
thousands of the little animals will fall victims
10 the forty-four Of the cowboys or the hounds
Of the sports of the Fast
The citizens Of the various stock towns IN the
coyote infested section are preparing 10 have a
day fixed for one big roundup" Of the
entire three counties representing the territory
that has suffered so severely as a result OF the
depredations OF the animal. II this is done
the big hunt Will present some interesting
features. The three counties represent a
Yuma is the largest of the three and Yuma
and Washington counties have suffered most
from the rayases Of o the omniIyoE2us nS 6ess
territory of sage brush and sand hills eighty
miles across either way. Then he can imas-
ranged around the outer limits Of this area
Al the start the hunters may be some distance
apart but a. they move IN AZ a certain M pour nr
together until they huaLy meet Every two
miles OF horsemen around the square will have
a captain who will direct all movements, II
the start is made al o o'clock in the morning
the scene II possible To encompass II within
the vision of one man. would repIesep1 more
thousand hounds dashing nearly all day across
the plains, forcing every living thing before
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cattle barons, millionaires. Eastern sports. and
wthal a bowling mob II the start for the
forty mile ride 10 the centre i made AT clock
in the morning the forces from all four sides
ought 10 meet at the common centre before
sunset and perhaps little past the middle of tho
afternoon.
According to the report Of q nephew OF the
famous Kit Carson, who practically conducted
the hunt during the sOs, the SccneS during
the Inst hours of the hunts are never to be for-
gotten. Coyotes frightened out Of the tall
grass AZ the approach Of the oncoming hunters
run IKE sheep in a circle In the hope that they
NAV find a friendly outlet 10 freedom: As
result by the time the hOrsemeu and hunters
got within two or three miles Of each other al
the close Of the hunt they Represent corral
surrounding hundreds Of coyotes Ctrchng In
mad mas like so many frightened sheep.
The hounds are uuleashed and TIE slaugn'er
begins II there are 1000 hounds they VIII all
be siaurh hterin1 on the outside Of the herd Of
coyotes, which will number nearly double " hat
the hounds will Imagine 1000 wild, fright
ened, frenZied. maddcned wolves. swapping.
yelping and hurrying in nearly every direction
after the circle l. broken. Tho one that en-
deavOrs 10 pass the corral OF cavalry l. dis
matched with a Winchester or n forty-four.
Those remaining inside the circle Of hounds,
human beings and horses. ara panic-strioknn
hitting each other. falling and sunering death
in Inc mad scramble Excited hunters en-
deavor 20 use their Winchester and hounds NJ
we'll as wolves suffer Whom The fight is oveT
few have escaped. but the battlefield Is red
with the blood of the hounds and the wolves.
The hattie on the occasion Of the last hunt lasted
for nearly two hours and scores OF the best
hounds 10 the country bit the dust