Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-09-14
A coYore ROUND UP.
Prairie Wolves Are Getting BOLD
How the E1rt Ia Managed.

Proiric Wolves Are Getting bold.
How the r1nt IL Managed.
Eastern Colorado ranchncn value an
ordinary coyote at $3.50. This ex.
travagant price will resul, in another
great hunt this fall IN which e is esti-
mated thousands OF the little animals
vii! fail victims TO the - OF the cow
boys or the hounds of the sports of the
east.
The citizens Of the various stock
towns in the coyote infested section
are preparing to have day fixed for
one big 'rouud up of the entire three
counties representing the territory that
has suffered so severely as result OF
the depredations of the animal If this
Is done. the big hunt viii present some
interesting features. The three coun-
ties represent territory something
like so miles square. Yuma Is the lar
Sest of the three. and Yuma and Wash
ington counties have suffered most
from the raTages of. the omnivorous
beasts.
The reader can picture in his mind
vast territory of sagebrush and sand
hills SO miles across either way Then
he can imagine horsemen from all over
the country arranged around the outer
limits of this area. At the start the
hunters may be some distance apart.
out aS-they move in at certain hour
toward one common center they soon
get closer together until they finally
meet. Every two miles of horsemen
x,-flr h,,
who VIII direct all movements. IL the
start is made at o'clock i'm the morn
ing. the scene. if possible TO encompass
II within the vision Of man. would rep
resent more than n regiment of cavalry
and more than thousand hounds
dashinS nearly all day across the
plains, forcing every living thing be-
fore thcm-a mixed moSs-cowb BOYS.
tenderfeet, cattle barons. millionaires.
eastern sports and withal n bowling
mob. If the start for the 10 mile ride
TO the center Is made at G o'clock in
the morning. the forces from all four
sides ought to meet at the common
center before sunset and perhaps little
past the middle of the afternoon.
According TO the report of nephew
OF the famous kit Carson. who prac-
tfcally conducted the hunt during the
eighties. the scenes during the last
hours of the hunts are never to be for
gotten. Coyotes frightened out of the
tall grass at the approach of the on
coming hunters run like sheep in cir
Gle in the hope that they may find n
friendly outlet TO freedom. AS n re-
suit. by the time the horsemen and
hunters get within two or three miles
Of each other at the close of the hunt
they represent n corral surrounding
hundreds of coyotes circling i'm n mad
mass like so many frightened sheep.
The hounds are unlcashed and the
slaughter begins. If there are LOCO
hounds. they will all be slaughterin-
on the outside of the herd of coyotes.
which viii number nearly double what
the hounds will. Imagine 1000 wild.
frightened. frcnzied. maddened wolves
swapping, yelping and hurrying In
nearly every direction after the circle
Is broken. The one that endcavors TO
pass the corral of cavalry is dispatch
eel with Winchester or "A.
Those remaining inside the circle of
'' "NA""h tNihSS uuu HORSES. are
panic stricken, biting each other. fall
ing and suffering death i'm the mad
scramble. Excited hunters .endeavor
to use their Wholesalers. and hounds
rs well as wolves suffer. When the
light Is over. few have escaped. but
the battlefield is red with the blood OF
the hounds and the wolves. The bat.
tie on the occasion OF the last hunt
lasted for nearly two hours, and scores
OF the best hounds In the country bit
the dust.-Akron (Colo) Cor. Chicago
Record.