Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-14
WILD SPORT IN MEXICO.


| inquest over the body of the infant.
| WILD SPORT IN MEXICO.
How the Native Cowboys Round Up
| the Antelope.
1 From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
| DR.. Frank j. Toussaint, who has hunted
with success the deer in Washington county,
| polar bear and blue fox in Alaska ana
| about all the game birds and beasts OF the
temperate and torrid zones, writes 1roH
t. province of Sonora, Mexico. OF a scene
with antelopes, known to the ancients ov
| the names Of strepsicheros and aooeA'
This antelope has deeper eyepits than the
| common gazele. Its horns are about Iour-
| teen inches long, almost touching each
other at the bottom. spreading as they rlse'
| so as at their tips to be sixteen lnches
| asunder. They have the annuiar prominence
| of the gaelic and the kevc!, but not SO
| distinguishable as in those. But What
serves particularly to distinguish this an
| telope is the double fiexure, very UNIFORM
and remarkable so that the two horns. Dr.
Toussaint says, make tolerapIe repre-
| sentation of an antique Tyre. They are
| much more numerous In the WHO'S OF MeAlco
| than maZames or Mexican roebucks, t"o
| kinds of which are found The first ana
! largest mazame has horn like that of the
| roebuck of Europe. about six or seven
| inches in length, with the extremity d1Vlded
into two points. The second klne, caliea
| temamacame, is smaller than the first. ana
seems to be but variety of the roepuck
| family. 1t has single horn and without
| any antlers.
I'm travelling over a long strip of prairie
where thousands of horses and cattle were
| feeding on the luXuriant grasses, writes
DIR. Toussaint, in letter mailed at OaXaca
| October g. 1--WE came to camp where
| cattle roundup was in progress. One OF
| the cowboys headed off a flock of twenty
two antelope and drove them among the
herd of 600 cattle that were scattered
| about feeding. In a few moments every
cowboy in camp was in the saddle. and,
| lasso in hand, began riding in circle
around the cattle, slowly driving them to
a center and crowding them around the an
| teiope. Several of my party were stationed
at opposite sides of the herd, with instruc-
lions not to shoot at the antelope until they
had we'll cleared the whole outfit. Twice
part of the bunch made break for the
| open, but returned again to the rest of the
| flock. The flock moved about among the
cattle that gradually closed in7around them
until the curious little animals could not be
| seen by any of the men,.
| Excitement was converted into suspense.
| Every rider he passed me was anxiously
/ looking among the cattle, nervously swing
| ing his lasso to and fro at the side of his
| horse. Suddenly from the south side of the
bunch of cattle two of the boys Yelled
| Here they go!'
"At the same time the antelope bounded
|
boys sank their spurs deep into the TANKS
! of their wiry little horses, and gave chase,
swinging their lassoes in circle over their
heads. Two men came from each side and
| appeared to be riding to head them off.
After running about 400 yards the foremost
rider turned toward the antelope, and the
next instant it looked as if he was among
them. His lasso shot into the air, then
| dove down. Every man was yelling as only
cowboys can. A moment more and the race
was over. The loop had fallen short Of its
mark, and the feet-footed little animals
had bounded beyond the reach Of their pur-
| suers.
Zone of the rif1emen who galloped down
| the prairie now stopped his horse, jumped
to the ground, and, resting one elbow on
his knee to steady his gun, fired. 1t was
long-range shot, but one of the antelope
| dropped back and soon lay down, and was
dead when we reached it.
| In his journeyingS over the grazing coun-
try DR.. Toussaint has had several oppor-
tunities to see the Mexican cowboy as he
is at home and at his best AT riding
bucking horses, throwing the lasso and bull
| fighting" he says, they are experts. Pan
| sho, who Is recognized the most expert
| and daring lasso thrower and rider in these
parts, is a typical Mexican cowboy. He
| was dressed a day two ago when 1 saw
him on his native heath in full Mexican
| style-high- heeled boots large spurs, span
gled and frilled leather leggings. short,
close-ftting jacket, large, broad-brimmed
| and silver braided high hat. He made a
rather attractive figure he gracefully
| rode his prancing, fiery little horse, adorned
| with silver-mounted saddle and Bride up
| to our dinner camp.
! He told us In the majestic language of
| Castile-for he seemed to be something of
| an orator-that he never saw the horse,
! COW bull that he dared not ride, and to
| make good his assertion he rode into a herd
| Of cattle that was feeding close by, and sin
gled out four-year-o bull that had not
been handled by man since the time in his
| canicular days when he was roped and
4 tO be hra how
ming at full speed. the bull in advance the
horseman close behind After a short run,
| in which Pansho had an opportunity to
display fine horsemaship, the bull was
| turned toward our camp. On they came at
| full speed, directly toward US, the cowboy
| a little behind and at the left of the rushing
BULL swinging his lasso in a circle over his
head.
when they were within fifty yards we
| all jumped to our feet. shouting and waving
our hats, hoping to turn the animal and
| save the tinware and dinner. Our alarm
! was premature, however. The next moment
| the lasso shot forward over the bulls Shout
| ders, one part of the loop striking the
ground in front of the bull and the other
part on his breast. Both front feet went
| into the loop and a quick jerk drew it
| around - legs. Giving the lasso two
turns around the pomInel Of the saddle,
Pansho stopped his well-trained horse
which braced for the jerk that came when
the bull had run the full length of the
lasso Then the bull was thrown violently
to the ground. In less time than 1t takes
! to write 1t Pansho jumped to the ground,
ran to the bull, and tied the foreIegs to-
gether. Then tying rope around the bulls
body, he removed the lesso. Up jumped
| the bull and away he went, with Pansho on
his back. holding onto the rope. In his
| frantic efforts to get rid of his rider, the in
| furiated bull ran first in one direction and
then in another, bucking, kicking and bel
lowing. but all In vain, for Pansho stuck
| like glue. When he slowed down into a trot
and headed for the herd, the rider slipped
| to the ground and came back to camp to
| receive the congratulations of his adj
| mirers, who appeared to be as proud of the
| feat as Pansho was