Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-11
NE WILD HORSE HUNT
Exciting Chase and Slaughter Of
Wild Mustang Ponies in the
West.
Twenty.eight Leap Over a Preci'
pice and Are Killed on Rocks
Below.
Attempt Will Be Made to Elk.
terminate Wild Horses on
the Range.

t6IUllU0k0 WIN o0S Va
the Range.
4 Kanab. Utah, Oct 11.-Hundreds of
wild horses stampeded in terror over
hill and plain Thursday, pursued by a
band of mounted ranchmen, urging
their mounts to the utmost, and now
and then taking a shot at one Of the
fleeing animals.
The mustang hunt was on. Ranchmen
from all over northwestern Arizona and
vada, began to gather Wednesday at
Pipe Spring, Arizona. The start was
made as soon as the sun first began to
/ show itself over the Kanab mountains.
| Two score men, mounted on the best
horses at their command, and supplied
4 with relays to enable them to keep up
!. the pursuit. started.
Altho the mustangs seldom make a
vicious fight. there is no keener sport
| than a mustang hunt. The only hunt Of
the kind on record in this locality was
! two years ago. Then 300 mustangs were
shot and 1900 captured, and indications
are that this record will be surpassed.
The animals are believed to have
sprung from the horses owned by the
victims OF the Mountain Meadow mas
sacre in 1857. When the party was at
4 tackled large number Of the horses es-
capped. For nearly half century they
have been breeding on the ranges Of this
| min oil ru wit, M Of In
ponies and escaped horses formerly be-
| longing to cowmen, and multiplying at
prodigious rate So numerous have
up the none too rich ranges Of this Sec
ton. Hence the determination to work
their destruction.
Under the leadership Of Mathoniah
Miles, one of the principal ranchmen of
this region. the hunters started on their
quest yesterday morning. The party
spread out 50 as to cover wide stretch
of ground. After nearly an hour had
been spent in uneventful travel the
form of big stallion was seen. George
Milton, cowman and an expert shot.
opened fire. The stallion whirled and
darted off. He was the sentinel for a
drove. The others, fifty or more, could
be seen and heard as they scampered
after him. The race was on.
The hunters pushed their horses to the
utmost, but the mustangs were gaining.
The men who planned the hunt knew
that the animals, having just come to
the water, had bene drinking 80 heavily
that they could not endure long. Had
this not been the case the chase would
have been hopeless.
For miles the chase was kept up, only
half dozen of the hunters following.
Finally colt dropped out exhausted.
Its mother joined her offspring to de-
fend it, Two OF the hunters approached
the mare and her foal. The mother
charged upon them, but lariat was
looped about her fore feet. she stumbled
and fell to the ground. The colt was
quickly roped and both were tied to a
rock.
The herd in front began to lag lit
tie and the pursuers gained. Several
of the beasts dropped in response to
rifle shots.
Presently the mustangs swerved to
the right.
They were coming into a broken
country. The steepness of the ground
impeded their progress But the change
in direction soon led them into a trap
They were driven into a canon. A third
of the way up the eide was a ledge run
ming parallel with the bottom Of the
canon and affording practically the only
course where travel was possible. They
plunged madly along this ledge. The
hunters were still some distance away,
altho in plain sight of the mustangs.
Presently the leader stopped. He had
come to a deep gorge. Above and be-
low were precipices. In front was this
gorge twenty feet wide and fifty deep.
Behind were the pursuers. He leaped
His, forefeet caught the other side. He
scrambled madly for couple of sec
onds. but final effort enabled him to
regain his foothold, and he stood tri-
umphant. Then another tried the leap
His forefeet caught, but he fell back
ward to the rocks below. AnotherSand
another followed. Not member OF. the
drove failed to make the attempt. Three
succeeded. The rest fell upon the rocks
below.
The king of the drove turned and the
other mustangs who were safe Joined
him. They saw the hunters coming,
and turned ana escaped. The little
party of hunters came to the edge OF the
gorge and counted twenty-eight horses
on the rocks below. Bullets soon put
an end to this misery of the living.
Meanwhile the other hunters had
broken up into small parties and a num-
Der of them had run into punches of
horses. Some had been corralled, some
shot and some lassoed. More had es-
capped.
1t was estimated that 100 mustangs
another.
The hunt will be in progress several
days. Another hunt probably will be
organized to clear the territory farther
north of the mustangs.
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