The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-05

Dr. Frank J Toussaint, who has hunted
with success the deer in Washington
County, Polar bear, and blue fox in Alas
ka, and about all the game birds and
| beasts Of the temperate and torrid zones
writes from the pEOviDe of Sonora. Mex
! leo. of a scene with aiitciopes. known to
the ancients by the pames OF strepsi-
! chcros and addeX- This antelope has
( deeper eyepits chaa the common gazelle.
Its horns are about fourteen inches long.
+ almost touching each other AT the bot
/ tom, spreading as they rise. so as at their
! tips to be sixteen inches asunder- They
have the annular prominence of the ga
zelIe and the keyee4, But not SO distfn-
I guishable as in those. But what serves
particularly TO distinguish this antelope
is the double flexure, very uniform and
remarkable so that the two horns make
a tolerable representation Of the antique
Tyre.
They are much more numerous in the
wiids of Mexico than mazames or .Mexi-
can roebucks. two kinds Of which are
found The first and largest mazame has
o
about six or seven inches in length, with
the extremity divided into two points.
The second kind, called temamacame. is
smaller than the first, and seems TO be
but a variety Of the rOebuck family II
has single horn and without any ant
lers.
In travelling over a long strip of
pr"irie where thousands of Horses and
cattle were feeding on the luxuriaut
-7.iY
to camp where a cattle roundup was in
progress One of the cowboys headed of
a HOOK OF twenty-five antelope and drove
them among the herd OF see cattle that
were scattered about feeding In a few
moments every cowboy in camp was in
the saddle, and, lasso in hand, began rid I
ing IN circle around the cattle slowly /.
driving them TO centre and crowding ,
them around the antelope Several Of my .
party were stationed at opposite sides .
OF the herd, with instructions net 10 shoot
az the antelope until they had well clear
ed the whole outfit Twice part of the
bunch made a break for the open. but re-
turned again to the rest of the flock The
flock moved about among the cattle that
gradually closed in around them until The
curious little animals could not be seen
by any Of the men.
Excitement was converted into sus-
pense- Every rider as he passed me was
anM'usly looking among the cattle uer-
Fously swinging 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 CO.
At the same time the antelope bound
ed Into the open field. Immediately four
OF the boys sank their spurs deep into the
Hanks OF their Wiry little horses. and gave /
chase, swinging their las5oes in a circle
over their heads. Two men came from /
each side and appeared 10 be riding TO
mead them or After running about 500
yards the foremost rider turned toward
the antelope, and the next instant il
looked as if he was among them His
lasso -Snot into the air, then dove down.
Every man was yelling as only COWBOYS
can. moment more and the race vas
over. The loop had fallen short of lis
mark. and the feet-fOOted little animals
mad bounded beyond the reach OF their
pursuers.
One Of the rifemen Who gauoped down
the prairie now stopped his horse jumped
10 The ground, and r sting one elbow on
his knee to steady us gun, fired Il was
a long range shot, bul one OF the antelope
dropped back and soon iay down and was
dead wheE we reached It
In his tadrneyinss over the grazing
country DR. Toussaint- has had several op-
poTtunitias 10 see the MEXICAN cowboy as
he IS Of home and at his hest AT riding
Duckl.E horses, throwing the Iasso and
Dull fZ1tiHg,' he says. they are experts.
Pan>Hc. who IS recognized as the most !
exp1r' and daring Iass0 thrower and rider
III 't'r"e parts. IS typical Mexican COW
boy He was dressed 9 day or two ago
when I saw him on his native heath in
full Mexican styIc-high- heeled boots /
large spurs. spangied and friIIed leather
legglns, short. clCse-htting jacket, large.
oToad-tTimmed and siIver-braided high .
hat He made a rather attractive figure !
as he gracefully rode his praucing fiery !
little horse. adorned with silver mounted
saddle and bride. up TO our dinner carnD
He told Us in the majestic language OF
CastIle-for he seemed 10 be something
Of an HCat0r-th5t he never saw the horse
cc". or bui thar h. dared not ride and 10
make good his assertion he rode into a
herd OF cattle that was feeding close by J
and singled ont a -year-old bull that
had not been handled by man since the
time in his caniculaT days when he was
roPet and thrown to be branded Soon
they were running at full speed. the bull
IN advance. the hOrseman close behind. Az
ter a short run. in which Pansh0 had an
10 display his fine horseman-
snip, the bull was turned toward our camp. .
Or they came at full speed. directly to-
ward US, the cowboy little behind and at
the left OF the rushing bull, swinging his
-assO in circle over his head
When they were within fifty wards We I
all jumped to our feet. shouting and way
Ing our hats. hoping to turn the animal
and save the tinWare and dinner Oar
alarm WAS premature however The next
moment the lasso shot forward over the ,
bulls shoulders. one part of the loon
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