Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-06-28
BIG GAME IN MEXICO.
Mountain Lions, AntclOpcs, Wiid Dogs,
Wild BOnrs and BurrOs.


\ civil engineer recently returned
from the hacienda of JmulcO. in Goa
hula. IN immense property containing
over 1000 square Kilometres. tells some
stirring tales of shooting wild game.
An,elopes abound. hut great care Is
necessary IN approaching these willy
creatures, owing to their habit of al
ways placing one or two on guard
while the rest of the herd Is feeding.
The sentincls. faithful to their duty,
remain with head erect, peering and
shifting to the four points of the com.
pass and give swift alarm the mo-
mcnt an enemy appears In sight.
Not long since II party of young men
were hunting the javail, or wild hog.
ana. coming up with n number, one of
the hunters succeeded In killing one
and dismOunted to secure II. AS he
approached his prey II dozen or more
javail that were hiding In the tall
grass attacked him ferOciOusly, ana one
fastened his tusks In the hunters heel.
hanging on like grim death. The 9th.
ers came to their companions assist
ancc ana the brute was killed, but the
tusks were sunk 40 deep into the heel
that the hogs jaws had to be pried
apart with gun barrel before the man
was freed. Strange rs II may seem.
the wound closed quickly and with no
serious results.
ON this same hacienda are both wild
dogs and wild burros. the latter being
remarkably swift ana hard to take. The
dogs are said to be large ana very saw
age. with ugly cOuntenanccs ana en-
tremcly long. coarse hair. Some time
ago u pup was caught ana tanned. de-
veloping into a fine watchdog. but
though every effort was made to secure
n mate for him II has not been posi-
bic.
1t Is not generally realized that noun.
tain lions of Mexico will attack n man.
hut several recent encounters show
them to he as dangerous for men as
for beasts. One OF the mOzOs In u
recent hunting party had but one hand.
the stump of his left arm bearing wit
ness to II terrible struggle with u lion
he had shot ana then approached,
thinking the brute was dead. \ man
who has hunted In the State of Sonora
tells Of certain spring where two men
have been killed by lions while camp.
Ing there for the night. The brutes fol.
low u man for miles. like the panther.
lured on by the human scent and hopes
Of finding IN opportunity to spring OH
the traveller. \ mountain lion was re-
Gently killed In MichOacan that meas.
ured three meters from tip to tip, says
the Mexican Herald.
Mexico possesses many Intrepid hunt
ers. especially among military men. but
their deeds Of prOwess are rarely re-
lated, this being rather foreign to the
Mexican character, which does not lend
itself to anything approaching boast
fulness. The writer knows of an ar
dent sportsman, n general, who had one
room entirely adorned with firearms
ana furnished with trophies of the
chase The furniture was covered with
skins, the feet of the chairs being of
deers' horns. The arms, dating from
the conquest to the present time, We're
valued ut over $4,000. So far did this
general carry his fad for shooting i'm
plements that he had u cigarette case
offering his guests "cigarrOs" pulled a
real trigger and shot the tobacco mis-
siles in their direction.