The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-05
BIG GAME IN MEXICO.
Antelopes, Wild Boar, Mountain Lions,
Wild Dogs, and Wild Burros.


4 civil engineer recently returned
from the hacienda OF JImuIeo in Goa
hula, an immense property containing
over $500 square kilometers, tells some
stirring tales of shooting wild game.
AnteIopes abound, but great care is
necessary in approaching those willy
creatures. owing to their habit of always
placing one or two on guard while the
rest OF the herd Is feeding The SEN
tineis, faithful to their duty, remain
with head erect. peering and shifting TO
the four points OF the compass, and
give q swift alarm the moment an
enemy appears IN sight.
Not long since a party OF young men
were hunting the javall. Or wild hog.
and, coming up with a number, one Of
the hunters succeeded in killing one
and dismounted to secure it As he az
preached his prey a dozen or more
JavaIf that were hiding In the tall grass
attacked him fsrociously, and one fas-
tened his tusks in the hunters heel,
hanging on like grim death The others
came to their companions assistance
and the brute was killed, but the tusks
were sunk so deep into the heel that the
hogs Jaws had to be pried apart with =
gun barrel before the man was freed.
Strange as 1t mas seem. the wound
closed quickly and with no serious re
suits.
On the same hacienda are both wild
dogs and wild hJrTos, the latter being
-ar urlrq hi surf nd ha- n - 10 he
dogs are said TO be large and very
savage, with ugly counteaances and ex-
tremely long. coarse hair Some time
ago a pup was caught and tanned de-
veloping into q fine watchdog but
though every effort was made to secure
mate for him IL has not been possible
II is not generally realized that the
mountain lions OF Mexico will attack a
man, but several recent encounters
show them to be as dangerous for men
as for beasts One of the mozOs in q
recent hunting pa - had but one hand.
the stump Of his left arm bearing Wit
ness to a terrible struggle with a lion
he had shot and then approached. think
ing the brute was dead. gentleman
who has hunted IL the state of Sonora
tells of certain spring where two men
have been killed by lions while camping
there for the night. These bTuteS follow
a man for miles like the panther. Iured
on by the human scent and hopes Of
finding an opportunity to spring on the
traveller. a mountain lion was recently
killed in Michoacan that measured three
meters from tip 10 tip.
Mexico possesses many intrepid hunt
ers, especially among military men, but
their deeds Of prowess are rarely relat-
ed this being rather foreign to the
Mexican character, which does not lend
itself to anything approaching hcastful-
ness. The writer knows o. an ardent
sportsman. a general. who had one room
entirely adorned with firearms and fur
nished with trophies of the chase The
furniture was covered with skins, the
feet of the chairs being deers' horns.
The arms. dating from the conquest 10
the present time. were valued at over
500, 0O0. So far did the general carry his
fad for shooting implements that he had
a cigarette case made Ia the shape OF
a pistol. and in Offering his guests
"cigarros" pulled a real trigger ard
shot the tobacco missiles in their ,diree-
tion.-New York Herald.