Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1903-02-13

1 BREED OF JACK RABBIT LAMBS.
Banker, L. X. Lord OF Parker Is
Credited With Extreme
Speed When . Youth. #

Speed When . Youth. Il
It is Claimed He Ran Down
Dakota Jack Rabbits In
New England.
A story ID told that L. K. Lord, Presi
dent of the First National bank a.
Parker, was in his younger days one Of
the best If not fastest runner in New
England. 1t is told by Parker gentle
man that Mr.. Lord was given charge
of a bunch of sheep when boy, with
strict orders to have them at home by G
o'clock. He told his father the sheep
would be in the barn at the appointed
hour If he had to drag them home. AT
6 O'Clock L. K. was not in sight and his
father was worried, knowing that his
boy would die rather than break a
contract. At 2 o'clock the youthful
Lord was still absent. and his father
was much disturbed. At 8 O'Clock L
K. walked into the house and said:
Father the sheep are in the pen and
the lambs are in the barn."
Lambs" said the father. care you
not mistaken my son, there are no
lambs
x Eyes, father, there are just seven
teen lambs, and while not as large and
as woolley as some lambs I have seen,
they can out run and out jump, any
Rocky mountain sheep that ever raised
horns. couldn't herd them like other
lambs, go, when caught one, l tied its
legs together and kept running them
down one by one until had seventeen
in a pile. think only one escaped.
The sheep all seemed to like the little
lambs and crowded around them in a
motherly fashion, but one ugly mean
old ram wanted to butt the entire lot
ont of the pasture. used~up every
bit Of my kite twins in tying those little
lambs and shall ask you to advance
q sufficient sum to reimburse me. I
had seventeen to get home and it seem.
ed a puzzle how I was going to do it,
because night was upon me and the
wolves might come down out of the
notch and devour the helpless crea-
lures, if left any behind. hung the
odd one over my neck and managed to
get eight on each arm and I landed
them safely. Iwould rather abrogate
the contract as I believe such violent
exercise every day will materially
interfere with my development.
never knew that anything that grows
wool could run az fast as those lambs"
But, my son, there must be some
interposed the surprised
father, II own no lambs. you must have
caugh lambs belonging to my neigh
bor."
II will confess, father, that they do
not carry the Lord brand, but as
found them in your pasture, I conclud-
cd they were thine, and with your per,
mission will eat as I am both tired
and hungry" |
Directly my son." replied his father.
Let us go and sec these lambs. am
amazed at what you tell me-"
There they are father" a. young L
K. opened the door and pointed to his
catch.
Father Lord was indeed amazed.
There before him lay seventeen great
line Dakota territory Jack rabbits, part
Of a large consignment sent to New
England to be used as a means of learn
ing the New England greyhounds how
10 run.
Father Lord did not care to dis
appoint or discourage his son, hence he
that they were indeed
wonderful lambs. and a new breed that
DR.. Peterman, an old friend of his away
out in Dakota Territory, had sent q
aeighbor to be used in cross breeding
with cottontail Southdowns.
IF that be true, father, I shall go
vest to Dakota and grow up with the
because I have never found
on two or four legs that came
10 near out.running me as these lambs,
md want to keep in practice until
IAN join a college foot ball team, and
hey do say that the country out west
g not so rough as here, hence I would
ind less trouble in catching lambs if I
lesired the exercise" .. j"
The editor of the LEADER can vouch
or one part of the above story and that
. that L. K. Lord came west and has
;rown up with the country and is one
# the most prominent business men of
he state, having large interests besides
|is banking business. We never saw
dr. Lord run hence we have no reason
o doubt his speed, but the balance of
he story must 60 into history on it's
aerits. We saw him at jack rabbit
unit once south of Parker, but he
bowed no disposition to enter the con-
est, but he was older and stouter then
han when he was muscular youth in
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Rev. George Shinn of Sioux City,