The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-08
STORY OF
PANTHER
AND DOG
Oklahoma Pioneer Tells of
Times of Old.
WHEN CONS RANGED FREE
And Blood Hound Wasn't
Worth His Hide.

Taloga, o. T. March Geo. Sexton.
in recalling some OF the experiences cf
the early days IN Oklahoma, related the
following &c TIE correspondent OF tho
Eagle
With the advent OF the \. =. * ;. +.
railroad into what Is now Woodward.
came Bin Clarkson and took charge OF
the railroad hotel Garrison had = mahia
Tor procuring; al the different kinds OF
hides Of wild animals that he had heard
OF way back east that ranged the wild
west. and al the same time came Iaily
Phillips. as conductor. Bin being every
inch sport, brought with him fine
English stays hound. besides bird dogs.
bull dogs ano most every other kind ~
a dog that ha thought the sight Of Wild
animal would rot scare into Ats. When
the spring round up came. the Stags
hound had loc3ted IN one corner Of the
head quarter camp house OF the S-tar
ranch. and wen that outnt started cut
no one was LEFT at camp. and Mr.. Hound
had 70 50 with them. New any cowboy
knows what the sight % big dog was
TO those long-horns In those days. Phl-
lip Snyder the cook. did his best 10 keep
him with the wagon, but the sight Of the
cattle and men on horseback driving ard
running them. cutting cut and punching
them was toe much Tor the hound and
there he mads the mistake 81 his life.
The captain OF the roundup took out af-
ter him, shooting at him and chasing him
TO Snyders chuck wagon
Just then julie Thompson rode inss
camp and they both-Jule and Snyder
agreed 10 XIII him. Then snyder con-
celved new idea. He said julie We viii
kill him. skin hiEi and / viii sell the hsds
to Bill Garrison for another hide. julie
swore no man was fool enough 20 buy
a dog hide fos- a panther hide. but said
IL would be no harm To tTy. After the
roundup was over and the boys had all
got back 10 their camps, snyder took
the hide and went 20 the station and took
Garrison out IN drove where his horse
was tied and showed him the hide. told
him what a great risk n ran ia captur-
ing and killing him. and then Told him
IL WAS the biggest panther that ever vas
In the territory at the same time ent bin
ing him Whatever he did not 90 Ut il1
Phillips sect II when ~ WAS there or that
he. Phillips. would steal H. ciarsson
bought il and paid Snyder twelve dollars
for il.
But Ciarkson had 20 have is on exhibit
ton and one day the train came IN on
time loaded with short horns from back
east. and u struck him % show 1t %
them while they were catin Skinner Just
then In stepped Philips. the conductor.
and asked what have you got there. Mr..
Ciarksong
II Is enc OF the largest panther
hides you ever saw: look az IL
Phillips took hold 81 IL and then his
heart dropped Ike wcll bucket Pan
Their: he'll. il IS my stagg hounds hide
and Phillips gave q war whoop that wopld
have made wild Cheyenne run Ito
swore vengea nct' on the man that Killed
a.: made ClarksoH tell Who he bought
Il OF He said Il was cook from across
over on 4 COW camp. Re dia not know
his name Ciarksou then sw9re he WAS
going g. read up on hides. DE said that
same cook hid since then sold kin a "a
housc-cats hide for a young leopard hide.
Phillip did not so back 20 the station fof
nearly a year.
''The saadost Incident that has ever hap
pened IN ths territory was when High
oyer VAS NFAAa at httf NIitttt amp x
tho Bar NJ range his little boy about
three years DID wandered from home al
alone except a small dog that always
staid with him.
Dyer had started ouf So the fnoFaias
% ride through the mDEe and fho child.
tried % follf.w him and wanfersd away.
when Dyer returned az uiRst late thu
neither was nearly crazy. They both
hunted ali night and r. The morning Dyer
struck Or Fort supply for assistancs
and sert word 20 AZ The coW camps. The
comma nder ~ the Pott cent oat txG com.
panisa % cavalry ard All the Indians anf
scouts about the Post wltn chHrk wagon
and campiag outnis n nss sbguf the
arrt - &ogesni,fr and was vefr chilly
Soafher and there. three ~ fpsr hsgn-
lrsd men with Oh Amos Chspmsu's IA
-nouz scouts who had fhe reputation -
being the Frfatcat traiiers on earth. hunt
ID for four days SOD Eiahfs before ths
signal rBn Naa fred. Oliver Thompson
'oand BIN hing on the ErounG nsariy sifs-
esz and b. 1ur1f.ed ~ h,a horse. tsok
.rt his xarui bianEft fron under the sad
D. an1 vTsirra g. $50 bu' if oniF lived a
sery short tirne- The iiffie DEG v-aa sesf-
q lead hgi ~ klnd and sogs a1rslnE.
hey managed 81 keep hin alive.