The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-25
ANIMALS
THAT SW I'm
tbs SLACK BEAR IS THE CHAMPION
AMONG LAND BEASTS,
alice Can Only Go N Few Yards In
the Water. but Rats Are Powerful
swim, .rs-Birds Drown More Rap
Idly THAI Most other Animals That

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esh :
Everybody knows now much aoss
t.tiifei' IN their ability as swimmers, re
siieHers. ana water si'ain.'ts ue -. .a
r''a;er dogs i.;f eNeeiieiice. a
retriever which once oWneo Wis ie.
al;'rknpia as a wafer COG ptets' i, ~
ti!e sea % fEesH "iitei ioh iis 20 = :.
oisen swan so 'ar ostt tilht iio,
O him. and could nor hiu hiih 81
t.i:va@h i glass; tie niust III. sone
q tei'St 5Fo or 'hi'ee itt'ieS -
u sea- ana seNef:i tiiil'S !''Nf t-Atti ~
70" Ssh ~ M"',A ; - -
i't:Sisl. tiieh 20 t'-s !"
St5'le.-
ne !-h-4 ~ - Lit w. =,
50 I.ej't 'i-.tt nS " 'titt' - 80
die ne eo0lA IN" ID t'ls l''HsI -
80 INK eet.;""i1s lSt >'-Sz-.l. ~
Eo,E t2SLl Wen il&-test iloA!1 'As
-;l!5.Hs. siIlti ~ was SC ne:ce '.!t'S 10
hcGT care -d,"s!@f" y, -sit M
4-S li!5.~issi. las IL hSiilI
i!'-' = ii-S suns '!i1A'=' S'iiSs
~ :.>..-.S sa. thc >|''.Sf "Aio.i'7 -
al-5@'-55 - - "C7 ~ ,,St,.,
di-"A- ~I-& 'iGiD"A'AS ''i'iti'.--n -.
= .=h ICY can SNs IA
:!s'FeT K 20 sitsI tt-e v go - l. ::
Escape It',i.tk. iHeN MI a.
&tlcI iL-@..' ii:&5-. us t!"7S SO "et ~
G:i>-.";l itziS;2'' " i'iAs' OK i'"''S' y
eSc;.F-I.> S-Lt..-sti. u t:ie 'a"3!'S -
ciTeF tts4 wolves ~ 'iict 80
chase.
s,.li.:e. Z.sz;.y-.v animals which car SWaI1
alter :, tfs1iau viii cToWh rs hLles
auaz i. 5:leii. FUR is coi4Iiett& S&.t.-
.:,,,.,! THIS IS the case with rap ITS
ana rs..:y 81 tie mouse tribe. tiit
Coiuu!aa .l--fi!sc and tsc 4eid 11IolsS
c:;l: osli - Ia 4 t@<V Xi.;sS. icy
drown IL he act OF sLVinlfilii:S.
Tie came Is also true OF the II oDl'
and must. perhaps ali. small CHS:
though lions and tigers swim We'll aiti
often cross large rivers. as DO the iitrSe
cats of X Ei1eric:l-th:lt is, the puma ailei
the iagGa1-- The latter deserves Tue
name of the water cat. for 1t hAoleuii
" hauntS large rivers ana taxes i'iiu'
contrary TO tie habits of all other cats
seems to love the water. None. Oh she
American small cats ever Noiuntarlis
enters the water but they fish from tue
banks of streams and from part! SUI
merged roots. etc, claWlnS the hsh ool
as they swim past
Though the rabbit cannot s"lili anu
avoids damp situations, the n'ire' 40 -
generally known, sWlmS Well aho So
indeed, do the majority OF mammals.
All deer are expert ana most grace
full swimmers, and IN this they are
equaled by the horse, when can SWIM
for miles without becoming eAhausteu.
Horses have been known TO cross Tue
Niagara river from the American 10
the Canadian side for the purpose OF
returning to their old stables.
1t may be useful to give rev hints
on crossing over with horses. A mount
ed man should slip Off behind anu
holding lightly by the animals tail
permit himself to be toWed across
This method puts the le'iSI st"'ii ot
the horse and is the sa1eSt ZOE Tue h.an
The horse also should be perilitteo ~
take its own way. IL IS reilaihip
with what strange INSTINCT tor -
reasoH3 it viii choose the beSt EinotiiS
place on the opposite bank' a'o'oinS
dangerous currents ana qulchsa nus
At any rate, this is my experience W III
American horses.
With the exception of aquatic ami
mails the bear is probably the stroh-
SeSt and best swimmer among mann
mails. / have known the American
black bear to swim across small lakes
and arms OF the larger bodies OF wa
ter 4 distance of at least twenty miles
without a break and. though many