The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-24


 seen any moose. But I didn't think snvtbinr of that, It never occurred 10 me that the presence of the strange mn 1ainlv looking animals in the same nasture with them would annoy tne mares in the least. But you snVuiu have seen them. As near as can ses at it. neither of the mares was afraid of any personaI damage from the moose. but 1t was perfectly clear that one of them feared for her colt.
 "At all events, she stood quite stlli for q little space and looked at them. Then she laid back her ears' rolieu neI eve. and with a wild scream, started s;rstght for the moose that was near act her If was a case of hate at hrst sieht As have said, I had never yet seen a moose take any gait put the rather slow. curious sort or trol' " ervbody knows who knows mooss' most of the action being rom .ne knees; but when that moose saw that mare coming straight at him, ike q tiger. her ears back, her teeth s@nue @ tIght and her eyes showing the Whlte' he turned and began to get away. |. Al first he stuck to his tros, but u ! wasn't for long; that gait was sPesulis abandoned and he broke h.o rue ouick run. fleeing for dear llfe. Ins r,ara cauaht I'D with him, though anu l sat her teeth viclously into ms rump' ! vghereupon the moose let out anotneI ! link going like the wind ana hnaIly hreakinR away That was surprlsihs but what happened when ne came eo inc fence was still more surprising, TOT ha cIea red 1t like a trained high Jumper
 or noavbe I should say like a bird be s.emer fairly to fly over the hisn siX-raH barrier ..,a [, Tbsre was no keeping the moose In the pas ture with the brood mares. Sn .,,tnS l w0Illd nave kllleO tbe r,oose. and in the second place. tne
 r,nose wouldn't stay. Every plesseo one of them learned to be high jump, ers right away and l couldn't DuiIo fences high enough to keep them III
 Roth moose and buffalo are tame able; women may pet them even. eA cen. at certain times. In ngnt, Ds the way the buffalo Is no match TOT inc elk, Because of the great strength ana spread of his horns, the elk IS apie to tesr inc buffalo literally to pieces. Rockefeller Wants to Save the Bunnlo'
 Mir Rockefeller Is very much Tn sym pattv with the movement lately set on foot by Dan Beard. the artist WIl.ef and naturalist and editor of Recrea-
 tion Tor the preservation of the bison or buffalo .S.
 "T have been greatly in hopes that
 aona way might be worked out for
 the saving of the buffalo, said MT
 Rockefeller. and started nerd on
 my BeIvidere ranch some years ago.
 Rut have never had much luck breed .
 ing buffalo, and today there are only
 four head In my herd, all told. have
 talked with Buffalo Biii' Cody, "Buf- | faIo" Jones and several other men who
 claimed to know and ought to know | good deal about them.
 '-The man who knows more about
 them in my judgment than any one l napnad Goodnight and he
 lives at Goodnight, Tex He has quite
 herd. and some years ago believed
 he could produce new breed by cross ing buffalo and regular cattle, which
 would be of great value both as to hardness and beef producing qualities.
 He purposed naming the new specIeS l 'Catalo' when 1t should be produced,
 and he has devoted a good deal of time.
 money and attention to the matter.
 "put with all his knowledge and ex- ~,rience he has produced no results ! N,t are very encouraging, nor has he l managed to increase his herd much. if any He has been able to breed few n:,r,on a1'S cows to buffaIo bulls, but buff z toio cows have never been bred to oonoron bulls successfully. In my ex- l ,oortonce pure bred buffalo have never ) torne young oftener than once in two [ ,,oars and I am doubtful whether they l Sroed any oftener than that in the wild ? state. I was told that IT the cAiVes were taken from thalr mothers they | would breed yearlS' anu ef'01 i'' O"' : | 1t didn't work CT have seen 1t advocated that the ] oo,,orrrnent establish a great reserva- tIo, jn New Mexico and breed buffalo : th"ra and the scheme sounds all right p,,t Inc trouble Is that what's every
 hodv's business is nobody's. and there Is danger that the oumaio wouldn't De | 'S .arad for.
 ..I ,ook at the buffalo in the Yellow ! ..I.e rs.ervstion, the herd Is smaller
 teSay than It was years ago. do not