The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1905-07-01
LYNX is WISE AND BRAVE.

avoids Unnecessary Dangers, bat
when Foreea 60 wtH Fight.
California has in her hills the largest
and most kind hearted OF the great
lighters. the grizzly, aud at the same
time the smallest and most treacher-
GUS. the red lynx. Most hunters call
them wildcats" but they are not.
The real wildcat has long tail and
lives only in Europe. In fact, he's about
extinct now. aud old hunters dread the
waiIing midnight cry Of a hungry lynx
more than they do all the grOwls a
grizzly ever let out, for when a lynx
Is maddened by hunger he fears
neither man nor beast. and most Of
tue animals OF the forest give him the
road without waiting for him to ask it.
In Canada and even in the northern
row of states Of this nation the lynxes
grow to be much larger than they do
here, III the warmer climate of the
southwest. There. too. they are hunt
ed for their fur, but here that fur is
worthless. and. save for those killed
ny an occasional hunter. the lynxes
hold undisputesl sway In the foothills
The trouble Is that the rascaIs do not
stay In the foothills. but wander all
over. wherever their fancy smells
chicken. for that is their special de
light. and they terrorize outlying pOul-
try farmers accordingly. They never
make the mistake that the fabled fox
did Of getting into hole through
which they cannot return with a fat
hen or a young turkey In the low
lands they stay around the thick will
low groves. never forgetting the way
TO an unguardetI chicken coop by
night. During the day they sleep in
thick grass or weeds or sometimes.
curied up like kitten, on broad
limb. No matter how s0undly they
may be sleeping. you can never "catch
one mapping" for at the slightest
sound OF your approach he will clear
the te1 or fifteen feet between his nest
and the ground and be on like u fash
ln the underground. About the only
way to get these fellows is with
hounds. and then generally one or two
Of the dogs get pretty severely chewed
IN.
In The hills the lynxes usually stay
in thick underbrush or in caves during
the day. coming out to work havoc IN
the quail c0veys by moonlight. Then
II the night he right, the hound hunter
has real sport rousiRg the round eyed
owls with his shouts Of encouragement
tO the dogs. which are not always
ready to rush into the teeth Of an an
CRY cat.
| 1t is almost impossible to trap cat
though hungry lion may occasionally
be caught in this manner. Now and
then a cat can be run IntO a trap pre-
viousIy set along a runway, and ii
this way the lumbermen Of the Cana
dian pinerleS take many Of the cat
that infest the great forests OF tn,
north. The farther south You go th'
smaller the lynxes become, until th'
family winds up with a little pampai
cat Of tie South American plains. Ou
lynx, however. Is the most savage .
all, and the hardest for any dog. n
matter how good he may be, to masteE
!, In fight cat has an immense ad
vantage over a dog in that he can figh
with all foprs and usually does %
There Is little worse can befall a greel
pack Of dogs than to shake an old lynl
out OF a tree into their midst. VIE
: a lynx fights he doesn't bite ana le
20 like a wolf or dog. but bites an
hangs on like bulldog, while ri
claws keep up a sort OF snare druI
accompaniment on the dogs ribs. ]
} takes a mighty good dog to do up
lynx. and when a thoroughbred hunte
gets such dog II takes mighty goo
price to buy him. Angeles Times