The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-20
WISE WOLF, DIDfHEY?.
DOUBT CAST on THE STORY
OF TWO TEXAS HUNTERS.

Efforts to Catch the Black Wolf That
was Reputed TO Keep the
Wolves Informed About DOinBs OF
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS still Hopes.
HousroN, Tex, Sept. 1s.-Unless AL
McFaddin, the big Victoria county cattle
man, Is m~isinformed. Judge Sam Perry
man Of Houston may yet get the scalp
Of the bad black wolf that has long 0
the terror Of AL McFaddin's die
ranch. The Judge is a wolf hunter OF
high degree and has intended for q GOOD
while to 20 and get that scalp as soon as
he could find time.
Mid1eld is the railroad station at Al
McFaddin's ranch. It Is called Midfieid
because 1t Is about In the middle OF the
McYaddin field. The McFaddin field Is
about In the middle Of the lower part OF
Victoria county.
The Guadalupe River is on the east
side Of II. Away over to the west some
where Is the San Antonio River. On the
north and south about all the boundary
line one can Bee is the blue sky. AS
MoFaddin says. when they go after the
COWS that crop the grass and chew the
cud In that pasture they have to sweep
the horizon with a spyglass to see where
the cow are at.
Consequently this field Is laid out just
about to fit the purposes Of wolves. n
wolves aplenty lurk in the timber edges
Of the river bottoms. the westach thickets
and the dense growths Of seamy weed.
for they can sneak In and dine on calf
when nobody is looking and get back to
their hiding places before anybody can
get around in time to have q look. Col.
Bill MoSperrien, who manages the Al
.McFaddin ranch. and his two cowboy
sons. Rowland and Eugene. keep these
wolves on the gallop pretty well and
fetch In heaps Of scalps. but In spite OF
that for a year OF more the prowhng
beasts have about doubled. "
Col. Bill says this only goes to show how
doggone smart south Texas wolves are
and how they are sure to keep tho run Of
things that are going on.
'They got mighty scarce . year or 90
ago. Col. Bill will tell you. when they
heard that the Texas Legislature had
passed q bill appropriating $780, 900 TO
pay for bounties IN wolf scalps. but when
the news got around that Gov. Campbell
had vetoed the bill It wasn't q week be-
fore they were coming back with q rush
and bringing all their kin along
Among them was one particularly wise
old black wolf; and he certainly did soon
begin to take charge Of things on the
ranch. according to Col. Bill.
THAT wolf.' he said to all hunters.
Il do believe is the n that kept the
rest Of the wolves posted on that bounty
appropriation and the veto Of 1t. and I
sure would like to get its scalp
This was the, wolf that Judge Sam
PorTyman was intending to 60 down and
get the scalp Of some day when hc had
time, and it was the one that two other
Houston expert wolf ohasers. Col. @. DON
checare Dickensheets and o. Snyder Carl
ton. did go down to get the scalp Of. and
came back with the tale Of how they got it.
two were still more anxious to get
that VOLTS scalp when they landed al
Midfeld ranch and heard Col. Bill Mo-
Sperrien's late news Of the black beast
that carried it..
sid swore that I just as good " had
1t t'other day said Col. Bill. 'after I
had got that wolf up and had kept him
going like a cyclone half q day. covering
all the ground and water and timber
and everything else there is lying out
OF doors. on and about the ranch. and
his tongue was hanging out when he
made for the railroad. with me almost
his heels.
Il heard the train coming like q hurri-
cane. and 1t hove In sight as the wolf
got on the track. That shut me of for
the time. and I was hoppin'. for now i
knew the wolf would sure get away.
And he did. but not like I thought he
would.
he stopped on the track and the train
wasn't twenty feet from him. The wolf
never moved.
"'Ho, hoi' said I. Rather be chawed
up and scattered in hash by the a
oh. than have me get your scalp. would
your All right. I said. As long as you
get to be buzzard meat I don't cars!'
Its q wonder / amt swearing yet
said Col. Bill. @That doggone wolf Jest
suuntted and jumped on the cowcatcher
as the engine dashed upon him. and away
he went with the train, actually whisking
his tail at me as he whiszed away. Hope
Will BoG up lot you TWO Iell6re, IOr i
would like to see him laid low"
So when Wolf Chasers Doncheoare
and o. Snyder Carlton got
back home and went right straight to
Judge Sam Perryman and told him they
had got the bad black VOLTS scalp Judge
Perryman certainly did feel glumpy,
Yes. we got him. said Col. Donche-
care. he never got the scent Of the
dogs until two OF EN-, Old Eli and Frank,
were almost on top of him.
"Then he got up out Of the seamy bushes,
his 'Yowl, yowl!' and old Eli
was on his back in a second. The wolf
dumped old Eli and sprang in the air
as high as a man, clear over the dog
Frank followed right along after the
wolf, caught him by the flank In mid
air, and down came the two together
in a heap on the ground. The mixup
IA short. for the wolf got out OF 1t by
a tremendous leap that gave him a good
start and away over the prairie the race
was on.
SWELL, sir, the dogs chased that wolf
for half ar hour, and then the old terror
a break for a lake that lies in there
to get to the piece of timber on the other
side. But the dog Frank had almost
closed the gap between him and the
wolf and into the water he vent after
him and was upon him before he had
got half way across.
odd Eli and others Of the pack were
o % on hand, 6nd when we dashed up To
be in at the death the water was lust