Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-18

tied and it is thrown across a horse
and carried to camp and Gagged.
Alternately was in summer camp with
friends in the Wichita game preserve
near the town of Cache. There are
many wolves in the Wichita mountain
region, some of them being Of the lobe
species, of great size and without feal
of men. The lobo wolf can easily kill
| a horse or a steer.
Abernathy prepared for his hunt by
placing a number Of wolves in wire
cages in the mountains. They are a
better decoy than calf or a goat
Fourteen trained wolf dogs, twelve OF
them being greyhounds and two stag
hounds, were in camp to run the wolves
down.
Abernathy had been told of the pres
ence of lobo wolves in the vicinity and
had been waiting for them to be drawn
near the camp by the Gagged wolves
One afternoon a single wolf was seen
Looping up the mountain side about half
a mile distant The dogs were re-
leased and the game pointed. After a
run of less than a mile the wolf turned
against the dogs in a shallow ravine.
Some of the dogs were knocked fif-
teen and twenty feet when struck by
the wolf. A number were badly Grip
pied and two were killed. The wolf
was in an open place when it turned
and came toward Abernathy, who saw
that he would be attacked.
Alternately sprang from his horse
and unluckily found himself on a bed
of pebbles that had been worn smooth
by washing rains. He slipped and fell
to his knees just as he presented his
hand and the wolf caught his hand
with all its teeth. Abernathy's safety
depended upon his holding on, which
he did, throwing himself bodily upon
the wolf to restrain its struggles. Two
of Abernathy's companions came to his
assistance and seized the wolf by the
feet.
Alternately was in great pain and
when the VOLTS lips were raised it was
seen that one of it's fangs had passed
entirely through Abernathy's hand and
that the VOLTS jaws were locked in a
viselike hold. Abernathy remained in
this situation until wire was brought
and the wolf securely muzzled.
Abernathy started for camp without
waiting to wire it's paws together. He
was compelled to ride with the bride
reins between his teeth. His horse was
fiery. In it's struggles the wolf scratch
ed the horse with it's sharp claws,
causing the horse to plunge and run
away. Abernathy lost the reins going
down a steep mountain side and was
in danger of being thrown Two COM
panions overlook him and seiZing the
loose reins led his horse to camp.
The captured wolf was a female,
Abernathy knew that her mate must
be somewhere around. Then he learn
ed that another wolf had been seen
and was described as one Of the larg-
est ever seen in southwestern Oklaho-
ma. Abernathy began hunting for this
wolf, but ten days passed before he
caught sight of it.
Alternately had been riding hard all
forenoon and was lying under tree
tagged out when one Of the women in
camp cried out, Look at that great
wolf" The wolf was about 200 yards
distant.
1T was the biggest wolf ever saw,
said Abernathy, telling Of his adven-
ture. He was taller than any dog I
ever saw and heavier than the biggest
mastiff. Later I found that his head
was not less than sixteen inches in
length, and my hand slipped into his
mouth as easily as into corncrib."
This second wolf began making its
fight against the dogs in an open
place. Alternately made a skilful pass,
and seizing the VOLTS jaw bore the lobo
to the ground without being bitten.
The wolf was muzzled with wire and
its feet tied and it was thrown across
Abernathy's horse in front Of his sad
die.
Just as Abernathy was mounting he
heard a popping sound, and instantly
saw the wolf with mouth wide open
coming toward him from off the horse.
The wolf had broken its wire muzZle.
Abernathy grabbed the VOLTS lower jaw
with his left hand in midair and the
two went to the ground in heap. He
was again unlucky and his hand was
badly lacerated.
The wolf was bound again, carried to
camp and Gagged. In less than an hour
il broke the wires of it's cage and ran
to a nearby creek when the dogs start
ed in pursuit The wolf plunged into
the water, swan to the opposite side
and backed up against a steep bluff at
the waters edge.
Abernathy swan the creek, but be-
fore he could get a firm foothold the
wolf lunged toward him in the water
He seized the wolf by the jaw and the
two disappeared under the water
which was about five feet deep. In
this encounter Abernathy's thumb was
split and his leg cut. The wolf was
pulled finally into shallower water and
secured.
The wolves were taken to Oklahoma
City and placed in the zoo at Wheeler
Park.
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