New-York tribune., 1909-04-11
BEATS BULL IN A CHINA SHOP.

| "once was IN Los Prfetas FOR week oa bus.
! ness, and. having couple OF DAYS 70 spare wa-.
! of into the hills with English friend afrs
/ quail. putting up at % the poultry ralcherz
/ On the night OF arrival. Just after the ugi1
had been put out n the house, We heard the fanr
( dog. a nondescrpt cur. come whImperiuz into "a
/ patio and scratch az the door for aduitra1cs
. moment later there came a bump and crasl
{ from the chicken coop, and then bedlar q
J squawks and cackles, rising above the sound cs
| two hundred pairs of wings beating against t-s
/ sides and roof OF the little building. s. ard
/ were still dressed, and. picking up our slog1-s
burst from the door, closely followed by the olt
ranchero. holding his gun with one hand and win
| the other trying 10 swaJhs himself in ssra2s
The moon was more than tErse-quartsrs full, a1i
shOne brightly on the seat OF war, revealing a;
paIing ripped from the side OF the coop Tia:
opened into the wire fenced yard. As We rushsi
up to the fence. out Of this opening shot a l01z
yeIlOwsh body. and. without seeming To touch t1s'
ground. flew full into the side OF the doubIy stazd
and braCed wire netting The latter threw -
animal OF like Catapult and II darted back t..a
the screaming din OF the coop, where We heard
land with q thump against the further side On.
It came again, apparently wild with terror, arf
this time gave It both barrels Of No S through
the wire. Bang, Bang, doomed the old rarc..
eros sun behind me-he had lost his scraps n h.s
excitement and left in but the scan-iesr =
sauisas-and bang! bang! and again bang, ~
hausted the haIf-fIed magazine os SIS Uuu1I
gun'-seven charges OF birdshOt IN all fred a.
under ten feet. Once more the gleam ot black a-i
yellow dashed against the wire. and once more s
was sent sprawlIng Then Il came straight az Us
and We all three beat hasty retreat while Il fat
tened itself against the wire. biting and cIawt-g
desperately at the UnyieIding mesh. Suddenly ts5
fiery eyes caught sight OF the top o. the hs1cooa
and It dropped back 70 the ground. Crouchsd 1r
moment, and then went saiIlrg-lo other word lu.s
does justice 10 that easy lsap-or. ard ont a-i
back 10 the mountains.
There was a big hunt the next day in which rs
whole countryside Joined. but the r1i1-igh- na-
rauder was never again sighted Il had eTttsrdF
entered the yard by jumping over the CoGp, and Z
It's efforts 10 enter the latter had cLawed OF ios
board. When discovered it was unable n .
fright. TO locate the TOP OF the wire 20 Jump a.
and as a consequence spent a GisaErseabIe m1us
or two IN the yard Why the shot. small IS
was, did not have more effect az the close range
am at a loss to understand. unless fl tGz; zs
Of 1t. owing TO our excitement. went Wild 45t-s
thirty chickens were killed during the b-si Tacs
OF time that the jaguar was in the cooD. he IL
closure was about twenty feet square and 11 ~
high. and have often thought since what s27a-
did chance the moving picture people missed Il II
having been able 10 expose d film on that r1sl-
ened Jaguar as he ragged around and lsshed a''-'
IN that almost solid mass OF tut-s-ius fowls
Scientists have declared that the wonderful AZ
tty OF the members OF the cat family IS due % :
unusual length and hneness % tae fb-es OF .
muscles, in both oS which particulars they are s-1
infinitely 10 surpass men and other animals -
stories told In Mexico JS JLs remarkable Jl---'
made by jaguars are eIUaIlsd only hy sn'ii- e-'
told IN the West Of the United states OF l-ls
made BY mountain lions Many Of these are lI
doubtedIy grossly exaggerated Ir is declared --'
jaguar running from dogs IN The mountains n1@
HermosiHo. Sonora. Ielged O clear twenty me-
from the brink OF one side OF a ravlne- WEIGH N
perpendicular. 70 the other SIDE. which was '-
slope The flying animal struck on SI-s '- -
at point estimated 20 ls aapzt seven me-
lower than the one from which &. had Tea. .,-'
SO much Jared THAI IL fell while eno71''--
TO climb into mesquite few H"aa.e- <
further up the mountain ami was -.f1 '' f-s-1
the dogs. The fact taac t.e E-01T ',S
would MAKE It seem tare Ios-.H--'t ..a
sixty feet IN a IiUCag direction WAS s''e-s'