Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-11-29

menagerie, when he also met HIS
end from far different adversary.
This was gamecock OF some In.
dian breed. the most blackguardly
looking fowl have ever set eyes
upon, with beotling eyebrows. a
bulldog type OF beak and pillar-like
legs. his athletic proportions set on
by very tighthtting plumage How.
ever, he was only a fowl. thought /
the two turkeys. and with Oriental
indifference 70 the rules Of fair play
they both set out 20 tackle him to
gether. The gamecock acquitted .
himself I'm a manner worthy OF his .
breed. and bowlcd them over with .
one blow apiece. Perhaps his natu- /
raj magnanimity-for chantlcleer Is
seldom anything but gentleman
made him lenient with the hen; at
any rate, she was only knocked
silly" But he gave her husband a
fair knockout blow; gripping his
waffle with tho bulldog bill. he
brought the columnar shanks down
on the bulky adversary's neck with
such force that. when saw the do
feated bully he was sitting I'm a
state Of paralytic collapse, and not
long after ingloriously expired.
Such Is the part the turkey plays
as a tame blrd-a pretentious and
pushing person who occasionally col.
lapses ignominiously. Nor are his
aspect and career as a wild bird
different, for he is one OF the few
creatures which have altered very
little In domestication; and though
he may be regarded as the premier
bird OF America, and gains a GER
tain amount OF dignity and consid.
Grafton thereby. there is comic
element I'm his performances and
misfortunes which robs him OF tho
dignity OF the feathered mobiles OF
the older world. The blackguardly
tendencies which, seen In domest'
cation, have caused some people to
suggest that he is called a turkey
because he behaves like the proven
bal unspeakable Turk. are In full
swing In his wild ancestor. who Is
altogether born I'm sin. His wife. or
umist. even In his primitive condl-
tion-have to keep their infant
poults out OF his way. or he win
crack their little heads for them:
and when he conquers and slays a
rival gobbler. he tramples him when
he is down and done for. His court
ship Is every bit as absurd In the
wilds as Il is In the farmyard. and
ancient turkey dowagers emulate
his absurdities in strutting to win
his regard. though the pullets main
tain proper modesty OF demeanor.
Moreover, the willy hunter brings
about his downfall in ways which
make him look undlgnihed-no other
bird is lured to his end in such
Queerly discreditable ways.
One is TO call him up within shot
by Initiating the voice OF her he
loves for the time being. On small
pipe. often made OF a turkeys own
drumstick bone, the sportsman imi-
tates what he ungallantly calls the
"yelpr OF the hen turkey. and the
infatuated gobbler, lured by the soft
invitation, is often decoyed within
range. To his credit be It said. how.
ever. he displays a fine ear. and II
he detects anything suspiciously in.
sincere in the accents Of the con.
cealed charmer, It will be a clever
impersonator who gets him to an
syer another matrimonial advertise
ment for that season at all events.
:" Another plan Is the turkey trap.
which is a pen made OF logs and en-
d. tered by a trench ~ across which
n. there is a bridge7ahst inside the en-
france A Uaipniof corn leads the
this and wheHi they are inside and
am ah the, dbrh. At never occurs to
n Snder heBridge beneath which they
ut they CON fnue to wander round and
ne tapperF comes and gathers them
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