The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-06-23
SPORT ON P|;RA|R|Es
Modern Motor Car Used IN Cha.
sing the Fleet lack Rabbit.
coyOots 10 Run 70 Kis Hoias TtusH
Huntera Pour In aaaaLna-Mhsn
Animal Emer0aa Wiid Race
Across OpeJp ID Resumed.

Topeka, Kan.-The faithful heEne IL
going into the discard In Kansas on Il
necessary adjunct Of q hunting party
or tho chase OF u horse thief, Mnhr
cars are becoming SO plentiful in the
state aad they have heen snnpd 80
much better in chasing the feet jack
rabbit or driving the conanaon coyote
to Its lair or catching thoae VINO take
horses and mules from stabtss with
out tho owners'. permission that the
horse is being yelegated to the rear.
Rabbit and wolf hunts have long
| been q common Aport in Kansas. Men
would so nut with horRes and dogs
and have q Tabbit or wolf drive. Now
a party Of q dozen men in threa Or
four motor cars so out snd make more
%euccesHfMl drivea than 100 men with
hnxaes.
A wolf hMnt with a motor car ia
about aR exciting sport, rs any QUE
would care to indulge iR.. In middle
and western Kansas are thalRands of
acres OF wheat and corn lands with
out . fence. Often can drive five
or ten miles acre&s tina country and
encounter few fences except thosa
around a small pasture on each farm.
Motorists a drive miles and miles
ncrosx the prairie lands OF the weatern
half Of the this state without running
into a fence or creek or gully.
1t is not much trouble to stir up =
coyote or prairie volt In weatern Kan
sas, and when the metor party seea
one the race heg!nA- The coyote SMna
In a large circle. He does not dadsa
back and forth. or zig-2ag much, so 1t
Is q comparatively easy matter for tho
driver to keep right behind Mr.. Coy
ote. But that motor a must be
moving along at a lively gait. The
coyote caR hump along across tho
prairie at shout 40 miles an hour, and
he can also do snme tall annrtins when
necessity demands.
In the days OF coyote hunting with
horses and doga, the wolves were
never driven 20 their dena. But about
an hours driving with q motor car
gives the coyote about all the running
he cares for, and be makes for his
den. But his rest is not long. because
the hunters pour some gasoline down
the hole, and the tnmea SOON drive the
coyote out. and the race begins again.
Within the last month not less than
eight coyotes have been RIM down and
killed by the wheels Of the motor cars
or shot by members OF the party after
the animals had been driven until they
could run no longer.
The Kansas jack rabbit is also q
nifty" chap on his legs when it coma
to hitting q hot pace acrosa the pSaa
rte, The rabbit cannot run SO long
but al 90 faster than the coyote, The
rabbit does moro OF leas abort lodging
but he also runs in q circle OF about 4
mile IN circumference. and the short
lodges to one side or the other Of the
path are simply hy-nlsys. The driver
of the motor u keepn tax enough ha
hind the rabbit to turn to either sida
/ and head the rabbit of when hs
: makes these turns. and still clnat
enough to keep tho rabbit going ~
!. full speed. About two runs arorRt
the circle are enough for the rabbit
and the hunters have no trouble IL
driving up cl0ae enough to shoot
. 6ometianen the hunters Rra able t.
pick up a rabbit alive because he 81
too tired to run further.