The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-02-03

outWlnd him on a long run or to
lake him in short quick squirt. The
question was soon settled in my OWL
mind for / had come to the conclu.
sion that ii he could not do any bet.
ter running than he was doing
would soon take him in Conse-
quently l redoubled my efforts, and
as | supposed was making pretty
good time, but somehow, notwith-
standing his wobbly, shambling gait
that gave him the appearance of be-
ing tired out he had actually gained
on me little at the end of a seventy
yard run and l was just beginning
to realize that l had chosen the
wrong tactic and would be obliged to
adopt another eXpedient must
outwind him. When l heard roar
OF laughter from the party behind
me, l stopped and looked around,
and judging from their actions one
would naturally conclude they had
all gone stark mad" Finally Char
ley Corderio blurted out amid his We
hement .gesticulations "Jack Rabbit"
Well, it was the first Jack rabbit I
had ever seen, as they were not
found in the timbered section of the
country where lived in Wisconsin.
But as l was aware that they had a
record as sprinters that outranked
mine and though very much disap-
pointed in not securing the coveted
prize which at first seemed to lack
only little effort on my part to
pick it up, I had found another lit
tie animal that seemed quite capa-
BILE of taking care of itself as far as
my ability to outrun it was concern
ed and as I turned to retrace my
steps I DOTTED my hat to the little
Jack who sat less than hundred
yards distant apparently daring me
on to another chase. But at this time
another feature was added to the
scene that proved to be very inter-
esting If not quite amusing. Bishop
had come up with couple of grey
thoroughbreds as he claim
ed, and they certainly looked it in
every point. l waved my hand ana
called Dan and they came bounding
out to me. AS they came up l point
ed in the direction of the rabbit
which apparently was waiting to see
what next and to give his nimble
pursuers fair and honorable
chance.
The dogs Immediately sighted him
and with tremendous bounds start
ed in pursuit. At first the rabbit
seemed inclined to play with the
dogs or to underestimate their abil-
ity as runners but if so he was soon
deceived, for when the hounds got
under full Roadway they looked like
a couple of flying shafts that were
over the ground with the
rapidity of bird. The rabbit soon
seemed to realize that he had
couple of pursuers worthy of his best
efforts, for he darted away seeming
ly as if fired from the mouth of
cannon. The chase had become ex-
citing and l soon found myself TAX
ing the side of the rabbit and hop
ing to see the fleet little animal out
strip his nimble pursuers in the race
for life. They soon passed to high
er and smoother ground that was
covered with short tuft of grass
and though the rabbit seemed to be
moving the faster, the hounds were
actually overhauling him. Dan, a
little in the lead, was just in the
act of picking him up when the rab-
bit turned squarely to the left with
out stacking his speed in the least
and instead Of Dan striking the rab-
bit as he had intended he struck the
ground with such force that he turn
ed two or three somersaults and
finally when he came to realize