Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-12-13
DEER SOM: fighter
Truthful Tals Told by vaaoieaas
ives Peterson
Peer Mas Killing ths Stage Rrlsss
When Horse Kicks Him tpssrl
to ceath-EStra hatien For
Herss as Reward,

| ukiah.-Hers is the gold medal Ssas
story Of tee season:
It is the tale Of Wes Petersen, thG
amiabls stage driver Of andersen ysl
ley, who has q .scrupplous rsSaTs ror
! the gape Ian and a kind Esart ifr all
deer-cut Of ssas9n-aFd Of y ss' aap1
Per bay mare, DIANA Who loTss hsr
master with, desr Affection spa eAras
Taught for the fact that deer arc i'm
muqs from the death psaaiH Rfta4
August 81.
As Peterson was driving his stage
1ear Pkilo he espisd tive deer - the
road ahead Of his team. EviisntlJ TIA
deer knew that they ssss protected
iy Law, fer they made no eRort to dec
before the stage. Tes laa his trustsii
rifs with him, out he is sonssisa,
tious stage driver ard Wouii not spcl
cumo to temptation, as many &nSthss
man in the rsm7ts fSstGsssss sf An,
dsrssn valley might ne msfel, SAID
30, 70 tha deer. CT Get thee behind
nae, Satan or wsrds to that eject.
Nhsl the deer Lad sraRn tired Of
tantali-iIa the Law abiding Yves they
tufasd ;f1ou the yosi,and isapsdsup
an .emEa1hms2t. l. wire fence 5Was
strung slGIs at the cage Of the banh.
and. this tis dssr:sausit te clear. One
of;ths s2iHais sburiied the fsncs..r1th!;
out difleully; but. tbs buck VIE car
ried.aIhsaTy head thorn, became. en-
tangled il tics wire ara COLD not cir
.ticsts Itself - ~.
Petersen could ret. bear TO SEQ tie
desr il anguish AKA left the stage, in-
tending to. free che .slitual ana stsytt It
CT haFsily.on it 'tsurEsy TithEstiH
mate. -. ~
.1a bad ro& difficulty in .sxtriestaHs'
the deer, but tbsre vas 70 rev ard: sgr
-riu: Ilstsad OF showing gratitude, tia
deer taEIsdN ssTsssly with its Sh9rHa
and attacked its nbsrater, stalking tits
'prSngs Into tns stage irifsrSsa BODY,
YES tWisnSd that the isEislstpsets hid
taken Psirs:.to PASS q closed season
law fer Hcs1,. butt ;T;Ss toe latsS, hAsa,
&c call AZ extra session. ne must lfat
for: his ;liias nth the .u9srstsfula and
iEfuTistsi beast. He ;grsppfsl With
the s+igal, &.clQtrElrs, its ihsai ssn1:aa
foot to SAFE, himself from the horns
AID sharp R77fs.: Together the two
rolled a2~E' tee sl4p All meEt 10 where
the team Vas standing
Peterson thought THAT the: deer
would r@c9He .fllsLts1si By the :prox--
Unity oflstha tssn, But this ~ssat that
kid OF asar.
hir- Ruls backed of q few, paess
and preEScsd to charge Peterson, WIG
mad fallen exhausted to, the. road
With head bGSt iow and. its. horne be
charge, the sracsisss brute pl9nssf
toward Wss. But it did not count:oa
Diana. IL. game by mare. =:
IS ties deer lsarsd e. tEs team, and
Just as it TSs aCyut en- top Of the
prone stage driTsr. Diana kicked out
her foot s1S caught tha deer Whsrs,is
would dc the mast harm, breaking the
asck. Tns dssr'fei dsGd NTH it's horns
iust touching .PstsfsSg's body.
Peterson vas saiiy cut up by tie
deer, but his Injuries are net serious:
his. faithful koTss will De rewarded
with an extra ration Of cats each day.
The authorities say: there Is 10 lsa TO
punish a hc-ss for killing deer out of
SEASON, So Terisop is eUjoyed in An.
isTscn valley il al aroma OF aSaica
AID to tia soaa Of high praiss for tbs
game Iaass Diana.