Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-08

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and her great teeth showing as she grinned.
For moment the dogs had her down. but
biting and striking she freed her head and
fore quarters from the fighters, and faced US
as we ran up, the hounds still having her
from behind. This was another chance for
the knife, and cheered on the fighters.
Again they seized her by the head. but
though absolutely stanch dogs. their teeth,
as have said, had begun to suffer, and they
were no longer always able to make their
holds good. Just as was about to strike
her she knocked Turk loose with blow, bit
Badly, and then, her head being free, turned
upon me. Fortunately. Tony caught her
free paw on that side, while jammed the
gun-butt into her jaws with my left hand
and struck home with the right, the knife
driving straight to the heart. The deep
fang marks she left in the stock, biting the
corner Of the shoulder clean off, gave an
idea of the power Of her jaws. II it had been
the very big male cougar which afterward
killed, the stock would doubtless have been
bitten completely in two.
Smoking Cougar From It's Den.
During the next 10 days we killed several
bobcats; and we also got another cougar,
this time in rather ignomnious fashion. We
had been running bobcat, having an excel
lent gallop, during the course of which
Stewards horse turned somersault With
out our knowledge the dogs changed to the
fresh trail of cougar, which they ran into
its den in another cut bank. When we
reached the place they had gone in after it,
Badly dropping into hole at the top Of the
bank, while the others crawled into the main
entrance, some rs yards off at the bottom.
1t was evidently very rough house inside,
and above the baying, yelping and snarling
of the dogs we could hear the rumbling over
tone of the cougars growl. -
Then we tried to smoke out the cougar,
for as one of the dogs had gotten into the
cave through an upper entrance, we sup
posed the cougar could get out by the same
route. However, it either could not or
would not bolt; coming down close to the
entrance where we had built the sagebrush
fire, there it stayed until it was smothered.
We returned to the ranch carrying its skin,
but not over-pleased, and the pack much the
worse for wear. DR.. Webb had to sew up
the wounds OF three OF the dogs.
The day after the death of the smoked-out
cougar Stewart and Webb started home.
Then it showed for two days, keeping US in
the ranch. The third day dawned in brilliant
splendor, and when the sun arose all the land
glittered dazzling white under his rays The
hounds were rested, we had fresh horses,
and after an early breakfast we started to
make a long circle. All the forenoon and
early afternoon we plodded through the
snowdrifts, up and down the valleys, and
along the ridge crests, without striking
trail
Hunting at Sunset.
Just at sunset the cougars were jumped,
and ran straight into and through tangle
of spurs and foothills, broken by precipices,
and riven by long deep ravines. The two at
first separated and then came together, with
the result that Tree-em, Bruno and Jimmie
got on the back trail and so were left far be-
hind; while old Boxer also fell to the rear,
as he always did when the scent was hot,
and Jim and the bitches were left to do the
running by themselves. In the gathering
gloom we galloped along the main divide,
my horse once falling on SLIPPERY sidehill,
as l followed headlong after Goff-whose
riding was like the driving of the son of
Nimshi. The last vestige OF sunlight disap-
peared, but the full moon was we'll up in the
heavens when we came to long spur, lead
ing off to the right for two or three miles,
beyond which we did not think the chase
could have gone. It had long run out OF
hearing. Making our way down the rough
and broken crest of this spur, we finally
heard far off the clamorous bayinr which