Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22

The wolf was not tied in any way 1t 4
was unhurt, and the only hold he had I
was on its lower jaw. / was surprised .
that ii did not strive to fight with its
legs, but after becoming satisfied that +
ii could not bite. it seemed to resign {
itself TO its fate was fairly quiet, and +
looked about with its ears priclIed for
ward The wolves which | subsequent I
III saw him capture, and, having tied
up their muzzles, hold before him on
the saddle acted in precisely the same
manner.
The run had been about 10 miles in T
an almost straight line. AT the finish I
no other riders were in sight, but soon
after we crossed the divide on our re-
turn, and began to come down the long T
slope toward the creek, we were joined T
by Tom Burnett and Bony Moore, I
while some three or four miles ahead
on rise OF the prairie we could see
the wagon in which Burke Burnett was
driving General Young Other punch /
ers and struggling greyhounds Joined
us, and as the wolf, after travelling
some five miles. began 10 recover his
wind and show a tendency to fight for +
his freedom, Abernethy tied up his Jaws
with his handkerchief and handed him
over to Bony Moore who packed him OH
the saddle with entire indifference, the I
wolf himself showing a curious phil !,
osophy.
Down the Slope at a GaIop.
our horses had recovered their wind
and we struck into a eallop down the
we broke into run, Bony Moore
Il aI,s s,.ia
wolf it's Jaws tied up with a handker-
chief but otherwise unbound. We
stopped for 4 few minutes with Bur
nett ami the general to tell particulars
az lie hunt Then we oped off again
toward camp, which was some half
dozen miles away
! slail always remember this run and
the really remarkable feat Abernethy
performed Colonel Lyon had seen him
catch a big wolf in the same way that
he caught this coyote It was his usual
method of catching both coyotes and
wolves Almost equally noteworthy
were the way in which he handled and
helped his greyhounds, ana the iudg-,f
ment, resolution and fine horsemanship
ne displayed. Ills horse showed extra
ordinary endurance.
The third day We started ont as
usual the chuck wagon driving straight
to q pool far out on the prairie, where
we We're TO meet It for lunch. Chief
Quanah's three wives had joined him,
together with a small boy and baby.
and they drove in wagon of their
own, Meanwhile the riders and hounds
went south nearly 70 Red river
In the morning we caught four coy
otes and had 4 three miles run after one
which started too far ahead OF the
dogs, ana finally eot clean away All
the four that we got Mere started fair
ly close mp, and the run was break
neck scurry, horses and hounds going
as hard as they could put feet to the
ground, Twice the cowboys distanced
me- and twice the accidents of the
chase, the sudden twists and turns of
the coyote in his efforts 70 take advan-
tage Of the ground, favored me and
enabled me to ne close MP alt the end
when Abernethv jumped orr his horse
and ran in 10 where the dogs had the
coyote. lie WAS even quicker with his
hands than the VOLTS snap, and In a
moment he always had the coyote by
the lower jaw.
Between the runs we shogged for
Wefa across 1he great reaches OF roll
ing praFle IN tie bright sunlight The
ar was wonderfully clear and amy OBJ
1ect m the SKY line, ~ matter how
small, stood out with startling distinct
ness, There we're few Flowers OH these
dry plains IN sharp contrast TO the
flower prafies of southern Texas.
which We had left the week before.
where many acres for stretch would
be covered by masses OF red or white
or blue or yellow blossoms the most
striking Of all. perhaps being the fields
Of the handsome buffalo clover. As we
/ ploddcd over tie prairie the sharp eyes
Fl the punehers We're scanning the
ground far and near, ana sooner On
/ later ono q them would SPY the mos
/ tionless form q q coyote, or AL would
have their attention attracted as it ran
i like a fleeing gray or brown shadow
among graVS and browns of the deso-