Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-09-02
THE coAcHwHiP
One Man Found Long, Keen Snake
Mean and Determined Antagonist.

| One Man Found Long, Keen snake Q
Mean and Determined Antagonist.
Several weeks ago member OF the
staff of The Yorkville Enquirer killed
coachwhip snake about six feet
long. The snake was crawling down
q ditch situated between The enquirer
Office and the implement warehouse CT
Carroll Bros. adio!ring. Whether the
suake would have put UP a hght or not
II he had Rad an opportunity to fight
before icing killed Is a matter OF
doubt. lie or she (whichev,r 1t wasj
didn't have ghost of a show because
the newspaper man stood in win
dow on the second floor and shot the
reptile as it crawied in the ditch.
Some folks say a coachwhip snake
won't chase you and tie you to pine
tree and whip the everlasting daylight
out of you. They scout this ancient
tradition as unscientific and contra
dictory to the facts and the evidence.
The defense now calls to, the stand
one G. w. Robbins, whose initials
may or may not stand for George
washington and who watches at the
Bowman Dozier plant in Atlanta; Ca.
by night.
!. Mr.. Robbins swears that a blamed
coachwhip went as far as possible
--he chased Robbins three times
around his own garden to begin with.
and when Robbins finally turned and
gave battle he (the coachwhip) las
soed him and the ensuing wfestling
match simply ruined large part of
an acre Of excellent radlshes and
some fine young onions. .a ~. &
Robbins says he was out in the
garden pulling some radishes when
he discovered, six-foot coachwhtp
snake watching him balefully. Mind
full of the tradition, and despite the
absence of pine trees, Robbins turn
ed and fled, and the foaehwhip after
him. Round and round the garden
patch fled Robbins, the coachwhip
still pursuing him.
The chase ended near the barn,
where Robbins was forced to pause
for breath. Whether the. coachwhip
also was shy of wind does not ap-
pear, but he started crawling under
the barn to think it over. >
Robbins. encouraged by this ma
nocuvre and angered at the damage
done to his garden, grasped the snake
by his delicately tapering tail and
dragged him, resisting furiously, from
beneath the barn. Instantly the
coachwhip changed his tactics and
Iooped himself about Robbins neck.
\ Business picked UP at once. and the
warm spring atmosphere was shat
.ered by the rude eNclanations of the
rough and-ready variety. The coach
whip had a combination grapevine
and head hold on Robbins, who was
striving TO achieve the deadly toe
hold made famous by the late Mr..
Gotch.
The radish bed was the mat,
and the grapple was fast and furi-
GUS. 1t was always q difficult mat
ter,to put toe hold on large and
scientific snake, but Robbins was
battling for his life and few re-
naming radishes--and he got the
hold.
The first thing Robbins did was
to unwrap the snake from about his
neck. The next thing he did was not
strictly in accord with the wrestling
regulations. Instead of pinning the
coachwhip's shoulders to the radish
bed, Robbins deliberately and with
malice aforethought popped his ene-
my's skull Vindicatively against the
side Of the barn.
The battle ended there. The snake
measured two inches over two yards.