Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-06
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White-tailed Jack and His
Cousin Antelope,
BIZ THORNTON ". BURGESS,

SO0oUS SbtAVsONOb
10 give her children what eaeh asels,
To get the most from Life be can,
To work and play and live his best,
II wise old Mother Natures plan.
To the eager question Of Peter Rab-
bit and Jumper the Hare ~ to whs is
the biggest member Of all their fam
lily. Old Mother Naturereplied: HE is
called White-tailed' Jack. He lives
chiefly on the great plains Of the
northwest, but sometimes IL found in
the mountains and forests. He Is
sometimes called the Prairie Hare.
Big as is Snow White, the Arctic Hare.
he Is distinctly smaller than White
tailed Jack. In winter the coat Of this
big fellow Is white, but In summer It
Is grayish or light brown. Summer or
Rinter his tail is white. wherein he is
Jack"
'1s his tail as short as miner asked
Peter eagerly.
Ola Mother Nature laughed right
out mo. Peter" she replied. TT
other animal. but for member Of
your family It really 10 long. when he
is running he switches Il from side to
side. His hind legs are very long and
powerful and he can make . Jump Of
twenty t,ss IL feet without half trying: Not
q straight-away race. You think
Jumpers ears are long. Peter. but
they are short compared with those Of
White-tailed Jack. Not only are they
very long. but they are very big.
way back over his shoulders. Like the
other members Of tho Hare family, he
has no use for holes in the ground. He
trusts to his wonderful speed to es-
cape his enemies. He Is 80 big that
he would mako four or five Of you.
Peter"
Peter drew . long breath. 1T is
dreadfully hard to believe that can
have q cousin as big as that" he ex-
claimed. But Of course II you say It
is SO. it is So" he fastened to add.
Have Jumper and any other cousins
anywhere near as bfg!
Old Mother Nature nodded. There
are some others very like White-tailed
Jack, only not quite 50 big" said she.
They have just such long hind legs
and just such great ears. but their
coats are different and they live on
the great plains farther south. Some
OF them live so far south that II is
warm all the year. Ono OF these is
Antelope Jack. whose home Is in the
southwest"
Tell us about him." begged Peter.
ITO begin With" replied DID Mother
Nature, The Is q member Of the big
Jack Rabbit or Jack Hare branch Of
the family. None of this branch
should be called q rabbit They are
true hares. All have big ears. long
rather than thin necks and long legs
Even their front legs are comparatively
long. Antelope Jack II probably next
in size to Whtte-tailed Jack Strange
to say. although he lives where Il is
warm his coat 10 largely white.
His back 10 yellowish brown and SO
IL his throat But his sides are white.
The surpEfsing thing about him u the
power he has Of making himself look
almost wholly white BY means OF
special little muscles have given him.
he can make the white hair spread
out SO that at tines the white OF his
sides seems to almost meet on his
back. When he does this in the sun
1t maiI1s white nash which can be
seen . long distance. BY means Of
this Antelope Jack and his friends can
signal ono another when they are far
apart Only one other animal can
flash signals In this way, and that is
the Antelope. In his habits Antelope
Jack IL much like his relatives. He
trusts to his long legs ana wonderful
powers Of jumping TO keep him out Of
danger. He is not al we'll known rs
his commoner cousin. plain Jack Rab-
bit Everybody knows Jack Rabbit"
Copyright 1870. By T. ". Buryess.)