. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. December 21, 1901] f&he gtveeber anit gtjxcrrtsmcm 21 "Here he is! here he is!" shouted one of them. "Look out," he eaJled; "I'm going to drop ; At the report of his revolver, a body was seen to leap from the tree, and strike the ground in the center of a gTCup of hounds. There was a mix up. The younger clogs dashed in, only to recoil from the conflict with yelps of surprise. The men yelled and danced about from pure excitement. "Yah! yah! zee bobcat, bei Gott! he's a volliper, too," yelled Schneider. "Get a
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. December 21, 1901] f&he gtveeber anit gtjxcrrtsmcm 21 "Here he is! here he is!" shouted one of them. "Look out," he eaJled; "I'm going to drop ; At the report of his revolver, a body was seen to leap from the tree, and strike the ground in the center of a gTCup of hounds. There was a mix up. The younger clogs dashed in, only to recoil from the conflict with yelps of surprise. The men yelled and danced about from pure excitement. "Yah! yah! zee bobcat, bei Gott! he's a volliper, too," yelled Schneider. "Get a club," "Bring the ax," "He'll kill those dogs," and other similar expressions were indis- criminately greeting our ears. "Watch this dog, Redeye," said Watson. The dog referred to had been dashing around the others, closing up, but never taking hold. Then, as if shot from a gun, he leaped in, and the group became settled. He had secured his hold on the throat of the animal. The other old dogs stood back; while slowly but surely the life of the quarry was being choked out. For fully three minutes he held on —till the game ceased to struggle. When he loos- ened the grip of his vice-like jaws, it was limp and lifeless. "Bei yiminy, vat you dink now? Fritz Schneider not knowin' de bobcat, hey?" "Oh, shut up, you crazy Dutchman!" said Don- nelly; " it isn't a cat. It is, however, a very large ; And so it proved to be, weighing twenty- nine pounds. "Just as I expected," said one who had been silent on the subject. "I had an idea it was an old ; "Oh, yes, you did! Why in thunder didn't you say so before?" asked Taylor. "Let me tell you why," replied the man addressed. "The instinct possessed by all animals to protect their young is universal. Nothing but this would have led any animal so near the first tree under the circumstances; and it was for the very purpose o
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