Coursing the Prongbuck 



quarter round, and in a second the deer- 

 hound had seized him by the flank and 

 thrown him, and all the dogs piled on top, 

 never allowing him to rise. 



Later in the day we again put up a buck 

 not far off. At first it went slowly, and the 

 dogs hauled up on it; but when they got 

 pretty close, it seemed to see them, and let- 

 ting itself out, went clean away from them 

 almost without effort. 



Once or twice we came upon bands of 

 antelope, and the hounds would immediately 

 take after them. I was always rather sorry 

 for this, however, because the frightened 

 animals, as is generally the case when beasts 

 are in a herd, seemed to impede one another, 

 and the chase usually ended by the dogs 

 seizing a doe, for it was of course impos- 

 sible to direct them to any particular beast. 



It will be seen that with us coursing was 

 a homely sport. Nevertheless we had very 

 good fun, and I shall always have enjoyable 

 memories of the rapid gallops across the 

 prairie, on the trail of a flying prongbuck. 



Theodore Roosevelt. 

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