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seen a pronghorn run away from a whole 
pack of just as good dogs. With a fair 
start, and on good ground, a thoroughbred 
horse, even though handicapped by the 
weight of a rider, will run down an ante- 
lope; but this is a feat which should rarely 
be attempted, because such a race, even when 
carried to a successful issue, is productive of 
the utmost distress to the steed. 
Ordinary horses will sometimes run down 
an antelope which is slower than the average. 
I had on my ranch an under-sized old Indian 
pony named White Eye, which, when it was 
fairly roused, showed a remarkable turn of 
speed, and had great endurance. One morn- 
ing on the round-up, when for some reason 
we did not work the cattle, I actually ran 
down an antelope in fair chase on this old 
pony. It was a nursing doe, and I came 
over the crest of a hill, between forty and 
fifty yards away from it. As it wheeled to 
start back, the; old)cayuse pricked up his 
ears with great interest, and the minute I 
gave him a sign was after it like a shot. 
Whether, being a cow-pony, he started to 
run it just as if it were a calf or a yearling 
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