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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