THE ANTELOPE 



f I ^HE track of the antelope looks like a combi- 

 JL nation of a bighorn track, which it resem- 

 bles somewhat in length and prominence 

 of the outer rim of the hoof, and that of the 

 domestic sheep, to which it bears a likeness in the 

 shape of the heels. To confound it, however, 

 with either one of them is a rather remote possi- 

 bility, since the heels are broader and closer to- 

 gether than those of a mountain sheep, with 

 which in the Bad Lands the antelope is sometimes 

 found in the same range, and the spread is dif- 

 ferent from that of the domestic sheep. In the 

 case of the domestic sheep the greatest spread is 

 at the point of the toes, while in the case of the 

 antelope, the hoof being hooked, it is more be- 

 tween the soles. 



An antelope buck of moderate size makes at 

 all times a bigger track than any range sheep, the 

 track of the latter always being rather flat. As 



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