A REMINISCENCE OF THE ROCKIES 



in pursuit who is cutting across their course. 

 When the line is strung out to a considerable 

 length, and the mounted hunter is not more 

 than a few hundred yards away and is riding 

 at right angles to the course that the antelope 

 are pursuing, it can readily be seen that the 

 last of the herd will have allowed the pursuer 

 to gain considerable distance. There has 

 been a good deal of discussion in regard to 

 the possibility of running antelope down by 

 mounted hunters. The stratagem usually 

 employed is to surround a bunch of antelope 

 by making a wide circle sufficiently large to 

 avoid giving immediate alarm to the herd. 

 Several men begin the chase by riding toward 

 them from several widely separated points 

 and driving the herd in the direction of an- 

 other group of hunters, who are concealed 

 from sight in some depression of the ground. 

 When the herd reaches the point where the 

 other hunters are concealed, they are pursued 

 by men on fresh mounts. Sometimes the herd 

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