248 THE OX FAMILY 



it requires a larger area than it has been given in most 

 parks, or that the ground was too damp and not high 

 enough when the experiment of domesticating it has 

 been tried to the eastward of the Mississippi. 



In the late summer, autumn, and winter antelopes are 

 seen in bands. In the spring the does separate from 

 the bucks, the young bucks and young does, and in 

 secluded places bring forth their young, two kids at a 

 birth. These are not spotted like the young of the deer. 

 When wolves attack the kids the mother will fight to 

 protect them, striking powerful blows with her feet. 

 A single wolf cannot hope to succeed, but a pack often 

 proves too much for the mother as well as the young, 

 and a few wolves hunting together and running an old 

 buck will tire him out and finally despatch him. Their 

 method of hunting on the open plain is ingenious. 

 Some chase the animal about while others rest; these 

 get in front of him when he makes a wide circle and 

 relieve those tired out by pursuit, until finally the 

 quarry, thoroughly tired out and distressed, can go no 

 farther, when his savage enemies seize and devour 

 him. 



A band of antelopes is usually attached to a particular 

 neighborhood and may be found from day to day with- 

 in an area of a few miles. The hunters, having found a 

 band, know where to look for it again, and having failed 

 to approach it for any reason, they correct the error 

 upon a second visit. The animals can, of course, be 

 seen at a great distance with a powerful glass, and 

 when once located, as we have observed, they may be 

 stalked provided they have not discovered the hunter. 



The rutting season is September and the early part 



