i8o WATCHED BY WILD ANIMALS 



has numerous and scattered scent glands; is 

 without colour camouflage in fact, its colour is 

 in part revealing, for the bristling of its white but- 

 tocks serves to give signal flashes. The ante- 

 lope is the plains' graceful racing model of 

 long and successful development. It is either 

 the least the smallest or near the smallest 

 of our hoofed wild animals. 



The antelope is specialized in speed. If 

 there were to be a free-for-all race on the plains, 

 with deer, antelope, elk, sheep, bear, lion, 

 coyote, fox, dog, horse, and even the rabbit as 

 starters, the antelope generally would be the 

 winner, whether the race was for one mile or 

 ten. Perhaps the blooded race horse and the 

 greyhound would outstrip him, but among wild 

 animals the antelope is the speedy one. 



Wolves and coyotes pursue the pronghorn 

 in relays or capture it strategically through va- 

 rious kinds of mutual aid. Now and then an 

 antelope will turn upon its pursuers and fight 

 them fiercely, occasionally triumphantly. 



On the Great Plains in western Nebraska I 

 saw two speeding objects stirring dust on the 

 horizon. It was an antelope cut off from the 

 flock and pursued by a wolf. They plunged for 

 a moment or two in a dip of the plains, then 

 reappeared. With glasses on them I saw the 

 pursuing wolf drop out and another wolf leap 



