Good Hunting 



with a red flag for they are very in- 

 quisitive beasts but now they have 

 grown wary, and must usually be either 

 stalked, which is very difficult, owing to 

 their extreme keenness of vision and the 

 absence of cover on the prairies, or else 

 must be ridden into. 



With first-class greyhounds and good 

 horses they can often be run down in fair 

 chase; but ordinarily the rider can hope 

 for nothing more than to get within fair 

 shooting-range, and this only by taking 

 advantage of their peculiarity of running 

 straight ahead in the direction in which 

 they are pointed when once they have 

 settled to their pace. Usually antelope, 

 as soon as they see a hunter, run straight 

 away from him ; but sometimes they make 

 their flight at an angle, and as they do 

 not like to change their course when once 

 started, it is occasionally possible to cut 

 them off from the point towards which 

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