Little Warhorse 
man left the beaten track, he bounded from 
his form, and wheeling, he sailed across the 
prairie due east. 
A Jack-rabbit running from its enemy ordi- 
narily covers eight or nine feet at a bound, and 
once in five or six bounds, it makes an observa- 
tion hop, leaping not along, but high in the air, 
so as to get above all herbage and bushes and 
take in the situation. A silly young Jack will 
make an observation hop as often as one in 
four, and so waste a great deal of time. A 
clever Jack will make one hop in eight or nine, 
do for observation. But Jack Warhorse as he 
sped, got all the information he needed, in one 
hop out of a dozen, while ten to fourteen feet 
were covered by each of his flying bounds. Yet 
another personal peculiarity showed in the 
trail he left. When a Cottontail or a Wood- 
hare runs, his tail is curled up tight on his 
back, and does not touch the snow. When a 
Jack runs, his tail hangs downward or back- 
ward, with the tip curved or straight, according 
to the individual; in some, it points straight 
down, and so, often leaves a little stroke 
behind the foot-marks. The Warhorse’s tail 
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