American Big-Game Hunting 



seen a pronghorn run away from a whole 

 pack of just as good dogs. Witli a fair 

 start, and on good ground, a thoroughbred 

 horse, even though handicapped by the 

 weight of a rider, will run down an ante- 

 lope ; but this is a feat which should rarely 

 be attempted, because such a race, even when 

 carried to a successful issue, is productive of 

 the utmost distress to the steed. 



Ordinary horses will sometimes run down 

 an antelope which is slower than the average. 

 I had on my ranch an under-sized old Indian 

 pony named White Eye, which, when it was 

 fairly roused, showed a remarkable turn of 

 speed, and had great endurance. One morn- 

 ing on the round-up, when for some reason 

 we did not work the cattle, I actually ran 

 down an antelope in fair chase on this old 

 pony. It was a nursing doe, and I came 

 over the crest of a hill, between forty and 

 fifty yards away from it. As it wheeled to 

 start back, the old cayuse pricked up his 

 ears with great interest, and the minute I 

 gave him a sign was after it like a shot. 

 Whether, being a cow-pony, he started to 

 run it just as if it were a calf or a yearling 



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