114 WOLF DAYS IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



his eyes. In the doorway stood Quinn with the pan- 

 ther hide over his shoulder, and the four dead wolves 

 piled about his feet. The dogs formed the background 

 of the picture. The excitement was a help to the sick 

 man, and he soon recovered. The two young men 

 killed, while camped at Quinn's Run, over one hun- 

 dred wolves, which naturally reduced the boldness of 

 these animals in that neighborhood. Later in life 

 Samuel Quinn returned to Buffalo Valley, where he 

 became noted as a generous patron of sport. He loved 

 good horses and encouraged horse racing in that re- 

 gion. On his way down country he found a stray 

 horse in a forest. , On its back were remnants of a 

 saddle, showing that it had once belonged to some 

 trader who had been ambushed and slain by redmen. 

 The young Ranger was fleet of foot, and ran after it, 

 and caught it by the mane. The animal was a dark 

 brown in color, with a white face, well put together 

 and was an entire. Quinn made a rude bridle out 

 of hides and rode the animal home. He named the 

 horse Aoidh, which is the Gaelic for Stranger. On 

 the way a pack of wolves put in an appearance, and 

 the young Nimrod shot a dozen of them from the 

 horse's back, in the true old-fashioned Irish style. He 

 used the brown horse for many years as a stock horse, 

 and the dam of Sea Turtle, which won a twelve mile 

 race from the Great Island to Jersey Shore, about 

 1835, was one of his numerous progeny. It is said 

 that when he won this race he wore a wolf's tusk sus- 

 pended by a string around his neck. Thus equipped, .•? 



