GAIT. : 275 
trot, when all will do so, except the young ones, which break into 
a run. The pace is increased by all, till they reach a bluff, or 
ravine, when all break into a furious run, and come thundering 
down the cliff like an avalanche. When you see forty or fifty 
Elk, more than one fourth of them having huge antlers, come 
rushing down towards you, you feel glad there is a good fence 
in front of you. Such a sight is worth going many miles to see. 
When chasing a dog in the grounds, or when pursuing each 
other in animosity, they always run. The Elk is undoubtedly a 
natural trotter, and Colonel Dodge says: ‘I believe an Elk will 
trot across ordinary prairie at the rate of about a mile in three 
minutes thirty seconds.” There is, however, about the same 
difference in speed among Elk as among horses. 
