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has numerous and scattered scent glands; is 
without colour camouflage—in fact, its colour is 
in part revealing, for the bristling of its white but- 
tocks serves to give signal flashes. The ante- 
lope is the plains’ graceful racing model of 
long and successful development. It is either 
the least—the smallest—or near the smallest 
of our hoofed wild animals. 
The antelope is specialized in speed. If 
there were to be a free-for-all race on the plains, 
with deer, antelope, elk, sheep, bear, lion, 
coyote, fox, dog, horse, and even the rabbit as 
starters, the antelope generally would be the 
winner, whether the race was for one mile or 
ten. Perhaps the blooded race horse and the 
greyhound would outstrip him, but among wild 
animals the antelope is the speedy one. 
Wolves and coyotes pursue the pronghorn 
in relays or capture it strategically through va- 
rious kinds of mutual aid. Now and then an 
antelope will turn upon its. pursuers and fight 
them fiercely, occasionally triumphantly. 
On the Great Plains in western Nebraska I 
saw two speeding objects stirring dust on the 
horizon. It was an antelope cut off from the 
flock and pursued by a wolf. They plunged for 
a moment or two in a dip of the plains, then 
reappeared. With glasses on them I saw the 
pursuing wolf drop out and another wolf leap 
