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ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN 

 I have handled a Winchester ever since 

 I could hold one; have always been careful 

 and never had an accident until last sum- 

 mer. 



H. Brown and I left Lowden's early one 

 morning with the intention of killing a 

 deer or 2. As we expected to travel some 

 distance before beginning the hunt, we took 

 saddle horses. I rode my favorite mare, 

 and my companion one of the horses be- 

 longing to the ranch. At 6 o'clock we left 

 our horses tied and started up the moun- 

 tain. Deer sign was plentiful, bu'. as the 

 animals were in thick brush it was some 

 time before we got a shot. 



About noon, as we were coming up a 

 long ridge, Brown, who was on the oppo- 

 site side, jumped 2 large bucks. They 

 crossed the ridge in my direction. So 

 thick was the brush that I did not see 

 either until one winded me and turned back 

 on a run. I fired at him breaking his back. 

 The other buck kept under cover and ran 

 300 yards before I could get a shot. I 

 then fired twice, wounding him. Crossing 

 the ridge and telling Brown to get the 

 horses, I went back and dressed the deer 

 I had killed. When my companion arrived 

 with the horses we lashed the deer on his 



horse and, riding my mare, he started 

 homeward. Not knowing the country I 

 directed him to keep the main ridge down 

 to the ranch, and told him I would follow 

 the trail of the wounded buck around the 

 side of the. hill. I followed his track y 2 

 mile and found him in dense cover. It 

 was a running shot, and being hot and 

 breathless, I missed him. 



At the crack of the gun Brown yelled, 

 "Look out where you are shooting ! You 

 have shot your horse !" I went to him and 

 found that the ball, which was a 30 caliber, 

 steel jacketed bullet, had ploughed through 

 60 yards of live oak brush and struck my 

 mare just forward of the flank. 



The ball had not gone through, but, being 

 badly battered, had made a large hole from 

 which the blood was pouring. As there 

 was no chance to get her out of such a 

 rough country, I told Brown to kill her. 



Instead of following the ridge Brown 

 had turned down the hill. That brought 

 him in front of me, while I thought he 

 was to my left and above. He had the 

 mare by the bit steadying her down a 

 rough place when the ball struck her. 



I have regretted that shot many a time, 

 but am thankful the man was not killed. 



T. S. L., Lowden's Ranch, Cal. 



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