Sketch of a young Antelope "laying low." 
got within a few feet of them they jumped 
up and ran away swiftly, but crouched 
again when out of sight over the next ridge. 
I took them to be about three weeks old. In 
this case the mother's alarm cry may have 
been the sufficient order to hide. 
As soon as the young can follow there is a 
disposition on the part of the mothers to 
form little bands. In early July two or 
three of the old ones with their kids may 
then be seen together. They unite for the 
sake of company and mutual protection, so 
that this is truly a social gathering. 
By the end of July the kids on the Yel- 
lowstone are about half grown and have 
now assumed the livery of the old ones. 
Early in August the young bucks begin to 
join the bands of their mothers and little 
brothers. By September older bucks drift 
in, and the Antelope band shows all ages, 
sizes, and sexes mingled together in a huge 
happy family. As this is too soon for the 
sexual passions to play their firebrand part, 
we have in this ideal month of September 
an ideal scene that is probably unique among 
ourHornedRuminants. Manv old hunters 
have described it to me. The following from 
Mr. W. R. McFadden, of Denver, gives a 
glimpse of one of their games. 
''In the head of Middle Park, Col, 
about the 12th or 15th of September, 1882, 
I crawled out after a band of Antelope on 
the plain. There was a fine big buck and 
only one. I got out to a buffalo wallow, 
and raising up to shoot I saw the buck play- 
ing a game with about eight kids. They 
were careering about; he was leading. They 
would chase him and caper and prance 
around him. After about half an hour the 
little ones got tired and quit. But the buck 
was still fresh, and he set out, apparently, 
to run himself down. Rushing at full gal- 
lop round and round the bushes, here and 
there, anywhere to keep going, and yet close 
to the crowd. He must have run ten min- 
utes all alone at full speed while I watched, 
and still seemed fresh as ever. On another 
occasion I have seen a dozen kids and two 
or three big bucks at play in the same way." 
The band increases as September ]xxsses, 
the merry games relax not, and the good fel- 
lowship existing is exemplified when Fox or 
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