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Title: Western field
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Olympic Club (San Francisco, Calif.) California Game and Fish Protective Associations
Subjects: Olympic Club (San Francisco, Calif.) California Game and Fish Protectice Associations Sports
Publisher: San Francisco
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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arth and loose stones on top of me.Then came another sound, a sharp sickeningcrack and an almost human groan; I re-ceived a shock which sent me sprawling, andas I pulled myself together I realized whathad happened. A cayuse, following closelythe track of the one which leaped over me,had not been able to see the obstruction intime to jump, struck the mound like a can-non ball and rolled over it and myself, break-ing its neck—and to judge from the horriblesounds, every other bone in its body. Any-way it lay still enough, almost on top of me,its hind parts hanging over the top of themound and the fore quarters by my side.The rest of the band as they came to theplace swerved aside, and in a few momentsall had passed and left me with a soreshoulder and the dead horse as mute evi-dence of my narrow escape. I now resolvedto build a fire and try to pass the remainderof the night in some degree of comfort, butthe passing of the horses seemed to be thesignal for all the animated nature of the
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•I RECEIVED A SHOCK WHICH SENT ME SPRAWLING. 438 WESTERN FIELD Northern prairie to spring into activity. Iheard coyotes chasing rabbits through thebrush, sage hens would rise with a whirr,and a thousand noises of the night, howlsand barks and hoots assailed my ears. For-tunately there was plenty of dry brush nearat hand and I built a good fire, which 1thought would keep coyotes or other unwel-come visitors at a respectful distance. I wassitting with my back to the fire when pres-ently I saw two points of greenish light aboutthirty feet away, this was soon joined by an-other pair, and I realized to my horror thateither coyotes or wolves were watching me;terror made me bold, and when a third pairof eyes joined the other two, I rose and pull-ing a burning stick from the fire hurled it atthe skulking brutes; at the same time lettingout a yell that might have been heard fromthe tomb. To my astonishment I heard an answering halloo, and the barking of severaldogs was indeed sweet music to

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