EIGHT BETWEEN A FERRET AND A RABBIT

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1799, 26 March 1888, Page 3

EIGHT BETWEEN A FERRET AND A RABBIT

This is the eeason for ferret and rabbit yaruß. Th3 Mastorton Weekly " Star " : makeaa splonriid ttiri with the f.>llowh>g: I-i iho natural envn;y h.:cmnv.g phy<u out ? Wo are prompted to ask "the q':ea ion by a w-ill-authouilfcated occurrenca tJiafc was witnessed iba oilier day in the O-ngaehu. Mi- Steadnian, a rabbit ♦rapper, was making h!a rouutia in company with the land owner, when they heftjd a peculiar noiae in BOtno bcushwotd. Judge their surprise on proceeding to the spot to wifcnuaa ft ataud up fight between a full-grbwn robust looking ferret and a rabbit. There they were doing the Sullivan business in a way that wonld have won the admiration of the British Heir-apparent. Of course they fought without glovea but ihey did not hit below the belt. They hugged and clawed and pawed eaoh other with a singular disregard for the rulea of the P.R. The trapper waß petrified aad apeeohlesa at the exhibition, and the few haira on the landowner's head stood firmly on end like the bristles of a hairbrush. So iatont were the oouibatsnta on their buslnees that they eoemed to take no notice of the epectatore. At last after several rounds, the ferret caved in, turned tail, and beat r hosty retreat into an adjicont rabbit holo for eonie reason, while the rabbit preferred to remain outsld*e where it began scraping hard at the entrance, ao if inviting the ferret to return and renew the attack.