LASSOOING BULL MOOSE.

Putaruru Press, Volume IV, Issue 155, 21 October 1926, Page 3

LASSOOING BULL MOOSE.

AN EXCITINGj. ADVENTURE, One of the rstrangest, adventures ever. rsenrd,ed, .eyeta ,in the wild lands of British jCoiuijibia; ..cofnes fr° m the remote Horsffly Lake country ol’ the Cariboo district (writes the Vancouver teoprespandent of “The Times”)-.. Viator,.Furrer, a cowboy, was on his-way hack to his ranch from a hamlet knere'a ’as Lone- Butte. The trail lay jnanj leagues through ’country inhatitekL onjy by big game, the most numeryifs ,of wlpeli are .moose 1 . The caybc.y,was following a narrow trail thjdugjj jack pine thicket, when sudd,ei)ly,,a ( bull, moose appeared facing him. squa-ry .in ’the , middle of trail.. Being un'ar-Jjiecl .his hand, instinctively, went to tpe raw hide lariat tied .to his, sa^lcUe, ,jqnd in a, moment, he had, the inigg m.oose: sqcurejy lassoed by the .horns.. Then- began a strange battle. The- moose weighed not less" than 'fSOOlb; the horse, not more than j00!)1b,. Tho, end,, of the lariat was bound fast-to the horn of ’the saddle, and tiip'-Uftter. was ejnehed. 'fijrmly to the hor te. The moose, terrified as much as -the horse and his rlider, crashed, into the thick forest, dragging the horse and rideT after him atr br?ak;iecK»spefe(if tor in' spits ojf hiis huge horns, no animal is fleeter te its native fore«t~thah the moose. Small limbs of 'tfdes ‘were snapped, like 4ha.Ath\vopd in the.rush and then, ,angered J by its'’inability (o shake it,self, free,' te e moose turned suddenly and’pursued; tho horse and rider, who hath narrowly escaped the. horns as the animals plunged at.them. Again the moose turned, } aad . fled fropi his assailants.; The cowboy, knowing thatjthe battlfe- would!so'on end in favour of the moose 'unless he could break free, 1 attempted to cut the lariat wit(ji his inife, but a sudden jerk bn .the Sine shook the knife from his band.’ One e again, in' frenzy,' the moose turned : and. the. rider, with great presence of mind, took a few swift turns .-round a bunch of jackpines entangling the 1 huge beast so that fit could do no harm. Dismounting, he cut the rope’ and made it fast; .then he! "rode to the nearest' ranchho.use and obtained a rifle, with whidh he returned.' and shot the moose.