AN OUTLAW COW.

Shannon News, 12 September 1924, Page 1

AN OUTLAW COW.

WHITE HEIFER OF KENT. Hidden in a wood near Ashford, Kent, is a Shorthorn heifer which for many months has eluded capture by organised groups of men. Speedy, and a remarkable jumper, it has again and again escaped from the clutches of men who have come within a few feet of it. Once mor« than 30 men closed on it. It charged straight at them, knocking one man flying, and jumped over a hedge. The animal, which is almost white, belongs to Mr Hubert Finn-Kelcey auctioneer and farmer, of Lyminge, near Folkstone, who has never seen it. n

One day he received a message that the animal had been. seen with some cows in a field beside a large wood near Ashford. He sent sixteen men to. the scene, and they gathered at a hedge beside the field. The heifer saw them and charged straight at them, leapt the hedge and dashed into t!he wood.

As a final resource, Mr Finn-Kelcey has applied for the services of two ol the cowboys who are taking part in the rodeo at Wembley. When the matter was mentioned to Less Collier, one of the cowboys now at Wembley, his face lift up. “I sure would like to rope that cow,” he said wistfully. “Lead me there with my horse and a rope, and I’ll have her tied up before she knows what’s happened. She’ll be the most surprised cow in England.”