MOTORISTS' BATTLE WITH WOLVES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 121, 13 May 1908, Page 4

MOTORISTS' BATTLE WITH WOLVES.

TWENTY-TWO KILLED OUT OF A PACK OF FIFTY. • Paris, March ii. Two of the competitors in the New York-Paris motor-car race narrowly escaped being devoured by wolves on Friday, says the Matin, and another had an exciting adventure with an eagle. Scarfoglio and Sarlori in the Zust car, say they were near the little town of Spring Valley, Wyoming, when they heard the howling of wolves behind, them. There were seven or eight at first, but the pack grew to fifty, and, surrounded the car, which had stopped at the bottom of a hill. Scarfoglio and. Sartori say they trumpeted and tried to frighten oil the. wolves with their acetylene lamps, but the wolves rushed at the car, and several of them, growling and snapping, attacked the tvres with their teeth. The two Italians say they loaded their lilies and kept up fire for twenty minutes on the wolf pack, killing twentytwo of them. They then succeeded in getting away. 11. Bourcier de St. ChalTroy, in charge of the Di Dion-Bouton car, was eating a sandwich when a large eagle objected either to M. St. Chalfrey or to his consumption of the sandwich. M. St. Cliall'rey shot him, and his beak and leathers now adorn the car.