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antelope was up & off before we got
into the car. It was running
apart from the herd but only a
short distance behind the others.
Evidently its front leg was broken,
because with the car going at 25 miles
per hour it was still drawing
ahead. We struck a bit through
green and ran for two miles
at 25 miles per hr. Finally we
came to a smooth plain &
then sped right up to 35 miles.
We gained slowly & when
about 1 or 2g's away it jumped
out and fled at the critical
breaking a hind leg on the opposite
side. They could see now that
it was another one, much to
our disgust, & even with two
eeps running she still made about
15 mi per hour. A third shot
failed her.
The antelope deer are exceedingly
difficult to distinguish from the
bucks for when pointed
cars are carried straight up
& back & give exactly the ap-
pearance of horns when one
is some distance away.
We came back & struck south-
my the kents at John Wilcock and