Journals of expeditions to Mongolia from 1919 to 1930
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"kill leg & the other a shoulder. I ran the first & after a hard chase when I saw the pony could not catch it, I jumped off & fired at 375 yards. Killed it & found it was a five yearling buck with horns about 3" long. A little later we saw a large herd but if my pony decided it did not want to run after any more or I had the devil's own trick with it, got another young buck and could hard head several more but it hurt them for the damned horse. One can not shoot & fight a horse at the same time; I learned then what a wonderful pony for hunting I have in my peculiar team. July 3 We broke camp and got away with the carts at 6:30 a.m. After an hour's riding we saw antelope and but they were terribly wild and several hard chases netted us nothing for they would not "cross our bows" instead they ran straight away & it was useless to follow them. At last we found a big herd & tho' they were very wild I shot one. The last shell gained in my right and while I was trying to get it out two antelopes detached them- selves from the herd & trotted straight back to find up me about 150 yds.