Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 164, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1912 — WAS SOMETHING LIKE A RUN [ARTICLE]

WAS SOMETHING LIKE A RUN

Munchausen Tells About a Bit of Sprinting He Witnessed In Scotland. “Talkin' about runnln'/’ remarked Hon. Ananias Munchausen, “about the finest bit of sprintin’ I ever 7 saw wag up in Scotland the shootin’ season before last. I'd been out all day deershootin’, and had had moßt awful luck when I spied a whoppin’ great buck about eighteen hundred yards away. Takin’ a careful sight, I let fly. But, bless your soul, the Instant my bullet touched him, and before it had time to penetrate his hide, that beast was off like a flash! _ «I never saw two such evenly matched things as that deer and my bullet For over half a mile they sped on together, neither gainin’ on the other, the bullet just managin’ to keep in touch with the deer’s skin. At the end of a mile, however, the paoe began to tell on the deer, and he faltered just for a moment. 'Twas fatal. The bullet sped on, and the poor beast keeled over. He deserved his freedom If ever an anmal did. . He’d have got it,, too, if he could have stuck out for another twenty yards, for that’s about as far as my rifle carries.”