The _antelope_, as has been said, is a very vigilant and spirited animal; and as they bound away in the chase they almost baffle the eye. They always try to run down hill; and as they seldom run straight very far, the riders can cut across and keep _near_ all the time, and often run into the flock without going half as far as the hounds. A flock of antelopes flying over the plain, with a pack of hounds close in the rear, and followed by excited horsemen hallooing and flying their hats, is truly a grand _sight_ as well as an agreeable sport. The chase is sometimes _short_, and sometimes ten miles long; and I have rode among a flock when they were trotting slowly along, with mouths wide open, and the hounds within ten steps coming slowly along, with their great red tongues lolling out. A well-bred buck antelope is a little more than the average greyhound can overtake. The antelope is swifter than the deer. Sometimes a large, well-developed _jack-rabbit_ jumps up; and when he lays his long ears back upon his neck and gets down to his best he goes like the news upon a telegraph-wire--only touching the high places--and appears like a row of jack-rabbits. He can outrun the _antelope_ for a short _distance_, but can not hold out so long. When a large _gray wolf_ is started up there is fun. The dogs soon overtake him; but to kill him is another thing. I have seen one wolf whip six hounds, and get away. Hunters do not like to have their hounds tackle a _large_ one, for he cuts them up so.