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Animal Heroes
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Ernest Thompson Seton
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Sometimes
the
kill
takes
place
within
one
hundred
yards
of
the
start--that
means
a
poor
Jack;
mostly
it
happens
in
front
of
the
Grand
Stand;
but
on
rare
occasions
it
chances
that
the
Jack
goes
sailing
across
the
open
Park
a
good
half-mile
and,
by
dodging
for
time,
runs
to
safety
in
the
Haven.
Four
finishes
are
possible:
a
speedy
kill;
a
speedy
winning
of
the
Haven;
new
Dogs
to
relieve
the
first
runners,
who
would
suffer
heart-collapse
in
the
terrific
strain
of
their
pace,
if
kept
up
many
minutes
in
hot
weather;
and
finally,
for
Rabbits
that
by
continued
dodging
defy
and
jeopardize
the
Dogs,
and
yet
do
not
win
the
Haven,
there
is
kept
a
loaded
shotgun.
There
is
just
as
much
jockeying
at
a
Kaskado
coursing
as
at
a
Kaskado
horse-race,
just
as
many
attempts
at
fraud,
and
it
is
just
as
necessary
to
have
the
judge
and
slipper
beyond
suspicion.
The
day
before
the
next
meet
a
man
of
diamonds
saw
Irish
Mickey--by
chance.
A
cigar
was
all
that
visibly
passed,
but
it
had
a
green
wrapper
that
was
slipped
off
before
lighting.
Then
a
word:
"If
you
wuz
slipper
to-morrow
and
it
so
came
about
that
Dignam's
Minkie
gets
done,
wall,--it
means
another
cigar."
"Faix,
an'
if
I
wuz
slipper
I
could
load
the
dice
so
Minkie
would
flyer
score
a
p'int,
but
her
runnin'
mate
would
have
the
same
bad
luck."
"That
so?"
The
diamond
man
looked
interested.
"All
right--fix
it
so;
it
means
two
cigars."
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