Crosby dashed past and leveled another of the herd, while Livingston dropped a third.

Those who were not directly engaged in the hunt now came up and congratulated the buffalo killers.
Fitzhugh was hailed as the winner of the Buffalo Cup.

There was general sympathy for Heckscher, whose horse had fallen and rolled over him, thus putting him out of the race.
The hunt being over, the column moved forward through a prairie-dog town, several miles in extent.

These animals are found throughout the Plains, living together in a sort of society.

Their numberless burrows in their towns join each other and the greatest care is necessary in riding among them, since the ground is so undermined as easily to give way under the weight of a horse.
Around the entrance to each burrow earth is piled to the height of at least a foot.