Reno [Nev.] Gazette.
Two pair of deer horns, interlocked so closely that they cannot be wrenched apart, were shown in Reno last night. Their owner is on his way East, and is taking them with him as a curiosity. The horns were found attached to the skeletons of two bucks, near Honey Lake. A man named Wade Fairchild came upon them the latter part of last month while traveling over the mountains. The skeletons of elk, moose, and deer, in pairs, with horns inextricably interlocked, are sometimes found in the same way, though rarely. It is well known that the males of the deer family fight desperately during the “calling” season. What a battle that must have been near the shores of Honey Lake, years ago! Fancy the two bucks, their antlers firmly locked, fighting until worn out with exhausstion. Then the vain afforts to get free. At last came starvation with all its pangs. Perhaps one died first, and the survivor remained fast to the dead body, until death came to him in turn, and relieved him of his tortures. And the doe, the cause of that terrible tragedy, probably browsed around tranquilly all the time until he died, and then left the neighborhood to look for a suitor that could keep himself free from entanglements.
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