The sun., 1888-11-04
ROYAL BEAR HUNTING.
The Crown Prince OF Austria Shows the
Prince OF wales Some Real sport.

The Crown Prince OF Austria Shows the
Prince OF wales Some Real Sport.
The Prince Of Wales, a month or SO ago,
during his visit to Austria, was initiated into
bear shooting In Transylvania q region that
has been thickly populated with bears and
other wild beasts for many centuries. He was
the guest OF the Crown Prince Rudolph. and
the hunting was done upon the Grown Princes
estate Of G0rgGny- -Szent-Imre, which has been
fitted up especially for such royal hunting par
ties. It is sixteen hours by rail from Vienna.
and then five or six hours by carriage to the
castle. Every luxury that could be de-
sired 10 provided at the castle, but the
hunting itself is hard. even for royalty.
The hunters, royal or otherwise. must
rise at in the morning and ride for
two hours MP hill. through thick woods. over
stony and marshy ground on small horses with
peasant saddles fastened with ropes. and with
out stirrups or bride. piece OF cord serving
for reins. It must have been rainy for two or
Of finding the bears. The most .experienced
Transylyanian hunters profess to be unable to
track track a bear over dry ground. The bears in;
BY man. while they live upon beacLnuts
acorns, and oak apples. AS the season ad-
the level country. From the 10th to the 18TH Of
in the lower part a OF OF the he Forest ' " i0nN
In hunting, them a small army, generally
M about 100 or i5o men. is 1 employed @ to beat pea up
cality where bear tracks abound, place being
chosen where here. there is high g ground slopipg
bears toward centre. and then start them up
the h The hSnters usually twelve iSS or
and about eighty asa paees apart S Each one stands
alone. hidden in the brush. with, only his gun
for protection: Experience has shown thattwo
other way. are certain to disclose their nres-
snce to the keen scented and quick -eared
@ hunters s may W be- ,0 periectiy sa WI hidden. Wien
enough bears are thought to have been gath
cred in the space before the huntsEs the beat
bears start to run. e Gs%aiiy they 90 vi up Hill hill.
way the beaters turn them back The hunters
blaze away whenever they SEQ. one. but it
beaTs nVerv nape5s @ 'as
q few are killed. Five have been brought to
the castle in one day. and the Crown Prince has
Generally there is little danger OF a bear at
tacking a hunter, but sometimes one that has
will turn and attempt to kill a. hunter. Only
once at Cog ,ny-Szent- imre has bear at
That time wSs Mtaog gigantic she bear W6ese
two young had been Killed. Another time
huge beast that had been shot at BY hunter
Kin Slm 50 terribly tSas a. he , vas % nearly d kjlisd,
companion smasned the pears nead with
ssT q HI rifle and dswa F. nss s'ueass
saved his brother-n-law. Prince Leo
pold OF Bavaria, from wounded bear,
Leopold having been so frightened at It's at
tack as to be unable to use his knife. weapon
that all the hunters carry as q last resort One
great danger OF the sport Is that when two
hunters firing at the same bear passing be-
tween them one OF them may miss the bear
and wound the other.
This sort OF bear hunting is comparatively
a new thing. having been introduced by the
Crown Prince nine years ago: He is regarded
as the chief of the hunts and is called the best
bear shot in Europe. The party with which he
received the Prince OF Wales consisted Of about
bs n hd seven AfGhahRes @
on lions and tigers. but this was his first 60 at
tho bears,