Telegram-herald., 1889-10-04


sleigA - saly snrss spirited Annals
~ pail tLsul AL81g trs CLASSY roa4-
Aoo4t three yar1s cel1E1 fls PASS a-
gers sSng szs = sMalL sze, tlsd - tAs
leader , . rope "a chan OF lals lt.-s
sleigh EAeEe as = Y9ung p-S II
scresnlsd snd yruatsd - tL0agh Is ek-
lsteace tepsltsd aPoa ls. And "a trutn
- Id, fgE s1sze ~eEs a. lassg forty
wolves yelplng an barking a. - 2n1
Elnning pei nell AFTER ths dying
sleigas. seemingly aneoneernsd by the
t4ot t12s tas hzn5sEs sezs slootln8
them down - t-Os and thress lnees-
sanity. Bal ths QoEosln0k cas- pecU-
ltsF charm for ths Eolf and despite ne
rns Shots ana Ehelr fallen comrades,
shsy keep p theix chase ter pig nesA
ard s1gmsnt the4r nun Ders from Tine
- time by aceessiOas froHa other parts
% tie forest. "a they sweep past. Hair
a mile behind this E1Tn out - another
and larger vehicle, which gathers ap
ths fallen wolves. But ws Sere destined
60 see sOnle more exciting sport tn4n
t-c z-rs z1-loplng along OF tas hunters
and ths shooting u the game-
tron among the newest arrivals 20
she PACK are g~g 0r three ga4nt wolves,
heroes eVldently Of many a chase and
particularly fesE an- ravenous. Alter
some desperate running. ELey manage
~ reach Monsieur P0rOslouok, IA spite
OF the efforts 0f the marzsmen and ths
pig IS soon ia that bourne fsOm Nhlch
no porker has ever returned. Then tie
whole pack With wheured apperltes pus
on double speed. surround the hunters
and attack tie horses The bells are
pas into requls. .ion 20 warn them of.
but their tongues might as well be
dumb. The wolves have tasted blood :
they have seen L. and they must have
more. OuI team Is we'll idten among the
siue trees, and prepared FOR action we
watch the conflict. The foremost wolves
have succeeded IN catching the outside
horse At the left side by the nose. He
kicks and struggles and the hunters
shoot down the aggressOrs, one By one,
bat nov the speed 0f the sany Is slack
ened and the entire pacS are upon
them. Now Is the time FOR us 10 inter
fere. Before We can be OF any assis-
t2nce the first horse attacked falls on
hts side, Is cut away from the sleigh
aRd of dash his companions az Hight
ming speed. IL is = race for life. Dozens
OF fresh wolves are on the trail and
another horse soon succumbs. Ere We
can reach the spot, the men 10 defend
themselves fire shot after shot into the
pack and then comes sudden cessation
Of the shooting. As we hurry along We
see the three men In the road, fighting
desperately with their bloodthirsty as
sailants. having now no other weapons
than long knives. Already one man is
on the ground when blow from a mus
ket stock and quick kniie-thrust re-
leves him OF his antagonists, and he Is
on his feet again dealing death blows
al around. The badly frightened yam
shik urges our team towards the un-
equal battle on the roadside, and then
comes our fusilade. Shot after shot OF
our revolvers told their tale by the in
creasing heap Of Lesnoy Nolks that lay
dead or dying around the hunters and
their wrecked conveyance. Instantly
the tide OF battle is turned and the re-
naming wolves take 10 their heels and
scamper of IL was a CLOSE call" for
those three sportsmen. The entire
battle did not occupy ten minutes.
Had we not turned up just in the nick
of time. all three of them would have
shared the fate Of their horses before
ehsir picking up sleigh would have had
time 20 come up. While such hunting
scenes are not at all infrequentit it rarely
happens that a hunter is killed. Wolves
are proverbially cowardly and IL they
are struck across their sensitive nose,
they are either rendered insensible or
skuIk painfully towards the forest.
In few moments after the last Of our
furcoated companions had taken his de-
parture the second sleigh came along,
and once more our horses heads were
turned toward Archangelsk. We met
many hunting parties. but they were
more fortunate, and on the picking up
sleigh OF one Of them | saw the bodies
OF at least thirty wolves. We arrived
In good season at the Hotel Troitskaya
in Archangelsk, where very extraOr-
dinary even tOccured. II was bitterly cold,
cold even IOr this home of the ice king.
Food in the forest was unobtaInable
and the revenous LeSnoy VOlks organ
lied hunting scheme OF their own in
opposition. as 10 were, TO the usual style
Of the chase The game they followed
was no less than the famous North Rus
sian food, the reindeer. IL was about
three o'clock in the afternoon and the
stiffness was disturbed by great COM