The Dickinson press., 1889-02-16
SPORT IN CALIFORNIA.
SHOOTING JACK RAeelTe WHILE
RIDING AT FULL GA-Lo?.
Plcssurcs cs Hunting on tho Pacific Coast.
voiec CT n Dying neutrality-suspicious. of
aa Enthusiastic Enslishman-Lassoins
cu Angry Bear.

M Enthusiastic Enslislanan-Lassoins
an Angry Bear.
The fol.owin, day we found horses at the
doos and y rack OF hounds. 81 an going to
show You, gentlemen" sail our host, some
California srcra afteY' my Own ideas. Bring
Up tho horses, Bob" he shouted, aud Bob
forthwith led up thr2c mustangs. fully sad
died, tihas anrcarcd to lava been kept in tho
stable tor months on . highly ezcicabie diet
for III especial benefit.
Finally W. mounted, and .ha host put his
nas AZ tho fence several me. just to warm
him To. ''Now, gentlemen" 10 said, as we
loneu along tho hard road, "thc country ont
| hero way is well supplied v..h jack rabbits,
ard tbs scheme is to ride them down on
h; Se5ac,. ard shoot them with the rifle"
Tho co'onsl lid supplied Is With riles and,
'ilse cer."in ficlwicsians, wo wtfe in for it.
Tao country vas gently %roliine:. and wo
soon c,mc out into y low brusll,N i matches
II cac.;.s hero md t':ere. All st once d.
snail bro"n creature, with black ears, darted
Nv. ard in n moment was away like q flash.
Ito horses c,u.,.l5 tho infection, and i'll .
sccaAd wero npoa dead run, fairly c:azcd
witt, excitement, sAorting, their eyes blazing,
mi running like tho lind.
LOOK out fer holcs!' shouted tho colonel,
IS his horse took . badger burrow. Bus it
va; too late; one OF tho mustangs landed
s,co deep in 4 burrow, stopped short, while
tho rider kept OH. Eo was an old hand aS
this sort of thing, however, and clearing him
scii merely landed on his feet and raa twenty
or thirty feet to return and examine tho
mount. Luckily, 10 bones wero broken, and
leaoills into tho saddle tho field was away
again. Tho JACK had escaped in tho mean
timc, hu5 anouher took his place, anil horses
ard riders were soon making tao hard ground
shasr. To hit an animal SO small as q rabbit,
NJ iull run, with y rifle, was seemingly an
jn'rc sibili.y, yet tho valiant colonel did il.
Il; morse tooi, him within twenty feet OF Ia,
lyin. .iac.:, when, dropping the lines, he
raised the light weapon which hadbeon hung
uoon he s~it!tile. aud in al o.IhaDd va fred.
! 'o JACK bounded tlrce FEET into tha air liae
. bal. and ell, moaning like q child.
"Tho ride was loaded With shot, colonel"
SECUTED sor-e orc. ''One shot," laughed Tie
colonel, as 10 stopped from tao saddle and
richcl Uo tho game by tho cars. ''It's mere
PRACTICE: any o"o can do it. but Twill confess
/ have been anor:o ten years gettin., into the
tabit. There :;ccs anor,er!!' and away went
tie horses, who knew a rabbit half 81 milo
a"::-, AND enjoyed the sport as much rs the
r.t.l.';. .'acas appeared asst by magic, every
buSl seemed 10 atford cover for one or moro.
The sharp reports OF repeating rifles began
to sound iii rapid succession, and little clouds
of dust pulis like snloae rose here and there
all about the flying game, showing how diff
cult Il thing it was TO hit such q mark.
"Tirrrr is 10 Use in trying to take accurate
u.m sa.i TIE "slot," rs tho horses came up
49, iua..ic&l to. 1T is Il matter of Intuition,
L .avr. | take no aim. but point the rifle
w..re | think the RABBIT will lao wl.ea tie
h.. In !e.s l.!cre, and i'll cine way They ilan-
a. 10 ia ..a connection"
R.d.ns; across country ut such q speed in
IT, clear. bracing air was y most eshila,at-
ing SCOT, AID the excitement i5 caused was
astonishing. The horses fairly went mad
I..lN.:e is an;.p:tt.:ay unp!easantiy hr.nan
;.Au: tie v,l'a nj L dying jack. The first |
r"er i.'5 AZ "o;rginS was III tho valley, and
ii. atl.:ld iiatl started to tho c,.t and
"a % 1T "a 81 ut, y '.esp arroyo stopped
IA. ilotse. ard vas standing in tho sadul.
try IS 10 follow her with my eyes when !
heard piercing, screams; and taen means from
tie roui directly behind me-. Thinking that
Il cli!lsi Ead bead lUGi LNcr or il ureu in SOM
wa. | dropped Into tive saddle and made for
tie roa,i, TO ind my dog standing over IA
deal iac,. She had circied and turned him,
and brought it to II fi..ish Immediately he.
hillti Tie. Often when SHOT OH the run the
ja"l: WI Utter a piercing, half human Shrek
a::i '.ua;'l into tie AIR to fall dead. so 10 n1
"v,H>"a..... person The slaughter of hun
dies - " 10 :.lca:.s a pleasant sight.
A, the hot sun bean To pour down W,
ve:alal or way b,cl. To the ranc'., and
Mh SO .;lo away listening to lAa vari.s
rNc,ei ~ ID tlc co.o.lcl, whose OK, erici.ce
had nev.i r.ci AID r:icy.
"Ta!..!a,s about sport" he said. reminds
iac "f " l..t!c C.. e.ie:ive l had with III,
Lag-4:a.a.i SONG yeas, AGO up i'll the nit..i
t.s4.sc He came down from Frisco wish q
lsttar of Introduction to Inc and wauicl Il
st i!.to the li2-,rt of the big game coll.try.
1t SO Ilap,e.icl that | had 400 or 800 head OF
cau.ie up valley and Il camp there; so took
him UP md introduced him to half Il dozci
cowboys-regular old timers-and they
guaranteed to show him all the bear he
wanted. They got it into his head that ii
was unsportsnanlike to shoot Il bear, ant
that it should DO taken with u lariat; SO III
practired with Il rope ut steers. dogs, stump
and mon until lie was Il very fair hanl at it
and finally one day went OF on a regular
bear hunt
''lt so happened that the boys knew wlicrt
there was Il large patch of wild grape tina
black bears are fond of, and they made fol
it, fairly su C to find ono or mora, and sur
enough they did. Coming down u little sid
canyon, ticy came out into a level spot, will
u patch Of trees covered with vines in th
center. Some of the dogs were put in, an,
in Il few minutes out came an old brown
bear, SnarIing and showing her teetl
in IL terrible fashion. 'Now's YOU
c~aa.ea,' yelled tho boys, and the.
all Stood back to give my new frien'
Il chance. | tell you he was no SLOUGH; h
put his horse up as near tho crittcr as Ii
wouid so, and riding around, dropped hi
rope over the bears shoulders the minut
she rarcl up. When she felt the rope 81,
grabbed ut it, but tho pony settled back
then down she went, and began just VIVA
the boys expected, the rolling business
Over and over she went, winding the rop
about her, getting snarled up, but comm:
nearer and nearer the pony all the tiine
Tho pony was the first one to tumble TO ii
as the boys SAW, and began to snort an
buck; but it was no use, the old bear KEEP
coming, getting more ard more entanglc
every moment, and finally the pony turue
tail and began to drag her, she yelling TN
%whimpcring and scratching gravel, tie hors
crazed; and in this shape they cane to til
side of the hill. Over the horse went, buci
ing, the Enslishman cussing things unit
they were blue. When half way down, til
rope broke, aud, fearing the bear would So
away, some of the boys, who We're laughln
themselves sick, put ier out Of her misery
The boys got rather left trying to fool til
fellow as lie showed so much pluck i'll tryin
to stop the bear hat they never tried an
games on him again. After a while the
asked him what he proposed to do with I'll
bear a. ter lie got the rope around him-an
then he saw the joke, and rather though
the bear was catching him."-SanF rancise
y Chronicle.
The Great st. Bernard Telephone.
!, The telephone has been added to the safct
l service at the hospico on the Great St. Be
] nard. The travellers who intend to go Owe
+! the pass are now announced to the mon!
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