Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-06-26
THE GRIZZLY AS HE 1a
Points to Ambitious Hunters by
 One Who Has Been There.

All steries of Staying Him in Hand te |
 Hand Scunass Utter Nonsense-Big
 Bullets and Rifes the Only
 Eneotivs Weapons.
 A few weeks ago was pained but not Iurprised to learn from @ newspaper that old Clubfoot, the man-eatinR griz- xly of California had been killed again. 1 was pained, because old Clubfoot and I have been acquainted for many years. Indeed, had Q sort of proprietary tn- terest in the old fellow, being one of his inventors, and hate to see him slaughtered so frequently. I was not suspsised, because old Clubfoot has last decade. It is possible that many years ago Q crippled boar made club footed trasks somewhere in Californie, but the two-sbousand-pound grizzly that has figured In urine literature for the past dfteen ysars is a myth for which Lying Jim Townsend, Sam Davis and myself are mainly responsible Old Rxin. ss the clubfoot myth was some. times called, was one of the results of active competition among the news paper liars of Nevada for the champion ship belt and how we did lie about htmi We created a monster and so en- deared him to the hearts of all the bear hunters of the Pacific slope that even | death can not part them. To my cer- tain knowledge Old Erin has been killed | in every mountain county of California fpom Siskiyou to San Bernardino. have met the man who killed him. | have known at least twenty men who have had terrific fights with Old Erin and escaped with their lives only by the most miraculous good fortune. After hearing their stories I became discour- aged and quit the field as competitor for the Nevada belt, which I believe is now in the possession of MT. Davis, ed-' itor of the Carson Appeal.
 l In the course of several bear hunts l in California, covering in all some six months wanderings in tho mountains, was enabled to observe with reason able accuracy the habits and disposition of the grizzly, and to the best of my knowledge and belief will swear that be never stands upright on his hind legs to fight
 The nerve of the hunter who reserves his fire until the grizzly arises upon his hind legs to embrace him and blows largo hole through the animals cheststiu commands my adm iration. It requires l
 The man who rushes into the bears
 embrace and plunges his trusty bowie
 into tho heart of his foe has not fallen in my esteom; he is rather exalted to a higher pinnacle of fame. In the noble oompany of naoumenta tal liars he perches
 atop the talest obelisk.
 In fight with . full grown grizzly 0
 knife would be about as useful as @
 olab, and it is doubtful if any body ever killed such an animal with such @
 weapon. A black bear may be killed
 with 0 knife by a strong man who is expert in the use of the weapon, be- } oeuse the black boar will stand upright
 and try to hug his oppo nent, leaving an
 opening for . thrust into his vitals.
 But the grizzly Is very different an1-
 nal from the small and usnally timid
 black bear The black boar is higher
 ct the loins than at the shoulders, and } oarries his head well up He has no
 distinctly marked forehead, the line
 from his nose to the top of his head be-
 ing unbroken. The grizzly is tal1sst at
 the shoulders, and he carstes his head
 down, his nose az low as his knees or even lower His head ts broad between ths ears, his forehead prominent, and , muzele long and narrow. His claws are longer and stronger than any other 3 bear's, and those on the forefoot are , longer than the claws on the hindfoot.
 In color the grizzly may be any thing
 from Q light gray to . brownish black . and sometimes he Is so brown that the mountaineers call him cinnamon. = In habits and disposition the grizzly l is totally unlike the black bear. The 8 latter, while omnivorous, is by prefer r. enoe @ vegetarian, but the grizzly
 soorns 0 vegetable diet when he car ;. get meat The black bear will run when attacked, and is dangerous only p when brought to bay, but the grizzly }. will fight at the drop of the hat, ant }, once aroused will fight until he is dea, v without a thought of retreat. In in s telligsnce, also, the grizzly is vastl.
 superior to all other bears
 y ber, one carrying the Government cart
 backed by seventy grains of powder,
 even chances with fnll grown grizzl
 in fight on reasonably open ground
 A man armed with . single shot rife c l. tho old A Winchester has an uphil ]. fight on his hands, and ought to pic te out his tree before the battle begtni Neglect of this precaution has ooa ,- many . man his life, or, if fortnnat n enough to fall in to the clutches of an ur g commonly considerate boar, the use of 5, limb or his good looks ct the very leas Grizzlies have been killed with rifie - oven with the old-fashioned muzzl
 loaders, but the men who have come or
 of such combats unscathed are fewt
 than those who limp about on cripple
 limbs or show fearfully scared faces {
 attest the vital tenacity and ferooity ~ this most formidable of all the ursir race.
 ,r The vitality of the grizzly is 80 gre; m thst even whom mortally wounded h ,u fighting powers may not be impaire is for some time. and bullet through u