Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-17
our COLORADO LETTER.

GRrrlrr. CoLon,po, April?d, y!
Editor DsaOcnn.
This I. my eoU l,iisr. have not
written YOU q wolf letter heretofore, 81
far q. my memory serves m., aud new
er expect Ia write another. SIR, have
been Ia q wolf hunt aud Was Ia u al the
death. Som. ~ my sober minded neigh.
bors have made remarks that hsS. come
Ia INV ears, Ia the efieCt that they would
not have thought q man ~ my age would
have ridden on forty miles, With q
great baud IL sports, a. engage In twoll
hunt. Hut I went, had . good time. am
glad I was there, found several old
head. not only graycr than mine, but a.
white r snow-grandfsiherly men In
fact. I shall tell you all about u and
perhsp. incidentally give some lnfor'
nation but upon the whole the affair VA.
a gigantic hlIlc, aud has 80 been voted
by the eight or ten Newspaper GORE
.ponJents aud special artist. present
for Prank Ie.lle's, sports Aneld, Amer
lean Field. Field ani Farm 10 Denver,
Denver Republican, Rocky Mountain
New. aud other newspapers had repre-
sentative. at the hunt, Who took notes
aud made sketches In season aud cut al
season; and beside the.. our local artist
"a. out with his photograph wagon TAX
Ing Views, aud somebody else had a no
dak.
n seem. that . party In Pittsburg,
Pa, had pack % Russian Wolf hounds,
very hcrcr. snd able Ia Kill great gray
wolf la a Minute.
Another party In Butte city, Montana,
had q pack of scottish stag hounds, very
fercc indccd-capable 81 extracting Z
rib from wolf. or breaking hls back
quicker than you can say "Mesopota'
mia"
both parties had dog. "a sell, ~
al least Would sell q few, pup. sls
each, single dog. 500 and pair. 500,
Moreover, each dog owner Was positive
hl. dog could Kill q wolf quicker aud
heater than the other mans. ~ bet.
wer- made amounting Ia several hun
drrd dollars, and the hunt was Ia take
pl.c. about twenty mile. from this place,
becau.. there were wolye. la that Nicin-
ity aud prickly pear ~ss scarce.
Eleven months before wolf. whelp
had been dug out from IT. den aud boy
named Win Senior had had the care ~ u.
n was now q good sired animal, very fond
~ H.. young master, and able Ia scare
any ordinary cur that chancri Ia become
too familiar clean out of its wits. II
would seem Ia WELDON. the unlucky ca'
min. 10 the luplne residence, and as soon
q. the guest had become quite at home
Mr. Wolf would paraly,e him. lie even
Killed one dog.
sportsmen were coming In the day be-
fore from all about the country eager Ia
see the great sights. The fioor. of the
ranch house we're covered With mcn
that night, while outside the tame wolf
nov very much excited, ratified al. chain
aud made night hidcous With his long
drawn howl..
The early morning brought the dis.
iingui.hed visitors Into camp, keeper
leading the four dog- from Montana and
a wagon bearing those from Russia
The poor fellow leading the stag hounds
was In q terrible pickle. Already hl'
dog. smelt the tame wolf and the kcepeI
pleaded aud begged plteously. "Do take
that wolf away. Ny dogs already smell
him. They will break these chains and
XIII that wolf In spite of me. do tak'
him away. or will not be answerabl'
for hi. life. Down Black sam! Down,
ay."
The caravan started at last, bat seet
fifty aud sixty men on horseback, and
several wagons. The plan was to star
A wolf and release . dog from each pack
and then see which would get la thc
quickest aud best work. The borsemef
spread out for i've miles and the hunt
proceeded In semi-circle.
Anybody could see at . glance thai
the thing intended could never happen
except by the greatest good luck In th'
world. Wolves do not walt for sixty 81
seventy men TO ride up and set dogs upor
them. And 80 Il Was that after career
ing over the desert all the morning, nov
ascending long slope and now crossing
a broad valley, that We sighted q vol
far away-miles away-sneaking Will
head aud tall down among the clump
OF cage brush. There Was no way Il
point Il out 10 the hounds or 10 come M
with Il. In all We probably saw i've ~
six gray wolves, all Of which made of
over the hills toward point Of rocks, nov
dIscernible away 10 the northeast. For
tunately Howard Tea, one OF the cap
tains for the day only, was on mn
horse, and tried hard to turn one vol
towards the centre Of the seml circle
. Hut the wolf was too wary for that. si
would not change her course aud whe,
ne pushed her hard she turned twice anC
Jumped for his horses throat. Despair
ling Of success Mr.. iea uncollei his lar
lat and prepared 10 rope her; aud the
, there was a terrible race for full Nv
mlles, which ended In her capture. wheI
! We came up, there she Was painting OF
the ground. with the rope about he
neck, the great yellow eyes CONSTANT
moving from side "a slde, not sskinI
sympathy. hut seeking some way Of e
!. cape. suddenly she caught the rope b.
tween her powerful jaws and severed
: easily and then went sneaking ava
!. again. The hunters paused at thel
: lunch, but the cowboys soon had he
caught q second time. Twice after TIL
} she cut the rope aud escaped. AFTER q
hour had elapsed and the wolf was res
; ed somewhat, two hounds were brougt
. out and the game turned loose. slo~l
{ the creature crept away, while the dos
y were frantic In the hands Of their keel
r ers. Al the word 20 they were Oh. Eve
Q q child could have overtaken the vol
70 Black Sam tumbled over her, came bae
. holding up paw. The Russian houn
Il now came on, made one or two cautiot
: nips nj the wolf, got nip on his Imp
% rial snout, snd was done for. Jeer
y cat calls, derisive remarks, nlled the 81
.. Al this time not Q person happened
ID recall the fact that . dog Will NOT ng
~ female wolf, but u ID true. There vi
some pleading for the life OF the captiv
.. but the voices Of the stockmen he
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