Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-02-06

How The, were Captured by Expert
Rope pnr9wers, who were Easi-
ly Satisfied

toe sadng port GA the Chhhan plains
when I was in that country years ago
said a New Yorker who went % South
+ America with Harry Meighs, the great
railroad contractor TO a reporter, but
am told that the great bird has become
SO wary that the sport is now ale
most unknown twenty-five years ago
/ the condor bad developed ne evil
deuce Of cunning that J ever heard
Of There was then, as there is now,
believe, government bouGty Of s.
head paid for The killing Of The condor,
both In Chill and Peru If the birds are
as plenty as they were when ] went 20
that region, wide.awake hunters ought TO
make plenty of money The condor, un-
. like many other members of the yyltura
family. doeau 2 wait for something or
somebody to lie ina order thai be may
have his dinner 1ut If he doesn't ind
raady-maue carcass convenient on the
/ plain when he is hungry ne proceeds at
once TO provide that carcass himself Al
least that used TO be Bi5 habit, and
/ par5uus RE hasn't changed any in that
respect. providing the material for car
ca-ses are plenty now az 10 was then.
The herds of cattle that pastured on
the gndulating plains between the lmpene
,rab.e wall of the Andes and the Paciics
whi.e-erastej Inc OIL saTf offered the com
dor uuglvaed facilities In his line IN those
/ DAYS, and as be seemed to be in state Of
crr0nic hunger, this king OF the teathered
race levied constant tribute on the graz
ing herds twenty-five and thirty years.
ago ii was no uncommon thing 30 see
hundreds of these winged freebo0ter5
lowering over the plains, each one a raw
euous and determined dlnner-robber from
the herds below, 20 which the shadow OF "a
condor wings carried AS much JerrOw as
ln- appearance ofa hawk does 10 brood
of un.ek', The condor was tin great
est Iemy the stock raisers in
that put 0t South America had
70 oonterd with, and il was bis persistent
ana destructive raids on grazing cattle
thlt made him ln outlaw, with a price on
his held TO De- reIentle>sly hunted even
among the rags and handicapped peaks
where Ice made his home.
Wien "a day 1'd.time sport at condor
I .assolug waste be bad The carcass of
steer, e dog or horse. was CARRIED out On
DE plain, where stakes wer3 driven into
! tra ground i've ~ six inches apart anQut
The rea7s UuH roCdess Enclosure six or
even t blgh and twenty feet square
with cate ga one side was made long
before The work OF making this Enclosure
could 6ulsnai G0ud0rs would ba seen
80ating down from the clouds. far above
which they nave their ha8uts AS long rs
5he H0rEmeu were Cusy at the iuaiosurg
the birds would sail 81 In overhead Tie
instant the coast WIS clear Town the grea5
/ vu,ure would drop and 10 a few seconds
he would ha tearing ut the dead body IN
/ the inolo-11e Ii is ao uncommon thing
I Or q mature eandjr TO have twe.ge-loOJ
spread AT wing and ! have known them
Go measure fifteen feet from tlp 10 tip Of
wing Their bodies are heavy and on The
ground the bird Is clumsy. & cannot rise
| for Sight without running rapidly Tor
! long distance 30 give it Cue necessary mo-
meutum, especially IT 1t Is gorgad with
/ food, which it never fails TO be 1t any food
can ge obtained AS g. consequence when
I a cond3r al GIFTED IN one Of these inoIo--
ures be was as much. 1f aprisOner as If be
were chained down 10 the ground, and
the sportsman kept hsm there to se-ya ll5
pleasure
''Wcpu he wanted 10 tide after a.coujDr
the OwEer OF -he pen generally With 4
fri nd o. two similarly equipped. mounted
q lest horse. fastened has larIat 10 1ha
saddle and rode TO the Enclosure. An III.
teu3a1t opened the case Of the prison and
/ lot yuL g condor fer ach rider, When
I tue aOnl0r4. found themselves at Liberty
they at onue #3rUe& at the TOP of their
speed ca the long rIu that would enable
, them 10 take wing After they had nun
probably one.luartzr If the the distance
the lgnSuitu put <plrs to 5heiC hGgses
and dashed after tbs birds As the con