The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-09

lowed to change their costumes for the
evening dress worn on such occasions,
which consists generally of a dress coat
similar in color 10 the hunting uniform.
white cashmere breeches and white SILK
stockings fastened with garters. The ladies
are in evening dress and brilliant with
Jewels rivaiing one another in wit and
toilet, while outside by the light of torches
the hounds are fed on part OF the day
spoils.
On the evening of the last hunting day
Observation-Disclosures sight meets the
eyes. On the large lawn before the shoot
ing CASTLE bound in by dense dark line
OF splendid gigantic fir trees, IN the fairy
like illumination of torchlight, the spolis
of the last three hunting days are laid out
on green branches. Around the game the
royal foresters in uniform stand in semi
circle and await the arrival of the emperor
and his guests. who soon appear and add
color to the Nocturnal scene as they bend
over the game 10 examine it, recall inter
estng incidents of the chase or reward the
honest foresters for their sturdy help.
In autumn the emperor allows himself
regularly few holidays to go shooting
with the emperor of Austria in the Tyrol.
To less thorough and courageous hunters
the chase in those wild. mountainous
regions would be no sport, but the en-
peror likes nothing better than to start the
stars are yet gimmering In the sky, to
jump over icy stretches as smooth as glass,
to climb up and down the steepslopes, to
creep after the grouse In the timber re-
gionS with a bitterly cold wind sweeping
over the sound-bound country, or to hunt
the chamos in his craggy, rugged beat,
where a firm, sure foot and a courageous
heart is required to follow the mar
row paths along yawning chasns
AS an insight into at least one
phase of his character. which has been
so much commented upon lately, ii sig
nities an aversion to all lazy, luxurious
habits, some degree of ha-dihood and
nerve and an intrepidity to risk life and
limb.
The emperor is also very fond of boar
hunting, though the first stage of this
hunt is less interesting than that of others.
as the boar seldom leaves his hiding place
among the impenetrable thickets until
obliged to do so. 1t is consequently very
difficult to .be with the hounds" in hunt
ing phrase. Yet the emperor thinks that
the last half hours run after the boar
compensates for everything. as the boar.
foaming at the mouth. grunting and turn
ing at every step, shows himself deter
mined to fight till the end. Nothing can
be more exciting than when, reduced to
his last resources. ne turns upon the pack,
sometimes strewing the ground with a
dozen of hounds and finally, covered with
dogs cling ng to his ears and legs, he sue
cumbs to the weli-directed knife of the
huntsman.
The emperor is especially proud of an
old boar which he killed under circum-
stances that were dramatic. The en-
peror, at that time still Prince Wilhelm,
was hunting one day with half a dozen
trainers, when suddenly the boar, dis
turbed in his sleep by the noise, bounded
from the thicket and charged upon him
with such fury that nothing was left for
him to do after he had fired and only exas-
perated the beast the more by slight
wound. but to turn and flee at the top of
his horses speed. The hunted hunter
gained the plain. but the boar still fol-
lowed. The prince would probably have
escaped had his horse not refused ditch
which barred the way. As it was, he had
no recourse but to dismount and await the
charge. The animal came on at headlong
speed. and was not more than ten PAGES
distant when a we'll directed bullet laid
him on the ground. He weighed 400
pounds.