The sun., 1893-07-17
1INkER WAS A SMART DOC,
hut He Ran Up Against Hear . ihtuo
Smarter Than He Was

ROULETTE. Pa, July 16-Bears hate dogs be-
| yond anything else. and will frequently give up
| n good chance to escape from the hunter LOT
the satisfaction OF waiting for pursuing dog
or two and crushing the life out OF them. DOGS
that are not especially trained to hunt bears
are almost sure to fall victims to bruin 9 venge-
full rage on such occasions, and even expert
enced and educated beardogs not infrequentiy
overrate their smartness and fall before some
furious old bear that they have been harassing
and circumventing In the chase.
No dog was ever done up by bear. though.
In SO remarkable q manner as George lnnes's
dog Tinker was q few days ago. George
Innes is hunter who lives In the Mexican
county woods near the head OF Potato Creek
His dog Tinker was considered the best bear
dog in that part OF the State. and Innes did
quite profitable business with him by hiring
him out to hunters who depended on his sa-
gacity and thorough knowledge OF the man
ners and customs OF bears to bring success to
any hunt. No bear had ever succeeded In
getting tho best of Tinker in the slightest
without without the their bear It was never Thinkers fault.
1t is recalled now that once Tinker had by
his skiIin manGuyring. W. Worked ,, WY ofcd 8Id
right where one OF the waiting hunters was
standing. gun in hand. -, The bear was vas not M fve
barrels at the bear. which turned and rushed
back into the Iaureis. Tinker came bounding M
pany plat II hs had hskss skSeca Sh f'a pSp 0f
bear stretched on the ground: When he
npa pa o the bes4 ad
look gave place to one Of surprise. He stood
for moment as he could scarcely believe
!"s wen! nSsst Sasf hoSe s sf @
bHnalins hunter. and he would never hunt
with o. party after that II that particular hunt
One day last week Innes discovered signs Of
his place. and he and Tinker went ont m to get
eaeed e dea tSe old fellow IN small patch Of sures
He soon routed him out and brought brun to
tSbea The bear need not hsSe
bay but evidently wanted to get a .whack at
h d be ass GS snd in e eod sight essy the SsS
but he saw that The asiy chap
the dog. fnnes CONCLUDED to enjoy the sport OF
sS Sn@ %osd the
Wd sd %Rst +. until
every turn { made This dael between the
ment OF the dogs master, who felt SO proud Of
Tinker that he said to himself that the best
hundred-dollar bill ever made wouldn't buy
Folks who know bears we'll declare that what
this bear finally did was a premedtated act.
Deliberately carried out as planned. Others
say it was an after thought. but Innes who
will not admit that there ever was q bear
smart enough to get the better OF his dog de-
sienedly; says thatit was an accident At any
rushing fruitlessy for ten minutes. the boar
leaned up against tree and breathed hard for
a minute or so. Then 1t suddenly dropped
on all fours and hurried away toward another
tree rod or 30 away. Tinker followed. and
as the bear started to climb the tree. the dog
seized him by one Of his paws. Although the
dog set his teeth deep In the flesh the bear
did not pause in his upward course. but
climbed away as II nothing was Worrying him.
bear went the tighter Tinker seemed to hang
on to 1t. and presently he was swinging in the |
air fifteen feet from the ground.
lnnes lay down on tho ground and roared |
with laughter. Tho bear stopped when bout |
fifteen feet up the trunk OF the tree. clung |
there for moment. and then let loose. He
came down like II pile driver. When he struck |
at the bottom OF the tree Tinker was between |
him and the ground. There was faint yelp |
ard that was ALL Three hundred pounds OF |
bear had fattened forty pounds OF dog out OF |
all shape. The catastrophe was so sudden and |
unexpected that before 1nnes could recover |
from the painful surprise 1t gave him the bear |
had disappeared In the laurels. And there |
never was II deader dog than Tinker. |