The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-09-01
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Wul Hunt II I1aAe.
Count des Carrots, who 10 soiourn-
ing ct the Palace for 4 few days
with party Of friends, says the San
Francisco Chronicle, 10 Just now
arranging tho details Of an extern
sive hunting expedition through
Montana aud Idaho in which A.
Morley Fletcher. Louis Palatan, ].
81. Brotherton and al the other
gentlemen who are with tho Count
on his western trip will take IN &C
tive part They have come to Cali
fornia on business, - they are AL
interested in California mining
property, but Count des Carrots,
who is an ardent and keen sports
man, has insisted that this visit to
America would be incomplete with
out . few weeks hunt in the Rock
les, and they have all agreed to the
plan.
It would be hard to find . more
interesting parsonage than Count
des Carrots. The fact that he is the
granddaughter of Lafayette, occupies
an important position in the poll
tics of the French republic, and is
the possessor of q considerable for
tune are not the most interesting
things to be said about him. He
has astonished all st. Petersburg
in his daring exploits in search Of
game. He has hunted Ill over Eu-
rope, Asia and Africa. He has
clambered over the Himalayas in
search Of big game and has hunted
through the Psmirs, the region
through which the Earl of Dunmore
gained 90 much renown by travelling
on foot. He has shot elk in the
Caucasus mountains and lions in
Abyssinia. But like many another
sportsman, he has q weakness for
one branch Of sport and thinks the
world would be incomplete without
it. The big, black Siberian wolves
are the game in question.
Count des Carrots was for four
years attached to the French EN-
bassy at st. Petersburg. It was
there that his fancy for the sport
was cultivated. On many occa-
sions he drove into the midst of q
pack of wolves for the sport of kill
ing them of, at the great risk of his
life and that of'the servant who al
ways accompanied him on such ex.
petitions. One could scarcely inn
agine that the courteous and mild
hammered little man who is now At
the Palace-for be lie beneath the
average height, though of muscu-
lar frame-has q fondness for being
pursued across the plains of Russia
by a pack of 200 or so mad wolves.
But he is the man.
wolf hunting is probably the
most dangerous sport there is" he
said yesterday in response to q re-
quest for q story of one Of his ad-
ventures. "In the winter time the
brutes become ravenously hungry
and they afford excellent sport.
Yes, l have shot them many times.
With . servant and a couple of fast
horses attached to sleigh l have
gone out and baited the ground for
the brutes on numerous occasions.
A fat hog tied to tree never failed
to collect q pack. The trouble was
that it drew too many. The wolves
would gather to the number Of 200
or 800 and devour the pig. Then
we would dash upon the scene and
the fun would commence. They
are as feet as q deer. To say that
they are az fleet az wolves would be
more like it. They can outrun the
horses every time, and if they are
not picked off as fast as they come
up you might as we'll give up the
fight and permit yourself to be de-
voured. Imagine yourself making
running fight with q band of 800
hungry, maddened wolves, and with
the knowledge that if one Of the
feet little brutes reaches your hor-
ses you are dead man, and you
can possibly imagine what a nervy
sport it Is. It requires a cool head
and good eye. If you miss your
mark you're gone. Your only
chance of safety is in keeping your
horses up.
ut is generally q long fight. You
look back and see the carcasses of
the animals dotting the snow for
mile or two in your wake, and still
they pursue you in great numbers.
Slowly the pack thins out. Many
have dropped bleeding to the
ground. Others stop to devour the
carcasses. The moro that fall the
more timid the rest become. When
you finally outdistance the pack
you have been through the most
trying ordeal that tho most ardent
sportsman could wish.
s.Yes, / consider wolf hunting
the most dangerous sport there ie.
Tiger hunting in India IL tame be-
side it. II you 60 into the jungles
of India to shoot tiger You are &C
companied by = long re:inue. You
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