Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-21
A FAMOUS BUFFALO HUNT,
In Which Larry Jerome and His Horse
Are the Leading Characters.


Are the Leading Characters.
A party of New Workers, in which
were James Gordon Bennett, Larry and
Leonard Jerome, came out to Fort Nc
Pherson and went hunting with me in
1870.
Larry Jerome gave an amusing Illus
tration, on this hunt, of that great APP
probation of practical jokes which in
after years afforded so much amuse-
ment to his cronies. When the party
was fitting out, each of the gentlemen
from New York asked me If / would
get him good buffalo horse. OF
course had never seen any of them be-
fore, and I was equally anxious to
please them all. 1 noticed from the
first, however, that Larry jerome made
a special point of cultivating me, and
after number of civilities on his part,
it cropped out that he wanted to ride
BuckslIin Joe, horse of my own,
whose exploits were famous all over
that country. 1 discovered how the
wind set even before he made his re-
quest, and cheerfully consented to it.
"Now," said Jerome, don't you say
a word to any of the others about my
having horse, and I'll have some fun
with them,"
So, for the next day or two, Mr..
Jerome would go about with long
face and announce in a melancholy
way that he much feared that he
would not be able to find an appropri-
ate mount; he didn't think he could
find horse that would carry him,
anyway, as he was heavy man, and
| so on. The morning we started he dis
| appeared from view, and in a few mo-
! ments dashed into the party, equipped
| cap-a-pie, on Bucksl1in Joe, with my
own saddle, bride and rife. Joe
| jumped and cavorted, and Mr.. jerome
was in his glory.
But the hour of retribution was al
| hand. Buckskin Joe had been trained
| to chase the buffalo at full speed and
lay his rider alongside of the biggest
| animal he could find in the herd. The
| first herd we started for Jerome rode
away full of spirits, and Buckskin Joe
as if determined to do all that was eX
| pected of him, took the bit in his
mouth, left the rest of us far IN the
rear and picked out the ugliest-loolling
bull, a creature of really gigantic size
for Mr.. Jerome's special delectation
AS Bucl1skin got within few feet o.
this monster Jerome dropped his rifle
and after much endeavor, persuaded
his charger to stop and dismounted tc
pick up his gun, when he was mortified
to see BuclSskin Joe dash away after the
herd, leaving him afoot on the prairie
He got no game and was with due sol
emnity court-martialed that night il
camp for losing his horse. He made al
extremely witty speech in his own de
fense, and said that it was evidently
Buckslsin Joe's hunt great deal NOR,
than his own; but he was found guilt,
and sentenced to eat seven smoking
buffalo outlets in rapid succession,
penalty he paid with much cheerful
ness. More than six hundred buffaloe
were killed on this trip, with two hun
dred elk and smaller game in proper
tion.-"Buffalo Bill" in Cosmopolitan
WFE-"What singular man you are, t.
be sure. Whenever we have company hav
to do all the talking. You have absolutel
nothing to say" Husband-"You are mis-
taken, my dear. l have plenty to say, but
never get chance to say t"-Washingtol
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