The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-11-18
TOBY AND THE BEAR,
a MANsUVER OVER WHICH THE WISE
OLD NATIVES DIFFERED.

Have Sold Him For 500, but He Wash
Cut Out For an Acrobat.
81 had a dog named Toby when
was living up in the Pennsylvania lum
Der woods, said George W. Reynold
of the National Lumber company. "a
was bear dog. Bears, as every on
knows who ever lived among them, hat
dogs beyond everything else, two legge
or four legged, and will frequently Civ
up good chance to escape from a pur
suing hunter just for the satisfaction Q
waiting for the dog that is yelping be
hind him and taking fall out OF hin
when he comes up, fall that usuall
ends the dogs career, especially if it
q dog not especially trained to hunt tn
bear.
"This dog Toby Of mine was famou
oil through these woods. He was ao
knowledged to be the most accomplish
ed dog when it came to getting the bes
of bear that had ever been in that ooun
try, and if any hunter didn't catch I
bear when Toby was along it wasn't thu
dogs fault. Once Toby was borrowed
by man named Crowily, who knew
where a couple of bears were hanging
out. The dog routed them out and droy,
them plumb to Crowley, who could cas-
lily have shot them both, but instead
when he saw them coming, he cut ant
ran. Tim Bull, who had gone alonG
with Crowley on the hunt, said thai
Toby just stood still and gazed in amaze
ment after the flying hunter. Crowley,
seeing that the bears had got away, soc1
came back. The dog showed his opinion
of Crowley by bristling up and growI
ing savagely and threateningly at him
for few seconds. Then he quit and
went home. Ever after that Toby would
snap and growl at Crowley whenever hs
saw him.
Gone day was looking over log.
ging job I had contracted for and discov-
cred signs of bear along the creek. Mex.
day Toby and 1 went out to see what
we could do with the bear. We sooh
struck the trail, and Toby located the
bear in small patch of laurels, from
which he soon routed bruin. He brought
the bear to bay in little open space in
a piece of Gil smut timber. There was
no necessity L. le bear turning at bay,
but he evidently wanted to get a whaoh
at Toby. could have easily sent a bull
let through the bear, but having the ut
most confidence in Toby's smartness,
An hot no re
put his smartness against the dogs, ]
concluded to let him have the chance and
to enjoy the sport of few minutes
maneuVering between the two.
1t was fun. Toby worried the al
ready ugly old chap with tricks and
quick movements until the bear was
wild with rage. Do what he might, he
couldn't get blow or a bite in on Toby,
while Toby got nip at the bear at al
most every turn. This amusing dance
lasted f.r ten minutes, and l felt SO
proud OF my dog that 1 declared there
and then that it would take good deal
more than 800 bill to buy him.
"Some wise old natives of those woods
assured me afterward that what this
bear finally did was premeditated act,
deliberately and successfully carried out
as planned. Others declared that it was
an afterthought of the BEARS. 1 myself
held and hold vst that it was entirely
an accident, because will not admit
that there ever was bear smart enough
to get the better of Toby by design.
CATER sparring and rushing fruitless
ly at the dog for ten minutes the bea1
put lis back against a tree and breathed
hard for at least minute. Then it sud.
denly dropped to all tours and hurried
toward another tree a rod or SO away.
Toby followed, and as the bear started
TO climb the tree seized it by one of its
hams. Although the dog must have set
his teeth deep in the flesh, the bear did
not stop on his way, but climbed on as
If nothing wac worrying him. The dog
held on and was lifted from the ground
as the bear climbed. The higher the bear
went the tight II Toby appeared to hang
On to it's rear, and presently he was
swinging in the air Is feet from the
ground.
'The sight was so funny that I just
tumbled on the ground and roared. The
bear stopped wheI about Is feet up the
trunk of the tree, chung there for mo
ment, and then let loose. He came dowr |
ike a pile driver. When he struck al
the bottom of the tree, Toby was be-
tween him and the ground. There was
. faint yelp, and that was all. Three
hundred pounds of bear had fattened
10 pounds of dog out of all kind OF
shape. The catastrophe was so sudden
and unexpected that before could re.
,over from the painful surprise it gave
ne the bear had disappeared in the lau-
.els. There never was smarter bear
log than Toby, but he wasn't cut out
'or an acrobat. There is where he made
ois mistake. There never was a smarter
log than Toby, nor was there ever a
leader one when that bear sot off of
aim. New York Sun.
a Big Fine.