The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-10-27
ATTACKED BY BEARS.

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Lively-One Knocked Him Down and
Grabbed Him by the Leg-Another
Seized His Coat-Burning Matches
Scared One Away.
Mr.. Ralph Worthington has returned
from hunting trip in Wyoming.
While on an excursion into the noun
tains at Jacksons Hole he was attack
ed by three silver-t tipped grizzly bears,
knocked down. bitten through the leg,
and left by the brutes, who evidently
presumed he was dead Mr.. Worth
ington has recovered from the wound.
The party which left for a trip
through the west consisted of Mr..
Worthington, his wife and daughter;
w. j. White, his wife and daughter,
and DR.. A. ]. Stevens and wife. They
went from Cleveland to Mammoth Hot
Springs, Yellowstone park, for the os-
| tensible purpose of doing the park,
1t was at Mammoth Springs that it was
suggested that the gentlemen OF the
party take trip south through the
| park and shot elks, The Suggestion
was met with enthusiastic acquies
cence. Guides and horses were Sc
cured and the party Travelled southerly
| until 1t reached the vicinity of Jack
sons Hole, and camped about twenty
miles south Of Jacksons lake. The
country In this locality is hilIy and well
| wooded, an ideal ground for elk.
| Mr.. Worthington and Mr.. White en-
| joyed a measure Of good luck, killing
| several elk. but Or. Stevens was not so
| fortunate. On the morning of Mr.
wy -
gested to the doctor that they leave the
party and with their guides make an at
tempt to kill spiked bull elk They
| went into the hills, and, like many
hunters, became separated. Mr..
| Worthington followed the crest of a hill
so steep in its decline that man would
experience difficulty in descending or
ascending without slipping and rolling
| to it's base, distance of several hun
bred feet, They had reached a spot
of thick timber land when Mr.. Worth
| ington suggested rest The guide
had not brought a second gun. as it
| was not expected that any particu-
| larly heavy game would be met with.
AS Mr.. Worthington was chatting
with the guide he heard the cracking
| of dry twigs, and turning to his COM
| panion, said;
| II believe / hear elk back OF u.s.
| "Oh, ! guess not" replied the guide,
as he whitfield an elk's tooth from the
| head of one shot by Mr.. Worthington
that morning.
| A few moments of silence followed
and then they were startled by the
loud crack of limb, whic seemed to be
directly back OF them.
Here they come" whispered Mr..
Worthington. He stepped to one side,
and the guide faced him. He was
armed with 45-calibre ninety-grain
! rifle. They waited moment, and
suddenly a silver-tipped bull grizzly
burst throug the brush and reared on
its launches. He was an extraordi-
narily large bear. In an instant Mr..
Worthington's training as huntsman
sent the gun to his shoulder, The
bear presented an ideal shot. He was
but sixty or seventy-fiye feet from Mr..
Worthington and, according to his
story, the first thought which entered
his head was that his first grizzly skin
was in sight. He contemplated shoot
ing him in the center of his neck, just
below the brain, or fracturing the spi-
nal column. He had scarcely got the
long black barrel into position when
two more silver-tips appeared, one q
large female, nearly as big as the bull
and the other a cub six or eight months
old. The guide turned leathly pale.
For heavens sake, don't shoot!
yelled the guide.
Mr.. Worthington lowered his rifle.
run for the hill! Run for your life!'
yelled the guide.
Mr.. Worthington heard him vel
"Run!" but did not catch the instruc-
ton to go for the hill. Near the crest
of the hill was clump of trees. and
Mr.. Worthington made rush for then
with the idea that he might find hid
ing place or some place of shelter. The
bears gave vent to a roar, which II
volume would guido half dozen lion:
in their best effort. They came bound
ing after him. He strained every
nerve, every muscle. The roars were
interrupted every time the ponderou'
feet struck the ground. 1t was of nj
avail.
Each second brought the bull beal
closer. Mr.. Worthington felt that hi
last chance for escape had gone. HI
! believed death to be inevitable. H
| wheeled around quickly. The grizzl!
: lowered above him. He made las
effort to get his gun into position ant
fired, and then was knocked down. TIL
: bull bear buried his teeth into his RICH
> leg just below the hip, tearing and las
: cerating the flesh. The pain was wei
nigh killing. The female bear hat