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The sun., 1896-03-15
WILD GOA1S IN ASIA MINOR.
Ex citing Sport for Hunters Among Hot and
PrecipitOus Mountains.

Hunting wild goats among Asia Minor noun
tains is pretty much tho same mountain
sheep hunting in the Funeral range OF noun
tains OF California would be. The goats are wild
and must be hunted with the caution and dis
cernment OF the sheep hunter. There are In the
Asia Minor region slar!ng rocks that reflect the
fierce heat OF the sun into the huntcr's face.
while sudden showers often soak him to the
skin. Added to this. drinking water must he
carried. and the Turk guide or bearer has much
besides to take. SO in any event the supply is
small. A writer to the London Field tells some
thing OF his luck:
"The rugged limestone mountains, culminat-
ing in the lofty peak OF Takhtali rise sheer
from the sea. which, at tho foot of the cliffs. is
OF great depth. The general appearance of these
mountains ovcrhanging the sea is one OF bare
gray rock. sparsely dotted with dark-foliascd
fir trees. but the rnvines are thickly wooded
just the p.ncc for the goats.
After climbing over these barren looking
mountains. crawling up prccpiCes and cdging
down steep sopcS for some hours the hunters ut
last about midday raw four females in IL raw inc
below. " Dcspniring OF seeing any rams. and III
the hope of securing fresh meat lie continues.
decided to try shot NJ one standing on u
rock almost pcrpcndicularly below me. She
was about 30 yards distant. and standing per-
fecty still. but missed her clean. the bullet
striking with a loud smack the rork on which
she was stnnhinG. 1t confused her. and instead
of bolting down hill n these goats usually do she
came clam bering up toward me: 30 hastily slip
ping another cartridge in got II second chance
al eighty yar,l- a. she passed me. She showed
trail beginning there. In spite Of the blood loss
she led us long chase. ana eventually "vadcd
where she had laid herself down. She jumped
into the scrub and they never snw her again.
II Is very often necessary TO LAKE or one 3
shoes to prevent the noise alarming the game.
HHi then one does think he l. IL tcnueriOot,
n Whe end r ne G."Msn m @ NV NV
hunters do not wear soft leather moccasiIs. but
The sun., 1896-03-15
SOME ANIMAL HUNTERS.
Strategy by Which CaIifo rnin Coyotes Were
Able TO Run Down . Jack Rabbit.

Strategy by Which CuIifo rnin Coyotes Were
Able Run Down = Jack Rabbit.
Like the wolf of which THE Sun told recently.
an Indian will often take deers trail, when
deer are scarce and follow it for days. prevent
ing the deer from feeding or resting and making
It 80 weary and careless that in the end he kills
it by shot at short range Probably the In
dans first learned TO follow deer in this fashion
from observing the habits of wolves. panthers,
and other wild and treless trailers OF game.
The coyote is not SO strong wolf rs its big
gray cousin In Maine and other wolf co,lntr ries.
Nevertheless he has been known to run the
jack rabbit down as surely as death. but in Il
more expeditions way than the Maine animal
adopted. Whether 1t Is u habit or not Of the
coyotes to run jack rabbits in pairs cannot he
said for certain, bu: story was told some time
ago in well known sportsmen'S paper which.
being backed by similar story of English foxes,
has "very appearance OF being truthful.
The two coyotes were seen to jump rabbit
one day out III California on mesa. One of the
coyotes took after IL on the dead jump; tho other
trotted to nearby rise and lay down: with It's
nose on its paws, knowing that the rabbit would
surely circle. Pretty soon along came the jack
rabbit with the other coyote behind both golng <
aS atr the rabS Wins iHe
dropped out OF the chase and waited ns It's COM
pnnion had done. TO take the trad on the rao-
bits return. 1t was not long before tho rabbit
was exhausted by the strategy and endurance
Of both the animals of prey. and 50 soon fell an
j. b. Bennet OF Brooklyn saw II fox early on q
morning lying beside the open narrow gate of a
rabbit proof fence that surrounded a 4O-a:re
plan tatlon not far from The Marquis OF Queens
berry's game preserve In scotland. !ooklnR
chasing the rabbits that had entered the open
gate to get at the cabbages there. The rabbits
eight ten OF them-werc headed IOr the
gate and running like "cutty sarks." When
one plunged through the gateway the fox lying
alongside it leaped and had 1t BY tn. bacl; Of
the neck in IL jiffy. Then the foxes tore the
rabbit to pieces and enjoyed the feast like
honest sDOrtsnen.'
The sun., 1896-03-15
LIFE IN THEANIMAL WORLD
WOLVES SCARCE NOW IN MAINE
AND IN, THE ADIEONDACKs.

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..,
se" " "" ""'e''e~"
'"" ""s"'"-ihe DIG st"gs m"
Dwnrf Deer OF Ceyion-A Chance for
sportsmcn in Northern Minnesota
Criticism OF the WAY Mr. Cleveland Has
Duck, I,,ca uu to,. Y,,,, ,o sh,.,
D,... ,... 49,. 81, . p-
:"
~ter "hd coats In Asi"-F'Tht he-
tween Puxilist and Grizzly Hear.
Tbsro ,yo. only o,., hor,,, r,,a tor ,o,, ,m
In, In Mat. In ,snz TIT ,.o,, ,,,o lii, -,
.ns =" 'i"'h' !" Ao''o. i'i' WIZ ""o niiiou nv
Andover, ana was the hrst Killed IN Maine for
many years. and will probably be the last for
.ou ,.,.r. ., ,,r,, rh..o ,,o. , ,i,n, ,h.,
~ ' " ~ 80 " ~ ""
Maine wolves went deer hunting in packs. and
many n living man has seen the hunted deer
,I,,n,. ,n,, "a. ,vo,.r -, n s,r.on -. ,.,,. -,
p'uhko 'i'' ''' ""'e' Va oNea"' vi 'aN' VI
that state to escape the Dloodthirsty brutcs
trailing nfter.
,r,i-,., ,.,.. .,., -, ,,,,,, ,,,.. ,,.. .,.,.,,
ihrts s"ais "So Nv s'u"u ""' i,oie to''"''u
In the deep Adirondack woods ut night thnn the
lonu howl of N wolf and in Inc ,nrlv dark ness
-, ,.,,,,au. ,.,, ,,a,.., ., 49,. r 80, -,
many o"n'peie h"'' ie.oheu " t''e oa'i ho.o VI
the leader wolf assembling his robber band for
"A race after deer Tho wolves were plenty but
The sun., 1896-03-15

How Youngsters May Bo Turned Into
Sportsu,en without Risk.


Nelson Eddy is n l4-ycar.oid South Dakota
lad who wants to know how he can convince his
mother that n gun doesn't invariably shoot the
boy who uses II. His mother Is the widow OF n
man who was n thorough sportsman. and
killed dozens of deer and hundreds OF birds. In
spite of this the mother fears to allow her son to
use n gun. To turn n boy loose with gun would
be like giving baby hammer aud stick OF
dynamite. but in every place Is to be found some
one who is thoroughly familiar with firearms.
having been hunter for years. Nearly always
such man rs this likes To see a boy show en-
thusiasm in hunting matters. Better yet, such n
man likes to tell the youngsters how guns ought
to be handled. telling them OF the deaths and
mamings due to carelcssneRs and ignorance,
and of the pleasures Of being careful and skill
ful. With such u man no boy would be in dan
ger even with II loaded gun in his hands. Nor
does II taxi long for the axioms OF gun users to
become IA part OF the boys learning.
1t might be well to pay the local sportsman n
small sum. and he would gladly take the Young.
stcr with sporting blood to the fields. to flush
and shoot the pointed bird or Kill the hopping
rabbit A good many boys have been injured
by trying to hunt alone secretly, and even
killed. because they did not have proper
training. Many a fourteen -year-old has killed
n deer. and there are ten -ycnr-o a-plenty whO
break pigeons at the trap in a way surprising to
older shooters,
The sun., 1896-03-15
DUCKS DROWN AN EAGLES
Alleged Exploit Attributed to Crow Duck .
Down on the Potomac.

Down the Potomac.
II writer for the American Field Is to be be-
lieved, the crow duck is most extraordinary
bird on the Potomac River. cutting up such
capers AS to make even q naturalist gasp.
-Four years ago" he writes. "while shooting
ducks with Mr.. Waller Presidcnt Cleveland's
duck blind builder. noticed a flock OF three or
four thousand crow ducks. After half an hour
l noticed an eagle going toward the flock. When
he arrived at the proper distance he made n
dart but the ducks. as II by magic. went under
water like flash and sent up volume OF wa
ter as IL a big mine had been exploded This
was done time and time again. and finally tho
volume Of water thrown up was SO great that
the eagle was nearly drowned. An old duckcr
once told me that he once witnessed the same
scene and that the eagle was drowned. This is
sight seldom seen. which may occur but once
In ducking life of fifty years"
This crow duck is also known ms the American
coot. mud hen. blue peter. and Ftdicd -lmcu-
cana by various hunters and alongshore people.
Up North here these ducks may be seen in creeks
and inarshy, reed-grown rivers. but south in
Florida they resort in enormous numbers to the
associating there with lesser scnup ducks. They
are shy birds. being much prosecuted usually.
but In localities II, where shooting is prohibited
stance they are as tame AS sparrows. under
standing that there they are safe.
The nearest any body ever came to tho drown
ing eagle story was Frank NJ. Chapman in his
BIRDS Of Eastern North America when ho
says When alarmed they pattor oyer the wa
ter using their feet as much as their wings.
The sound produced is a characteristic one.
He does not say whether the water dies or not,
hut one could imagine that a crow duck Just as
il turned up to dive could give its scoloped
webbed feet "A kick np behind. like vicious
drowned Eagles often catch living fish out OF
the water. and of course get more or less wet in
doing so. but perhaps the Potomac River eagles
are OF different species thnn those known to
bird books.
The sun., 1896-03-15
SAMBUH HUNTING IN CEYLOS.
Giant Stays and Dwarf Deer Among tho
Lands Attractions for Sportsmen.


Lands Attractions for Sportsmen.
Some OF the delights OF Ceylon deer hunting
are described in outing There are four vari-
eties of deer there, OF which the sambur, erro-
ncously called elk. is most sought, because 1t is
the largest and iercest OF all. The stag sam
bur stands from II to IL hands high and Is
hunted with pair of fierce dogs in leash to do
the throat grabbing and pack of trailers to
bring the beast to bay. The leash dogs are u
cross between fox and wolf hounds, the others
are foXhounds straight.
The rifle is very seldom used in sambur hunt
ing. though once in while one is killed on a
runway like Adirondack deer. This rifle kill
ing is necessary because a number of young
dogs are in the pack. who to be properly trained
should suck a sambur's throat blood" This Is
ae xannr uns dogs n sns
a part OF the hunt viii not be fully appreci.
ated by sportsmen in the United States We
perfect forest of nlbe, which for a moment
5nreatened TO bar our way brewing en- ny knife
came to the stream. and IN a moment was in
smeoIh: perDenaicuar rocks: stood maFnia; ni
down ready to beat back any attack.
Ihe trailing pask stood stood about him rails rails
had at once loosed the seizers. and at sight OF
the bay and at the sound Of my, voice, Yoiks.
In moment there was q confused mass of dog
and deer and the two sellers had him
by the throat. We two men piled onto the
heap. With q mighty convulsive leap
that threw all but the selzer dog Grouach Off,
the stag fell forward. dead, with both our
knives in his heart"
They nnd a perfect deer in Ceylon that is
about the size OF or smaller than the jack rabbit
OF the plains. 1t Is called the mouse or musk
deer, and has sharp white tushes in its jaws to
fight with instead Of horns. Good sport may be-
had bowling these deer over with u shotgun,
Nos. or shot.
Wild boar, white-wh!skered monkeys. munt-
Jack, or paddy. field deer, and spotted deer are
some other attractions TO sportsmen. Little of
the meat can be saved. as little meat IL required
for men in that climate. The sambur is too
coarse for most tastes. 30 the meat mostly goes
to the dogs the hunters being satisheo Win Win the M
veloped as no lin estone is found In that country.
The sun., 1896-03-15

in his tracks The band punched up and ran n
a semi.circie At about the seme distance le6
yards) from me, and I! rot in two more smoke
less shots, and then by mistake ono OF black
powder. knew tho latter Immediately. for on
firing II the 200 animals disappeared in n cloud
Of smoke that only dissipated MS tho tail end of
every one that shot at" With all smokeless
powder shells he would have got two more shots
anyhow.
In the woods more so than on the plains the
smoke of q gun is distressing. especially when
tne game & Is on the hast,ng idy ysmp Sore ,han sh,
TO get another. because of the SMOKE. 4 boy
using 1910 rifle at n deer on an Adirondack k
runway jumped down a 1O-foot bnnk, striking
IL waist-decp water, that he nigh. got another
shot at the deer. The last shot killed the deer.
ms IL landed on n rock. ready For n leap into
thick brush. 1t was n still day. with no wind.
and the five shots fired left n cloud OF smoke in
the air for fifteen minutes after.
The sun., 1896-03-15
WHERE TO FIND DOSE.
Game Rcsourccs Of Northern Minnesota
md How to Oct to the Ground.

ana HOW to Get to the SrOuuN.
H. C. Mead of Sdnaw. Mich, is IL mill owner
and timber locator and estimator. who spent
several years in northern Minnesota following
his line of business. Being IL thorough woods
man he naturally learned II good deal about the
game in that region. llc writes to TIE Sun
that there are plenty of moose along the Mis-
sissipp River from Itasca Lake TO Bemgie
Lake. and from there north to the Rainy River.
There are lots OF deer besides. The Indians do
most OF the hunting.
Just common hunters outfit is all that Is
needed" he writes. and the same cuibre rifle
that is used to kill deer will kill moose" Dogs
used in deer hunting to some extent. but
there are mighty few dogs that will follow u
moose trail" Moose have been known to kill
dogs. and most dogs seem to have heard of such
killings. In the sportsman should get tired
of venison and grouse meat he will find fishing
tackle OF powerful kind very useful and enter
tanning. for nearly all the lakes have fine. large
fish black bass. pike, pickerel. and in some
lakes trout. To reach this region is AN easy
on the Great Northern Raiiroad. get ali yonr
supplies there IL you wish, take the bi-weekly
stage from Park Rapids to Bemigie. and there
The Red Lake Reservation is to be thrown open
for sett leinent this season. and in consequence
there will be n biz, rush for claims. and the
game will be driven back toward the Rainy
Lake country.
Now II ! was gong nuntlng MT. Menu
writes. =" ! would go TO Duluth. Mimi. take tho
Iron Range railroad to Tower. Oh Nermilion
Lake. there get my outfit. 20 across the lake in
small steamboat there that runs every dag to
the head OF Nermilion River. go down tie river
in Il row boat or birch bark canoe about twenty
five miles, and would there begin To shoot moose
partrdgcs, ducks, and deer. plenty Of all four
being thcrcabouts, besides the finest ish.'
New Jersey sportsmen in the summer Will
never be homcsick in that region for there are
more mosquitoes to the cubic inch in that country
than in nny country on earth. and they
are only slightly smaller than IL Jersey crtter.'
The sun., 1896-03-15

Experience of n Party of Hunters Who Dug
On.. Out of Its Hole.


Hunting Florida alligators has n number Of
charms that would be appreciated by almost
any one from superintendent of II menagerie
to u true sportsman. To be thoroughly enjoyed
several ladies' should be present. who add to
the confusion with diverting squeals and
sCreams." says one hunter.
a Forest and stream writer tells how Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. +. Lovejoy. Mr.. and Mrs. w. +. Neyscy,
Mrs. +. II. Abbott. Mr.. J II. Concannou, and a
guide got IL gator In Alligator Creek. near Punta
Gordo. in which there are n number of the rep
tiles. The first one siumped into the creek.
but II " little ways beyond was n gators cave"
AIlicators are like angle worms. digging deep
into the mud. such boring is called a cave"
On digging into the "cave" the alligator's head
was uncovered after n WHILE II hook on the end
OF II pole was caught in one foot. and "he was
ignolniniou-!y dragged forth" 1t appears that
the alligator took ings easy till his tail was
free. then there WAS u battle royal
An alligator handles his tail as n farmer does a
fail. One wipe landed on ths guides chest and
he landed in n mud puddle. from which he WAS
helped by the symoatheti ladies. The return
swing caught Mr.. Concannon fair. and 1t is
said that he now sits on pillow Meantime
the others got n rope around the "crittcr which
Is now on exhibition in the local gator tank. 1t
II larger than any alligator taken near Punta
Gorda this year. but owing to its pugnacity 1t
has not yet been measured"
The sun., 1896-03-15
HUNTING DEER IN CCBA.
Had to Be Done the Sly--A Hunters
Adventure with RnrIdits.

Adventure with RnrIdIts.
Down in Cuba there men who lived by
hunting exclusively before the war broke out.
These men nearly killed all the deer there.
The Spanish Government forbade any more
hunting, The decree stopped hunting for O
while. but the Cubans before long learned to do
the trick without danger. Sending out one
with the dogs secretly, by n roundabout course.
tho rest OF the party went out openly, having
gotten permit to hunt pigeons, and making
their way to the hunting grounds turned the
dogs loose and watched the runways. When
a deer WAS killed they went to the seGshore with
the deer slung across saddle. put it in wait
ing boat, and 1t was then taken TO and up tine
bay to the city. carted TO the home Of one of the
party. and divided, the party coming into the
city tho same way they left. with punches OF
pigeons dangling from the saddle.
A Cuban now in brooklyn tells how he and
five other spOrtsmcn mounted their saddle
horses one day. took their rifles. and went for u
three-days' "pigton hunt" taking several
pigeon dogs" with them Next day a deer
was killed. and tho following morning two uf
their best dogs disappeared, having been last
seen after II big buck. taramba. Here was
fine state of affairs. Their bird-dogs gone. what
would the authorite" say? The hunt WAS pro-
longed and foragers borrowed and bought sup
plies from time to time while they looked for
the dogs. ono day they learned OF II native
hunters camp hidden up In IL little valley. And
the SIX went up To see this camp They said.
"liow de dot" 10 the hunter: then:
"liave you seen our dogs ~
4" No. No dogs"
4" Now. are you sure p asked the leader Of the
party while the Other live shifted their rifles.
Naramba.' said the hunter, his face growing
pale when the guns shifted. Arc these they Z"
The dogs lad been tied M in the camp pend
Ing the departure of the hunters.
On this trip was IL young Cuban of consider
able wcal 18th who had III" most powerful and
Isl
he feared that the bandits might capture him
ana hold him for ransom. One day ho was com
ing in from a runway " hen. on looking ahead,
he saw on either side OF the narr0w birdie path
two ierce-lnokinE rnen armed with machctc..
"Thry looked likr bandits" said the Brook
lyn CunaA. Il know them. They were only
plantation guards. MIcneao rode slowly I'll
about ten Iect from them. then put spurs 10 hs
morse. IL was II narrow path with steep banks
on each "idr. almost like wall. l!c did not
know Was hehiid him, he put the spurs,
aud zip. the nIs .sorSr Went between the men in
the narrow pass. The dust WAS much. " hen
IL settled the men lay like dead in the road. |
pat water in their faces and down their backs.
The sun., 1896-03-15

They opened their eyes. Michtnlo he went TO tho
camp and q terrible bandit story he told there;
but he said he had beat them of. We lnughed
very much.
"A week later Michealo had been to see a
fair seilorita. IL was dark. bandit was eN-
pccted bv that road, and the civil guard was in
ambush awaiting him. Mchealo came riding
along. and the sargeant shouted: ,,,
Meyo-stOp" T" lie should have said STOP
for the civil guard
Then Michealo would have known. He
thought 1t was bandits. and leaning far forward
Michealo arrived in camp. his horse wet like
fish. and putting hard. bandits again Next
dav one Of the guard told about Michealo how
he yelled when they shot. We had many
laughs at him that trip"
The sun., 1896-03-15

down. protecting those members from the cx-
treme cold. In summer they are wretched-
looking objects, scantily covered with dirty
dition, as they are then In the far north. In
winter they sleep at Dinht in burrows In tho
snow. and foxes. and other predatory animals
feast on them.
As a food delcaoy their meat is. equal to tho
rufred grouse. though darker and containing
rels OF them recently arrived In Chicago. The
game buyers were afraid Of them. as they were
new hird tn them. but II is said there Is no
doubt that next winter will find this beautiful
and delicious bird common there.
The sun., 1896-03-15
KiIiIn~ Georsin Doves.

In all. 49, doves were killed IN one day by
fourteen Macon, Gn.. gunners rrccnIy. or
these 2OI were killed by ono man; 40, the least
i,amber were killed by another. TINT ID what
most OF hunters call great spCrL.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-05-14

set on his feet financially before he
could mako y proper change of life for
the better. lie had been attiGg wide
swaths In the world and MALI world OF
Berlin society and got into the hands
of usurers and gamblers; his $4,000 Il
year had proved but drop in this
bucket of debt and he must have $40.
600 cash down to disentanGle himself.
Emperor William decided this would
be cheap price to pay for respect
ability in his witcs family lie paid
IT, Ernst Guenther worked hard Ia
reform. He was SO successful nj first
that he began posing as moralist
just how fast he sagged back into his
old habits, Just how costly the resump
tiop Of his former associations had
been and just how much worse his sec
ond stage was than the first had beer
matters OF surmiso. until his Quarre
with the emperor and the common dis
eussion OF his affairs revealed thu
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-05-14

truth. In the year and eight or nine
months that he preached frugality and
sobriety to the noble Prussians, &c
frittered away not only his yearly in
come of $4,000 but also $50, 900 OF
other peoples incomes, and accumu-
lated some $4,000 worth of debts. It
was this account, presented by the
duke to his brother in-law, which pre-
cipitated the quarrel in the imperial
family. He consorts with crooks, ex-
poses state secrets and disgraces his
family generally.
1t was this precious duke who indi-
rectly laid the foundation for the whole
scandal. He it was who entered into
an intrigue with an alleged French
countess, a woman of the world, who,
by her beauty and tact, managed to
work into high favor at court. She
was a friend of the Won KotZe and
learned many secrets from Frau Won
KotZe, who Is credited with having the
most scurrilous OF tongues in the city.
Many years ago her house was known
as the headquarters of all the scandal
mongers in fashionable Berlin, and
the beautiful French woman remem-
bered all that she heard there.
The cmperor's eldest sister, Princess
Charlotte of SaXe-M einingen, a very
vain woman and finished intriguante,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-05-14
ODD VANDYKEn SLEEVES.

Very odd indeed look many Of the
new sleeves on imported gowns. Some
show tiny rufiles set round and round
the arm from shoulder to wrist; others
are pulled in like manner, with bands
of jet, spangle or lace insertion be-
tween the putiings. Others, again,
show a close coat sleeve. with divided
drapery at the top, rounded or Van
dyked capes covered with rich galloon
or simply edged with gimp, or the
sleeve is finished with a Huguenot puff
that is Slashed at intervals showing
perpendicular puffs of rich constrast-
ing material between. Other models
are the modified melon sleeve and the
old-style bishop shape for thin sum
mer fabrics, this gathered to band at
the wrist or at the elbow, with lace
frillS falling from it.