Democratic messenger., 1896-08-29

BROKE HIS WHALE TO HARNESS.
The Animal Was Reared "a Bottle, and
the Rest Was Not DIfficuit


In the North sea lives whale that has
No equal In the waters of any other ocean,
Ncording TO the doubtless vcracious yarn
spun by Captain Black, who Is just back
from Pop OF island, Alaska, where he is
connected with the customs department at
sand Point This whale whose name
Bulshoy, in the Aleut tongue means big
In bone and large Of tail, was captured
when n calf, In the spring Of 1894. II was
then Is months cid and about Is feet long
1t was corralled in Pirate Cave bay, the
entrance 10 which Is not more than 100
feet wide, across which n strong wire net
was stretched by John C. Whitley. the store
keeper at the island
Whitley and Ids native servant, Eftcha
made an attempt to feed Bulshoy and were
successful. Whitley rugged up walrus
bladder, 10 which he attached six or seven
feet Of garden hose Four or five gallons
of cow $ milk were poured into the walrus
bladder bottle. and Whitley and Eftcha
padded alongside Of the pup in n hidarka
or native canoe. BY dint of caaxing the
Indian persuaded Bulshoy Ia take To the
bottle, and wien the men started for tho
shore the whale followed and from that
time on was ready to 20 wherever the boat
twice day, until NJ last the mammal
would come when called from any yart Of
the bay and could he handled with i'm
puniiy. While the training was going on
Whitley had made st If harness for his
Pet and announced that he was going To
drive him Ia San Francisco. Friday. Sept
90, 1895. for tie first time probably In the
history of the world a ! ycarold - foot
whale was successfully put in harness
When Whitley aud Eftcha, after hitching
up the new boat pullcr, started for the
shore, Bulshny. aS usual started the hi
darka, and in doing 50 made the discovery
that everything was not as il should be-
Then .c reared and plunged at II lively
rate. laShing ont with his tail until the
water hOilvd in his efforts Ia free himself.
But the harness held, and there was no
shake of Ia il. For two whole days Bul-
shoy hucke0 and refused Ia come at the
call OF Whitley or the Alcut. Hunger, how
ever brought him 10 his bottle. and on the
third day, as the Indian was out on the
Lay in his bidarka, Bulshuy came mcckly
alongside ~ ii begged for his much dcl;..,cd
breakfast, which was given him.
From that day on lSulshoy was trnc-
table, and Whitley could haul on the guy
ropes or rcins attached to the harness with
ont the whale standing on his head and
disappearing.
Oct. ]. 1895, Whitley and Etcha took the
longboat belonging to the station, and at
taching II towlinc to the harness band,
just In front Of the fore ilippcr, began IA
cruise around the bay. In Il surprisingly
short time Bulshoy would pull the boat in
any direction desired.
May 81 Of this year Whitley and his Alcut
took the net from the mouth of the hay,
and according IL prcarrangcd pro
grammc, struck out into the deep water
for Oonga island, l6 miles away This
voyage, the first of its kind since the crca-
tion OF the world, was made without
mishap. They aftcrwar, made n voyage
from Pop OF to karluk island and from
there will drive BulShny south by easy
stages. Portland tOr.) Letter in st Louis
Globe Democrat.