The evening times., 1897-12-01
| WOMAN KILLS 4 MOOSE
Exploitsef a New York Lady in
Canadian Wilds.
HUNTING IN A sNowsTORM
The Huntress, With u Guide. Tramp
ed for Three Hours, Looking -or
Big Game. When the Animal Was
Found and Dispatched on Sigh.
The First Bullet Was Fatal.

New York, Dec. 1.-The honor OF being
the first New York woman, &c far as Is
known, to shoot q moose, has fallen 10
Mrs. John ID. Prince, of No. 81 West
Thirty eighth street. Mrs. Prince is a
daughter OF the late DR.. Alfred l.. Looint',
Tho was a fine marksman and hunter. The
daughter has inherited fondness for hunt-
ing from him, and for years has been IN
thu habit OF going to the Adrondacks W itfi
her husband, who is professor in the Ncr
York University. to shoot deer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Prince determined this year
to huntupon a broader scaie. They engaged
three Adirondack guides To go into the wilds
OF Canada, forty miles nOrthOr hcCanadian
Pacific Railroad in the county OF Fontiac.
This county is in the province of Quebec,
and it contains few inhabitants outside OF
the btg Ein.ber camps. The nearest rail
road station is Deuxrivieres, twenty miles
away from the little log cabin where MIR.
and Eirs. Prince made their headquarters.
The log cabin is In the reser 20 OF luin-
ber connany. A stove and cooking uten.
sils were drawn over the snow from the
railroad station on sled to the cabin,
and q food supply was laid in TO last L
week. Two Of the Adirondack guides
preceded tile coming of MIR. and Mrs. Prince.
and made suitable preparations. The
third guide accompanied ;hera.
Mrs. Prince Is young, petite and plucky.
Shecan handle a rifle like a veteran hunter.
and her aim is remarkably good. Size and
Mr.. Princei left this city November 1 8 last.
The Young couple arrived at the log cabin
when the thermometer was six degrees be
low zero and snow WAS foot deep. 1t
was so cold that Mrs. Prince was not abb:
to stans! the exposure, and for the first few
DAYS r,.,iained at the cabin. Mrs Prince.
however, decided to brave the weathr on
Thanksgiving Day. She started out with
a quite and Travelled mile after mile In
search of moose, but without success, al
though size killed some partridges.
A snuwstC.m occurred the next day and
the temperature rose. Mrs Prihce deter
mined u try her luck again, and set out
with Ernest johnson, a noted AGirondacS
guide, wlio had been with her father many
times. The young woman and the guide
had trudged through the snow for threc
hours when suddenly they espied 4 large
moose. The animal was standing still and
seemir gly listening.
This is my chance whispered Mrs.
Prince to the guide.
Yes, nat,am. Get a little nearer" sus-
gestei johnson.
The doughty huntress bent low and aD-
preached tiemoose with trees shielding .,er
from the animals view. Tbe moose was
with its side TO her. Mrs. Prince
raised her rifle, took caref nj aim, and the
next instant the moose jumped into the DIR
anG plunged forward. The young womda
fired four times mere in quick successful
and the amin al was dead. Upon exaunina
tion IL was found that the first bullet "as
fatal, having p'oughed through the ami
mails backbone
The moose was left lying in the snow, all
Mrs. Prince and the guide tr,rlged back to
the log cabin. Mrs. Prince fired the first
shot at the moose at a distance of one hun
dred yards When the animal was brought
to the cabin on sled it was found that
its height at the shoulder was seven scet
and II itslencthninefcet. The animal weighed
bet weeu 500 and 600 pounds.
Mr. and Mrs. Prince returned to this .ity
oil aonday. During the five da Us CT sic IT.
ing fonr n,oase were killed and many Pit
ridges. The other three moose Were killed
by the guides. Mr.. Prince is not at all on
vious of the fact that MIS-. Prince got a
,rophy which he WAS not able to get.