New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-25

that had made mistake in not taking nilch
COWS with me.
domestic cows. This time I saw only about 90
| buffalo They being rapidly killed by tho
that had explored on my second trip had good
luck and caught thirtyseven calves, saving thirty
dark night and had the misfortune to have them
deyoured by wolves. ,oao
and did not get home until July The buffalo had
gone far down the Staked Plains. II was a hot,
wearsome Journey the sand hills. / had
| kodaks and got many fine pictures. There was
mere handful Of buffalo Only seye G s calves could
ermined TO secure as many OF the old ones az pos
sibe They were ranged In tract OF land about ABOUT
and got them accustomed TO seeing US They were
be sysn an % Sad sixteen o sn
the herd followed night and day for forty-two
ride alongside Of them. I sent TO, my ranch in
Kansas and got my tame herd TO- toll tRs wiz ones
strange instinct OF locality. No sooner would we
get them off the range than they would wheel and
trampled US down had we stood in their way.
Finally, in despair. we assoed twenty-iwo cows.
hobbled them and started home bur 1t was simply
time lost all OF them went mad end died. Il
was during this trip that employed Lee Howard.
the famous roping expert came across nm late
one afternoon, far out on prairie. first thought
he was an Indian. He was also catching calves I
Ing a and calf came trotting by Away went
Howard at breakneck speed HIS h0rse ' Wss
Off the saddle and rode bareback; He caught The
nibbing grass, was bitten by rattlesnake and
died almost before VIC knew what was the matter
in the Golden Gate PARK in San Francisco. am
confident that those were the last range ouhao
outside the Yellowstone Park. only three got
away from us. They were killed the following
winter"
THE LAST BUFFALO SEEN ~ 1879.
The las, buffalo by Jones mes FI Kana s. was .r IN
going south, to the Panhandle and passed Jus.
north OF his ranch at Garden CITY. He pursued
and the herd escaped. The most memorable migra-
tion Of buffalo through Kansas was IN 1859 Liter
south The plains were black with their for DAYS.
Jones put his captive bumaloes IN big corral on
buffalo breeder spread all over the. country. !.
was he who gave ne name Of .cstaio 10 ne hai-
breeds, cross between buffalo and domestic cat
cattle. and the Other part .alo." from buffalo
buffalo, being smoother, glcssler and rich sea-
The herd on the Garden city ranch increased 70
several hundred and were source i, no. Of mnSa
named John l.. sullivan the master Of the nerd
Texas during the second expedition In ISL MANY
OF the herd ranged free on ne praie eGI !. BE-
surrounded with A high blrbed wire fence. He
Jones himself was saved several times from being
gored TO death only by the swiftness Of MS horse.
with his horns He would toss tho panks high IN
the air and then run from under them 70 watch
e at'aSk person T5o sPFrodgc5sSd me enc fsRc;
sharp, spikes. keen as a knfeblade This would be
to tine fence. and the blood would squirt out IN
streams. Sullivan soon got on TO the curved balls
head which was usually covered with clay TO such
a depth that the spiked ball rebounded IL It had
The bali was sSs afeTward attached to long wire
which was tied to hshlng pole. sullivan was
distance whenever Jones tried TO use IT,
TEAM OF BIG BULLS.
Jones had a team Of big bulls which he drove 10
a specially constructed cart He frequently drove
horses The lines for the harness were made OF
wire cable, and the bits Were forged by a local
never touched the lines. They were wound around
upright windlasses on the cart, The big team was
made at first to drive them without wndlass
om' {ney ran away With SIX men TaS tEgged WITH
lively begin to fight when tied together. The frs.
to head and tried to gore each other II toOE
every body on the ranch to get them apart
on the ranch To use Jonsss terse expression.
they ran like the deyi! after them" Nile
lunged ahead 1t was apparently an alI-day Job TO
tame them. Jones exerted al his strength upon
down until theT noses tolched the ground, The
One OF t the ear "Dcviiish Dick had been very
vicious He first belonged to God. and then A. II
Cole tried to keep him from breaking down
fence to fight domestic bull that was passing
along the road. and threw clod TO turn him back
turned TO get pitchforx Dick saw his chance
Cling him terribly and causing his death"
b Iaes f2d et h b mah aeST S compes
him to sell his herd The srssi9r Psr5 Of r t9em
sixty ss6us 00qs or by Which f t Sad
They have increased rapidly, though number
cross the Missouri River on the ice The Indians
guard them carefully. killing ore 6ccasionaIIy as
J6 5seou su aHuF' i0 mSs0 Of the
Jones does not believe that there IS Wild huTalo
ones were in Lost Park. about eighty miles from
Denver, Col, but they were killed about three years
Rary GnG sRs n raHch in mp
RAISING wild" ANIMALS
"A strange thing about buffalo Is THAT tho
ers said Jones. They seem 10 propagate in FAM
lilies, and the families can be dstnens eel by pc,
herd OF buffalo move in a straight line, They a.
ways take 5gzas T course Mg eHPaha'T %5e
shaggy foreheads prevent their seeing objects on
enemy they walk obiquely to the right. and then
10 the left and in that way get an unobsructed
"BuffaIo' Jones Is enthusiastic over an enter
prise In which he hopes ni,t 10 make 6g 6orGne
propagate Wild animals that are becoming extinct
1or re. Is a nG We w aBss esmS
Alaska and on several OF the Pacific islands. 7
weet We're Here Is an letter from Haeenbeck the ami
NAL buyer in Berlin, who writes that he can get a
pair of Russian sables for me. the only captive
pair outside OF Russia have option on them
we will sell the furs OF these animals We have
already silver gray foxes, moose and several Ath2'
basca marten. We intend 10 20 into the fur bus-
ness and to supply geological gardens with rare
specimens. II Is my purpose 10 eaten animals ~
the forests OF the British Northwest believe that
] can ca pture any wild animal In existence. once
had an order get fifty antelope for 500 IN TWO
weeks. My friends said that couldn't DO II Il
muzzled my greyhouuds and started ont | caught
eleven kids the first day. and had the my cor
rallied In ten DAYS"