The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-10-11
AMONG THE sPoRTsMEN.
Different Types of Hunters Seen at the
Railroad Stations-Game Notes.

There are hunters and hunters. some
| of them do more than hunt and some OF
them would like to do more but cah T..
At Union station about this time OF year
one may see both types of hunters. Every
train from the west lands at Union sua-
ton dozens of men laden with bags and
bundles, gun cases and hunting equip
ment of all kinds. The most OF them
come from New York state and even Iar-
Their west but Massachusetts always mas
a representation and Portland also has
contingent present to swell the multi
tude.
The men who are merely hunters ana
nothing else can easily be picked OUT Oh
the crowd. You will noticeLfor one tnlhg
that they are wearing what they consluer
60 De an appropriate costume for stssikIng
deer. 1t is charming in itself and Is me
KIND that may be seen depicted III Ine
advertisements of gun and carGriage
makers in any of the sporting week.-Mrs..
These hunters are brand new at une
business, their clothes are new from tne
handsome hunting" boots upwards TO
the "huntsman's hat which Is usually
sianted rakishly on the side OF the heao.
| The rifle is also new and to these m unit
ers Is the pride of the whole equipment.
When they land on the PLATFORM tney
| stand about in little groups and walt to
De admired. Every man is armed WIN
plentiful supply of cartridges, carries
"huntsman's flask and best OF all mas
q liberal quantity of greenbacks. Ihey
have never been to Maine before and
think that Portland is largely composed
OF log houses, with bear and deer TO pc
seen any morning running apouG Une
streets. They have told their FRIENDS IN
Boston and New York about the game,
which they expect to bag clown East"
and there is not man in the party VINO
IS not confident of shooting q moose or
couple of deer any way. About their
many bags and trunks they are very SOIL
citous and bother the obliging but over
worked railroad officials with all manner
of foolish Questions.ss To them Maine Is
but big game preserve, the residents OF
the state are all backwoodsmen, Portland
Is frontier town and Bangor but lum-
Der camp. When they take the train for
the Aroostook region or for the Rangeleys
these hunters" excitedly make prepare
lions for the slaughter of moose and Lear
and listen to wild tales of sport from
their fellow passengers who it Is dollars
to Goughnuts have never seen either OF
these animals outside Of menagerie.
This is one type of the hunter" He is
pale of cheek and his shoulders are bowed
over from long sitting at an office desk.
lie has counted on this hunting trip all
summer and his mind is storehouse of
valuable hints to hunters" He knows
just what to wear, just what to eat, what
to drink and how to stalk big game
any kind. He is prepared to rough it in
the woods and carries impediments
enough to break the backs of a couple of
patient guides. 1t is all excitable antici-
patton with him but in too many cases
his fond hopes for slaughter are not to be
realized.
The other style of the hunter is less
obtrusive and quieter in his dress and
habits. AS a rule his baggage Is light,
his rifle has seen much service and its
clothes and knows the woods as well az
any guide. This is his fifth or sixth
seaon in the Maine woods and he has an
old friend in the guide who is waiting
for him at some way station with buck.
board OF canoe in readiness to pack him
off to some oft visited camp. This ''hunt.
err never has the "buck" fever for he
knows the antidote fo- it, He has a
wholesome respect for the experience OF
| the guides, asks few questions of the hail
road men and his stories of deer he has
shot or bear he has seen have the bona
tide flavor of truth. While the train
journeys eastward this hunter smokes
his briar, keeps much to himself or his
own party, snubs the other kind OF
hunters and appears, as he really is,
man whose aim is true and whose
chances for bringing down galloping
buck at long range are good.
A week or ten days later if one happens
to be at Union Station he may see the
return of the ''hunters. - Our friend with
the new rife which has never been fred
before this season is not quite as fresh as
h0 an 10 frir &c h..
gage is not as heavy for a greater part OF
his extensive equipment is now adjoining
the log cabin of some faithful guide who
Ibid his best, you know, but absolutely
couldn't make a duffer shoot when he
ought to shoot and w.,o isn't to be blamed
for my not bagging that moose" Our
friend has gained much valuable expert
ence since last we saw him. He hash t
any overload of game in the baggage car
ahead ,Ehisspretty clothes are torn and
worn, his knowledge of the Maine woods
is more complete and his roll of green
backs is sadly depleted but he has gained
a dozen pounds in flesh and healthy
bronze has taken the place of the chalk
complexion. He will tell you that he can
now ''eat like horse and doesn't care
much what ne eats either as long as it Is
filing" The silver mounted pocket flask
is empty but he doesn It see tbs necessity
of having it refilled. He has many woe
begone stories to tell of shots that were
missed and chances that were offered but
were not taken. He can talk now with
his brother hunters and they won't snut
him as long as some of the sporting
guides manual veneer is rubbed off
Next year this man will visit Maine once
more and then he will be cIassed, per
haps, as one of the hunters who can get
something. "
Our friend, the man who "has sbeen
there wears self satisfied smile and
when asked about his luck viii say, ''Oh
| got three of them and good ones too.
There they are in the baggage car ahead. -
Then he winks and from that wink you
gather that more deer than the law allows
have fallen before his rifle. He may have
bagged his share of moose and caribou
too, perhaps, and at any rate he has had
his fill of sport and is satisfied. But he
doesn't brag about it much and won t I'M
til he is fairly out of the woods and back
to New York and Boston. There, some
evening when seated in front of the fire
place in his club surrounded by lots OF
OQQI fol Iowa and Jnp7Ioua5 nv n good