The Frankfort roundabout., 1900-12-08
LIE NTER FROM THE PHILIP
PINES.


from letter written by w. H.
Dadc, surg ON n the 18th U. S.
Infantry. former entuckian and
we'll known in Frankfort (his
former home), stationed at Tugur-
garas, Philippine Islands, TO his
old friend, Rev. jams Vernon, Of
Nicbolasvlle:
Knowing yo1r fondness for the
rod and gun, / have more than once
wished for yolr dfllchtf u COM
pqnionship in some OF my pleasure
abls exploits in these pasiimes.
Last My | made trip TO the
Caraballa Mountains, about 30
miles from the So tio7 / was at
(Echeque). giving thase to our
quandom friend. Aguinaldo. Dur
ing one afternoon rs we rode along
the trail, one that had never before
been Travelled by white men,
counted y deer, frigi ened from
their afteTr oon sies las by our pres
ence. Now If that MANY were seen
and counted when rot hunting for
them, yCu mav he justified in
forming an elal orate opinion of
wha could be found should one
hunt them carefully. 7 killed some
very fine buck on the trip. but
only \ hat was wanted for our men.
I encountered verv dangerous
customer in Caraboa bull, who,
after being wounded, inst 'ad of
going of, came STRAIGHT for me.
If you have never had mad and
wounded bull as wild as nature
grows them, with head down, bell
/. lowing like thunder, shaking his
h sad and those great yard-like
horns coming straight for you, and
NJ place to offer refuge against his
anger. nothing for protection save
the instrument that first caused
his rage, ! need hardly attempt a
description of the scene. The only
companion l had forsook me at the
eleventh hour, leaving me to my
own skill and the tender mercy of
God, which the latter L can proud
ly say has never forsaken me, how
ever dark some hours have been. i
waited until he was within ten feet
of me, as knew full VIII a miss
for me meant hit for him. and
taking the best aim l could, let
drive. Tho tall missed his head.
but plowed furrow down his neck
almost as wide as my hand and
shattered the shoulder, throwing
him on the wounded side at my
feet, where another shot mole for
tunately placed finished his career.
He must have tipped the beam at
between LEGO and 2.G00 pounds, and
had horns that would put to shame
the largest Texas steer. They are
symmetrical. beautifully so, fully
three and one-half feet each, slick
and almost black.
Wild bOars, wolves and smaller
game are here in abundance, while
the mountain sire ans offer fine
sport with rod and reel. l am
shooting '95 model Winchester
rifle, and think 1t is the best rifle
made; shoots sn okeless powder,
either cupos-nickle or soft lead
ball, and uses thu Krag-J JOrgenson
army cartridge. 1t has a muzzle
velocity of 2, O66 feet per second; a
point blank range o. $50 yards-that
is without eleva tion of the leaf
sight; will penetrate So inches of
wood at 10 feet from the muzzle or
one-half inch solid steel plate at 200
yards with the cupro-nickle
jacketed ball. It's extreme range
is fully three miles and the danger
zone scarcely less; so you can see 1t
is a powerful weapon. "
After the fight at San Ildefonso i
fell back of the company with one,
unarmed hospital corps private
looking for the wounded. j was
suddenly set upon by six Filipinos,
who had hidden inNa covered
anthill while our force passed on.
and after they had passed out of
sight, i happening along, an idea
struck them, no doubt, it would be
a good Joke to gobble me up and
slip out the back way, but they
reckoned without their host. / had
my Winchester, and quickly as /
could bring her into action i