The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-08
They did not stop TO mince matters.

They did not stop 10 mince matters.
and more particularly 10 satisfy an inner
tied love for hunting. started out years ago
10 make a collection of all the big game
Of the North American Continent. deter
mining AT the outset that he would kill all
his specimens himself. In his quest he has
huatea from coast 10 coast. from Hudson's
Bay and the Arctic Ocean To the Cuff o:
Mexico. He has added to his collection in
the dcns- forests Of Upper Canada. thu.
swamps ANA canebrakes OF Mississippi and
Louisiana, the glaciers and ice foes OF
Alaska, the huuEocks and everglades of
Florida, the Adirondack Mountains in New
York and the Maine WOODS. the Cumbar-
land Mountains in Pennsy;y mia. the Ozark
Mountains and British Columbia and he
has only TO hi polar bear and Il musk
OK 10 compete his task
He already has made ;w1 trips &" Alaska.
but he Will make a thiri one some. time in
,se specially to round uut his collection
With white bsar and musk on IL he
can get any companions he also will work
his way over into Asiatic Russia in hopes
CT getting Il few shots al Siberian bears
and wolves. As fast as he secures his spec
linens Lee ships them TO the nearest city
OF any size. where he has them mount ed
bs experienced raxidermSts As yet he has
male no attempt to gather an the Irupni-s
OF his Workmanship in one place and Ihev
axe scattered all over the United States
but ne has Project for the future. when
MS collection is compete.
men find a pace to suit me-" he said
IN explanation, 4 propose to build II hunt
ing lodge after my own ideas. i Will erect
mouse FOR my spec!mens 50 that 1 may
have them close 1T hand TO remind me OF
the pleasures | have had In their pursuit.
! want my lodge 10 sand ON the shores Of
some lake. with stretch of woodland and
timber scattered about. where my dogs can
iGfi' ara Wher". II choose. can Sii'rOuni
game | love - well In brief. l will have
a museum with its exhibits TO remind mo
OF the dangers | have gone through in the
past and "a game preserve TO satisfy my
craving for sports afield in the future.
VIII the completion Of the big game col
I"ttcn end my long hunting trips?" asked
Lee. "thulas the query. No. there is still
one TRIP | have promised myself. After re-
turning from Alaska next w.nte. / viii take
n rest OF year OF so and then strike out
FOR Asia. There hope To get a chance II
some OF The flr-ianed BENGAL tigers and
Asia;ic lions. Until / have Il paiI of each
I VIII not consider my task as completed.
| propose that my trip TO the Orient will
to cult and settle down.
Lee appreciates the chances he will take
when hunting tigers and lions. But he
says. Il don't mind that. IL is the spice of
the sport. What IL more | don't propose
10 bag nay tigers and lions from the back
Of an elephant or from the branches OF G
tree. When | visited Alaska the first time
the native hunters told me the only way to
hunt bear was to shoot them from a tree
when they came down 10 water. That was
not my way. and | told them so. When
40 for bear. | want to meet BrulH In the
open. I want him 10 see ME and start for
me. and if can't stop him before he gets
close enough TO be dangerous then he can
take ms and welcome"
And you Will hunt tigers and lions the
same way
Exactly. want my game TO see me and
have some chance for their lives. That
has always been my plan I'm hunting big
game. and ! have never yet got to close
quarters with any of them"
Lee has made two trips into Alaska in the
last two years. The first time he visited
the gold regions he went simply 10 get
moose and caribou. He was successful in
hrs quest. and also lucky enough TO run
across some promising quartz lodes. He
took up claims and put men TO work pros
pecting. He visited the country this year,
partly TO see what success these men had
met with.
But" said the nimrod. 81 am by nature
a hunter. ard so / may say that my princi-
obtain specimens OF tho water fowl o.:
Alaska and also 10 make a collection of
the Alaskan land birds. On my first trip
complete IL this year as far as possible.
My success in this work has been unusually
gratifying to me. and feel amply repaid
Tor NV frin | maraged 10 procure the
finest collection of birds that has ever been
brought from that country. l haIf thirty
are all that are known to be natives of
Alaska. | obtained two. a male and n
female. OF each species. of The land birds
I collected eleven different species.
This collection is one that | am making
for my own personal pleasure and study.
as it is a subject in which take the deep
est interest. The Smithsonian Institution
has offered to buy it from me. but don't
think l shall SELL
Lee has killed five mountain sheep. four
ca ribou. two moose. two mountain bears
and three grizzlies with one 30-calibre bullet
each. The first time that he ever stalk ID
herd Of Alaskan big horns ne killed three
of them with three successive shots ON
one of his trips, when he was unaccompa-
MED. he met two mountain bears which are
larger than the much talked Of grizzlies.
They did not stop TO mince matters but
started for him as though they wanted to
become better acquainted. The first bullet
from the sportsmau's rifle brought one Of
them down. but his second shot did no; :
seem 20 have any effect on the other II !
came numbering on with blood in his ey G
and Mr.. Lee went down on his knee to I I
another shot. just as he was getting resy r
10 pull the trigger Bruin began to stagJr ! a
and then he suddenly keeed over win | q
ten yards of the kneeiing hunter wen .
Nj. Lee examined the dead bear he frnJ .
that his one bullet had crashed th-oue;iis | I
shoulder and pierced its heart With aior-
tai -. wound Sn,dra .d mad managed to run.ifty
Two trophies which were bazyed n this Il
intrepid horseman during his Was - O
Alaska are the pride Of his collecfic. and n
II he ever establishes a museum Nv will %
occupy the most prominen, position. Ii Is I
i,9n any sehIfentaiity of the place cir
=. MIN II is the mere fact Of ther sze. one pl
- &c, CARIBOU which he killed on his.irst trip
sne ce icy N9t ., 1t Is the larges of its So
Org breakers having fif,y-seven pdnts The 70
Dener prize oil the collection is lie largest IN
th the Too5 fo oghorn sheep that it has been T.
Us horns measure l4iS inches IN eircnu,fer-
base to "a, Nm ine base and ssA inches from the =,