The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-10-04

that Brown saw the Big gray moose,
and he declared that he would never
forget the sight. He dverred that the
moose stood fully fifteen feet high and
that he had arttefs ten to twelve feet
! across.
| Like most OF the others who had q
sight Of the monster. MI Brown saw
| the moose at dark, but the animals
| gray coat showed plainly ana Brown
got several shots at him, none Of which,
however, inflicted serious Injury. He
| was so close to the animal that he
| could count twenty-five points on one
side of his antlers, and thought at the
time that there were more. This Is a
greater number Of points than has ever
been known on any moose here or else
where.
This year the first sight OF the big
moose fell to George Kneeland Of Sher-
| man. who is taking charge of his
brothers. lumber camp on CULVER
Brook. In telling Of his experience,
Kneeland said:
II had to go to Macwahoc on bust
ness last Thursday and procured BIZ
cycle and started about four o'clock In
the afternoon to go down through the
woods. AS was riding along I saw a
fox come into the road, and before
had gone much further two more rnade
their appearance. When they saw me
they started straight down the road. I
gave whoop and started in pursuit.
I kept so close that they tundbled over
each other In their efforts to escape,
until at last they went end over end
out Of the road. laughed to myself at
their fright and kept along.
wen, I went to Macwahoo, got
through with my business there and
started to return. Az I reached the
stretch OF woods which Is about eight
miles long, and neared the place where
I had seen the foxes, saw fox In the
road ana had some fun chasing him.
Then, coming to d long piece Of rising
ground, I dismounted and walked. I
had got to the top Of the hill, and was
just about to re1nount when I cav
what I took to be a horse standing in
the road some distance ahead. Won
dering what 8 horse could be doing
there stopped and gave him good
look, when found, to my surprise, that
IL was not horse, but a nioose-and an
immense one, too. waited bit to
see what he was going to do, but I
hadn't long to watt, for he lowered his
head and came straight for me with the
speed Of q locomotive. I tell you the
way dropped that bicycle and ecrahh-
bled for a tree was enough to make
those foxes laugf, for II was my turn to
get scared
THE first tree 7 carna to was too
small to hold man tip I tried arloth-
err, ana the limb broke Under me, and
I landed on my back on the ground. I
got into good stout tree as quickly az
I could and climbed high, where I
would be out 81 reach % the rtooAe's
antlers, and be able to sec what was
going On.
Meanwhile the moose had lost no
time. He came tearing down the road
at terrific speed, and hia antlers
reached clear across the road at that
place, brushing the branches Oh either
side. should think they wouid meas
ure eleven feet all right enough. Well.
as + said, he came teafing down the
road, making straight for the Bicycle,
and, planting his forward paws either
eide Of IT, he stopped to examine, the
wheel, snelled Of it to his satisfaction
then raised his head. gave q tfenien-
d6us snort, ard raced OF into tfe
woods, breaking down the small
growth Of eaplings as though they were
PUSHES The wind was blowing toward |
me, and that Is probably the reason he !
did not discover me- I waited ten
minutes in the tree. and then, finding |
that he had really gone, ! elod down |