The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-18
HUNTING IN THE ROCKIES.
Thrilling Experiences Of n Party of
HaItfmorcauS

hFlllln& experiences Of n tuFlN OA
BaItimorcans.
5 BALTIMORE. Sept 1>-The hunting
party. headed ny T.. Stanley Gary and
Bernard y. Baker. which left Baltimore
on august T. Cor the Yellowstone country
after elk. has returned after having had
most successful and enjoyable and. u
some respects. exciting trip. Mr.. Baker
Rgut only two days shooting bus uroUgn,
.dowu two fine elk and killed a third.
which was found "a week later by one OF
the guides
The party killed ton elk. most Of them
being remarkably fine specimens. the ant
lors of The large ones measuring five, or
Fix feet across Besides the elk which
was the game hunted for. Air. Gary killed
a. cinnamon bear, very large ana fierce
one. after an exciting fight
In the party. besides M-sers. Cary and
Baker, were }. Hanson Thomas and r.
Markham Marshall. who were oa their
first big game hunt. and a. $. Bell. an
'mpl"ye Of Mr. Bakers company. who is
an CID hunter
They went straight from here to Ci-ra-
BAR Wyo-. Oh branch OF the Northern
Pacific Railway There they secured
pack train of about dozen horses. with
tents and supplies, eight men ass guides.
cooks. and packers. saddle horses for aII
and about seven horses for reserve duty-
IN an the party. consisted of thirteen men
aio lnirtl-iWo horses.
IL was we'll that som. extra horses were
taken along, as an cEtrru~isIlE party OF
Lg&ts invaded che corral the very Hrst
NEut after they wsr, ont and -tImprded
lh9 horses. ten OF them escaping. The
party heard the bears bar they gscauaI
In tho darkness before the hunters could
g.' a shot al them. Some days later five
Of the missing horses were found together
and caught again. but the remaining i've
We're lost until the day before the party
lsIt. when one OF the guides .svieG them
10y the aid of glasses on "a distant noun
tam and finally secured them for The re-
turn journey.
The party was in the mountains south
OF the Yellowstone Park and, in fact,
went into the park "A short distance. The
tleNduun Is very great and Mr. Gary said
inat some dlihCUlty was experienced i'm
breathing after any cNerti1n- III one
rises hastily from 4 chair said Mr.
Gary, ne is likely To md himself pant
ing for breath. We had 20 take exercise
OF &l kinds very slowly and deliberately
our camp was at an elevation Of about
800 feet and We hunted as high as HOO
IreJ- We were hunting especially for elk
and saw no other big game except some
antelope, which we COE'l lot shoot be-
cause they were in the National Park.
some blacktail deer that were too far Off
"a.
There were great numbers Of mountain
grouse, and they were SO tame thar one
could almost knock them over with a
stick. That country is fun of bears
BACK bears are the most plentiful The
Is similar 90 the grizzly. TIA. niuua.u1.
Is the least plentiful OF any az the species
ID that country, bat is said to- De- fully
as savage and dangerous ae the grizzly.
Ehe one D had the good fortune 10 see
was on hlll above and when i shot he
mac not a5 ~ seen the guide and my-
self took deliberate aim and fired. but
he was some distance away think ms
NrsJ shot struck him iu one of his fore
paws. and d made him very savage. He
Lysr W o,l MS mind less looked about
ana when Be- saw US. for We were stand
ms ID me CrnD- Lg made FOR us as fast
as he could come.
As be came EalIopiu- toward MS th.
5Liu- ana myself began pumping bullets
itt" MN iFvr1 our magazine rifles but h.
-l4 nor NlNer- AS DE- came nearer
500 struck MN that took him uT his raer
INC, doubling himself up into a ball he
'.ilg lAltl-- 4HNHDlL almost right on U.S.
zaih'n h' arose and started Toward Us
again Dat at "a distance OF only n few
.ltpS 1 put q bullet into his eve and ha
Ayli ntaH- t' was game J0 IN. last how
MueH inc last bullet struck him IL was
my last bullet and the guides riff. yvs~
out OF ammunition so 7 knew that thar
Ian had to- do the business
1T was rather exciting but would
NOT take Sl.rU for that haIr minutes
Sport We found that there were nine
I I.tis ln inc 2eIr, and his heart and lungs
I.ad p"en torn by them. The skin is very
lhe ana ls pure cinnamon brown iu color
Mr. Marshall had an exciting and mn
'nFiahle adventure RE left camp one
morning carly after eating q light break
last, and We J0kiugly told him De had
better cat more. as be- might not get back
10 camp that night. Nor did he lie a,r
lost andWas out an night iu "a furious rain
St3rm, the water IT, eZIug as IN fell ana
Gy the way, We had ice every night We
.WFre in camp except two. and on the
fnornins We left We ate breakfast uu "a
table covered with snow
AIT Marshall did not get back TO carQo
until 10 O'Clock the next day Tie WIS
nearly starved, frozen and utterly OK
haustcd- having trampCd an night IN tho
ram W hHed him mp with eatabI-S and
turntables and put him 10 bed and he
slept the greater part OF tWeutv-f0ur
hours. Eut after that he felt no I'm Of
lcCts from the adventure"
AR Gary and Mr.. Baker are both very
fond OF big-ga-le hunting and have done
"a good deal Of H. Mr. Gary had planned
q moose-hunting trip To- the Maine woods
where he has been before number Of
umes- and Mr. Baker was going 10 Lake
AthaDasca. in British Columbia But aft
tr taking the matter over they decided
10 90 70 the Rockies together. IL was AIr
ing