The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-16
One Tapping Found Dies in
His Hug.
BUT TEDDY GETS NO SHOT
Ef the Colonel had Stayed Whar Collier
put Him He Moughter Done This
Yere one--- he Dogs Strike
Fresh Trail,
a Fresh Trail.
CBy the Associated Press.)

Smedes, Miss, Nov IA lean black
ing up at the Presidents camp en- the
Little Sunfiower, but to the regret OF
the entire party. the first trophy of the
hunt did not fall to the President Win
chester The bears trail was struck by
the hounds soon after the party started
this morning.
The members OF the party, except the
President, Mr.. Foote, Mr. Parker and
Holt Collier, had been stationed at the
various crossings and as soon as the
dogs gave tongue. the President and his
guides plunged through the dense under
growth in pursuit. Within a few min
utes the dogs showed the direction the
quarry was taking and Holt Collier, with
the instinct of an old bear hunter, i'm
mediately made up his mind where the
animal would come out To save the
President needless hard riding through
the brush he directed Mr.. Foote to take
the President along the trail TO a GER
tain cutoff. This was done and the
President and Mr.. Foote rode to the as
signed stand. On their way several
swamp deer were jumped, but no effort
was made to get a shot at them.
Then, for several hours, the President
and Mr.. Foote waited. The trail of the
bear carried the yelping hounds out of
hearing and shortly after noon, Mr..
Foote abandoned hope that the quarry
would come back their way and he and
the President returned to camp for
lunch. Had they remained. the Presi-
dent would have had shot, as the bear
with the pack at its heels crossed at al
most the exact spot which Holt had in
dicated.
About a mile beyond this point bruin,
exhausted by his long race ran into
water hole ard turned upon the dogs.
They were all over him in an instant.
The poor beast was too exhausted to
make much of fight but he grabbed
one of the hounds by the neck, and
crushed it through it's spine, killing it
instantly As the bear was making
swipe with its paw at another dog Holt
Collier jumped from his horse and
cIutching his rifle knocked the game
over with a blow on the head. Then
he blew his horn in token that the
quarry had been brought to bay.
messenger was sent back for the Presi-
dent. Meantime Holt roped the bear and
tied him to a tree. When the President
arrived he would neither shoot it nor
permit lit to be shot.
Put it out OF its misery he said to
Mr.. Parker, and the latter ended its life
with his knife.
On the way back to camp with the
dead bear. the dogs struck a fresh trail
and the President, Mr.. Foote, Mr.. Man
gum, Secretary Cortelyou and DR. l-urg
followed it, The Associated Press rep
resentative arrived al camp just as Holt
Collier. with the bear slung across the
horses launches, descended the river
bank opposite.
.'IEf the Colonel had stayed whar | put
him, I" said the aggrieved Holt, he Woula
'er done got this we're one"
Mr. Fish and Mr.. Parker also returned
TO camp. but at dark, when the Asso-
ciated Press correspondent lett, there
was no sign of the President and some
anxiety was manifested lest the Prosi-
den. in his enthusiasm should get tco
far away and be forced TO sleep on the
trail.
Bob Bobbo telegraphs from Bobbo Sta
tion today that he could not bring his
mack of dogs here. as he was engaged
with a party of Chicago hunters.