The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-11-20
ONLY ONE LONE BLACK HEAR.
Result OF the Days Hunt In Mississippi.
and 1t Was Holt Collier Who
Got That.

SmedeS, Miss, NOV. 15.-A lean
black bear which weighs 235 pounds
is hanging up at the presidents camp
on the Little Sunfower, but to the re-
gret OF all the members of the party,
the first trophy of the hunt did not
fall to the presidents Winchester, The
bears trail was struck by the hounds
soon after the party started, Friday
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 underbrush in pursuit. Within
few minutes the dogs showed the
direction the quarry was taking, and
Holt Collier, with the instinct of an
old bear-hunter, Immediately made up
his mind where the animal would
come out. To save the president need
less hard riding through the brush, he
directed Mr.. Foote to take the presi-
dent along the trail to a certain cut
off,
Presiden Went to Lunch.
This was done, and the president
and Mr.. Foote rode to the assigned
station. On their way several swamp
deer were jumped up, but no effort
was made to get shot ct 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 president would have had a shot,
as the bear, with the pack at its heels,
crossed at almost the exact spot
which Holt had indicated.
The Bear Made q Game Fight.
About mile beyond this point
bruin, exhausted by his long race. ran
into water hole and turned upon the
dogs. They were-all over him in an
instant. The poor beast was too ex
hausted to make much of a fight, but
he grabbed one Of the hounds by thu
| neck and crushed it through its
spine, killing it instantly. AS the
bear was making swipe,with its paw
at another dog Holt Collier jumped
from his horse anr, clubbing his rifle
knocked Mr.. Bear over with a blow OF
| the head. Meantime he blew his horr
in token that the quarry had beer
brought to, bay.
A messenger was sent back for th'
president. Then Holt roped the bea'
and tied him to tree. When tn,
president arrived he would neithe
shoot it nor permit it to be shot
"Put' 1t out of its misery" said he t,
Mr.. Parker, and the latter ended 1t
| life with his knife.
On a Fresh Trail.
On the way back to camp with tn
dead bear the dogs struck a fresl
trail, and the president, Mr.. Foote, MI
Mangum, Secretary Cortelyou and Dl
Lung followed it.. The correspondent
arrived at the camp just as Holt Col
lier, with the bear slung across tn
horses launches, descended the rive
bank opposite.
i Mr.. Fish and Mr.. Parker also re
turned to camp, but at dark, when tn
correspondent left, there was no sig
of the president, and some anxiet
was manifested lest the president i
/ his enthusiasm would get too far ava
) and be forced to sleep on the trail.
The camp is an admirably-locate
one under some big oaks on the edg
of the Sunfower. The brush has bee
cleared away and three sleeping an
one cook tent have been put up. Th
president expressed his satisfactio
over the simplicity of the arrang'
ments. His tent contains four cot
which were occupied Friday night b
himself, Mr.. Fish, Mr.. Dickson an
Secretary Cortelyou. The negroes slel
on blankets under an open tent fly.