The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-12-03

and a good many Of them have been
shot.
George A. Howard. of Chatham. with
his bulldow. had an exciting experience
with large bear in that town recently.
He went out into back orchard hunt
ing for them, taking his dog along. The
dog struck fresh trail and followed it
TO brook. The bear evidently know
ing he was being followed, went into the
brook and followed it half mile before
he left it. Mr.. Howard followed along
the trail and found the dog at the brook
with the trail of bruin lost. He fol-
lowed up the brook and soon the dog
struck the trail hot and came up with
the bear.
From that time on, between the dog,
bear and Mr.. Howard there was some
thing doing all the time. The bear kept
in the thickest and most impenetrable
part OF the woods with the dog biting
his heels and launches when he started
to run, and for two miles it was run
dog, run bear" Bruin, in his rage,
would turn on the dog and the dog
would turn tail and rum but when the
bear started ahead again the plucky lit
tie bulldog was at his heels with a VEN
geance. The dog retarded the bears
flight so that Mr. Howard was able to
keep up with the procession by keeping
out in the larger timber, until a clear
spot enabled him to get a shot. The
bear sprung into the air and the dog
landed on the bears launches and set
his teeth into the bears back, and from
then on until the bear was killed the
woods was full of bowls and yells.
Howard soon got another shot, but
dld not stop the bear. Then Howard
got another shot, putting ball through
the bears head as the animal was COM
ing towards him. This, Howard said,
did not seem to even make the bear
wink, but another shot behind the ear
finished him. He was a very large one,
his teeth being nearly gone, and his
claws worn off a good deal. When
howard skinned the bear he found
marks on the bears back where the dog
mad set his teeth. Dogs that will tackle
pear are scarce and valuable. He had
the marks Of the bears claws ON his
side where the bear struck him, but the
dog was too humble and escaped the
full force of the blow, else he would
have gone to dogs paradise instanter.
Howard said the BEARS rage was some
thing fierce and his bowling and snarl-
ing were nerve disturbing and that he
he given either him or the dog a full
blow with his paw they would have
been put out of action for good.
Albert McIntire, who lives in Stowe,
Maine, but. near the New Hampshire
line, went out one morning hunting bear
in Chatham. In an old back orchard he
saw five at one time and shot one that
weighed three hundred and ten pounds
out of an apple tree. The other four
scampered for the woods and got off
bullet free, - -. ~-.
A. B. F. Staples, of Chatham, when
out hunting smaller game with a shot
gun recently, saw q bear in an oak
grove eating acorns. Staples thought
he had no chance to get the bear with
a shot gun and started for home to get
his rifle. He changed his mind, think
ing the bear would be gone when he got
back, and he changed his cartridges,
putting in his gun those loaded with
buckshot. The bear started off making
a circle to his left, and disappeared in
the woods, Staples crossed a ravine to
head the bear off. Crawling up its side
he saw the bear about eighty yards off.
standing on a large fiat rock, looking at
some young cattle. In a short time he
started again. Staples followed him
until he disappeared in the woods. In
a short time Staples saw him again,
coming towards him. Dropping behind
a big boulder, Staples waited until the
bear was within thirty yards Of him,
when he fired at him, woundfng him Sc
verely but not stopping him. Staples
followed him and getting shot at him
at close range behind the shoulder,
brought him to the ground The bear
measured six feet and three inches.
Stephen Kinball, who lives on Ethel
Clay's home place at last accounts had
three bear and a fisher cat to his credit.
Charles III. Binford who lives up on