The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-28
FIGHT 10 A..flNlSH |
LYNX AGA1NST'BEAR.
Lively Tussle In which l1II,:;ltl5
Two Whole Families
We're Interested.

acts us Bulde, ana q party OF L1reG ENlOll--la
treal men who are camping at the head
waters OF Cold River. witnessed this wee {
a remarkable fight between male and 4
female buy lynx and q. family Of bears
All four agree to the details, which were z
brought to tho village by Nose.
According to the guide, the party went
oyer to the Brewer place, at the foot Of i
kllington peak, last Wednesday, for the
p5pose O. sbng for Se dK hs co
p pPones e ossf es essk
run Into the main stream ABOUT two miles
rhe forest along either brook are dense
and wild and shelter many bears, lynx
and deer. In fact they comprise. am all
most impenetrable Nort {, 7, Jungle; i
and then, having little luck branched
a mile and q half east Of the mill above
the Brewer barns and the Same distance
from the top OF the mountain. A. noon Z
they fried some small trout for dinner
and then sat down on the. top Of alclif r .to.
rest before resnming angling Below y. 4, them Ter
! clearing perhaps twenty rods In diameter
and back Of that second cliff about as \
high as the one on which they sat. The Y g
It been OF any consIderable length. 81
LYNX LIKE C,ATNIP. S
All hands We're loling about, smoking
their pipes, when Nose suddenly grabbed
the shoulder and hoarsely WHISPERED to
him to look across the zap at the it 9
calf. was large buck. He evidently
scented danger, for he moved his ears /
( forward and back pidly, stamped, and
up his heal 6as tss esp
had got wind Of the party. but Nose was
not SO sure. He said he believed there
were other reasons for the bucks actions,ft
and al s the rncks
They had hardly complied when two
lean, 1.-THE animals, which all knew to! beS
lynx. came crouching out Of the under,
Stood but d few moments before, and
shifted suspiciously. It was plain thar
they smelled both the men and the PUCK rs
they had been following ana were ere "
doubt az to how to proceed y, .
N Suddenly one Of the animals threW i1,!s
head high in the air: shifted 5.ociferou Isl y
and turned slowly about, as though ,e on ,,f g
then the pair ran along tho edge Of the
hieh rocks. and worked their way down!
to the little clearing at the base. II an
other moment they were ro!ling e ~
fast as they could chew the pun pun &c gem
It was not long before the int9xle s.tna{
Steer s'it TIE BEARS APPEAR,
Tho female purred hoarsely to her ma 6.
rolled on her back; and Gen .on sn ns soon
rolling about snarling plnyfuliy, ana snap
ming at the tall Of the other IKE q lt.e,t
playing with its mother. ~ me time r ,,nrs
n and more more under its influence. FINALLY
when they wero satisfied. they staggered
m the side of the cliffs like drunken men,
and lay down at the top OF me h'il ~ ~
The party was still Watching them. when e
Nose again grabbed l3lackmore py NY NY
arm and motIoncd TO TIE opening Oh i b ~.
ssasns as ' st beatst ha
Shielded BY low-hrnnche spr,,ces and pal =
sans were four Of the shaggy anlln ,i,s
evidently v male femae and nhu standing and
Intention, as though part Of q woodll y :,
nhotogrn ph Between the scent ot.. ar
deer. lynx and menthey r,ea /, N tSa Fear
Where they had been placed by the m mr
at the first suggestion Of danger. - 10 a.
tho little fellows made a movement ~ pt t,i
BY her into the e. o pen resumed u so her sniff
ing a second Inter-, however, not n,,+ In In
vne1',nrsters wrlggled by and came GUY ~ ~
p. The s mails e lynx was visible from where a
tho &c cubs stood, and the moment sneS
c cnu slsht Of him on the clin pot IN
scrambled up TO make me WITH a.
OF hitherto unknown ns ser followed and
a9 faa :, a., went Mr.. Bruin. With the out
break both lynx ntaggered 70 th .a i.ino
and stood With lips dra W p phs rst CUB
ha, d onrcely stuck his nqulring nose over
NV nmu eSre 81 the rock before he got a cur
from f,o the lynx that sent him sprawllns
down = 70 e, I th h!rr Dg sTRuGaLE BEGINS.
,,,,o secnnd cub took to his heels VII q. u
howl Of fright, but the TWO aaI,e o'e' a
advanced With roars anu ,,o sra ennnced in
moment !, a etrpr lpn' at at the top.
. aea sna adro of he Conflict could be hsfd
4 nile, and the men. not twenty Ky To grennd.
tant, lay painfully ne elpss nervous The
Even , aa,a sS',ddlcd together at the foot OF
t 1he clifY, watching the cont,ict N VII
eyed terror and winning IN .hen ,'e started to
NOV n IN tho rocks, but before he had
zone far his courage gave OUT any ~ ''e
turned to the foot. .,,,n, hannened.
az aIe ~ he cubs was al tracted by q round
1 .tne 81 lvng at the top Of another stone
near the middle Of the c nnIt e the ex-
tenton seemed Sc mseeaarr rtGtoe else Finally he
t trnst ed over and cautiously pushed II
With Ills foot. The round stone ne re'' rhe
the groutnd dtI nnd t fSeeu cuba fancy and
n1oiituiu his head on one side, he sided
over and pushed 1t again. Then ne to 1o
lt ,. up !" At this. the other cub prlcked
ears fnd p wsns Gysr eaf T. g. the
on i,,a discoyerer OF the playthng and
i from iop Ms h." motSss 70 Just
w a fference. and seeing her stu ~
combat With the 70 ly yhs ts Walked over any
o' Th n,s IS, IS an Insult that not even cup
VIII allow to 50 s 9nP"a emSsolle anu in
franas of their own, They scratched eatth
her VIZ hsr os s9 Hey an G spears Of h M
KY XII the time me- they were squeallng IKE
claren and making no on eng th 81 ola bears
ware putting ne nlshlTgs touches 3Sns te or the
anatomIes Of Mranda M hp xo i bsen abe to
@ IN their m number un % sea rs
nut NE NE from tho effects OF the catnip
70 PIT up e ,n nshs a bs, as ao s99n
W The bears we're badly {hs torn in the s sn
,a,, yere not seriously hurt, and they