The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-30
RARON FIRST AT MOOSE HUNT
p.ID $1,000 TO BEAT A BRITISH
lord no SELDOVIA.
r,ourb lie Goes Into Alaskan wilds with
an Outtit Of champagne and Other
Iu.ur,, He's n Game SpOrt-Ills ATri-
40, Hunting spoiled by a Vanderbilt.

~ A German DdToH WHO paw ei'WO 10 reacn
saldoyia ahead Of party OF hunters led
hv lord Ephinstone gave this community
..,rethinp to talk about to-day. The man
rb, was so anxious TO have first go at the
,,oose of the kenai Peninsula is Baron
puIl Nnidieck. He came on the steamer
Name CITY from Seattle. and by securing
,be services Of the famous John Herbert
...ured himself of better hunting than ia
Gkoly to fall to the lot of the Engishmans
party .----,
IN This fashion few days after he reached
seattle he read in the newspapers the ar
rival If Lord tlphinStone, with three COM
,anions, bound for Seldovia to hunt moose
nne Of the party. "a the Baron explained,
n member of the Vanderbilt family, had
hunted ahead of him for two years in Africa,
and had presumably interfered more or
less with his securing guides and killing big
game.
The Baron knew that to hunt under the
host auspices mt Seldovia it was necessary
ia hive the help of Herbert and his guide
.nbn Gilatrck: this he had learned from
Nj. friend Count Won Pleasant, who had
spent last summer on the peninsula and had
shot several moose. If the English party
should reach Seldovia ahead of him, or
even on the same steamer, they would be
nsoIv to corral the whole outfit Of guides
and spoil his sport
The Pacific Packing and Navigation Com
panv had two ships sailing for Alaska only
dav apart The Nome CITY started on
July 81, but having 700 tons of coal for
Sitka. 400 steel rails for Yalsutat and a
lot of freight for Kayak, was not likely TO
reach Valdez until after the Excelsior,
which sailed on Aug. /. From Valdez the
steamer Newport runs to Seldovia and other
,.aces west, and it is on her that Lord Ell
phinstone and his comrades are coming.
Sometimes the ships starting for Seattle also
make tho kenai Peninsula. but hitherto
they have always touched at Valdez first.
The Baron's plan was simple The Nome
City could go straight to Seldovia and he
would thus beat out his rivals. When he
made this suggestion to the agents of
the steamship line, they whtstled. To carry
eight or ten passengers and lot Of freight
past the main western terminus of their
line, just to save hunter a couple of days,
was an unheard-of proceeding, They would
'dRe nun 10 SeldoVla as they had TWO o'her
passengers and some freight for that port,
but it would be after landing at Valdez.
The Baron talks little, but he has been
around the world enough to know that
money talks loud and strong So he simply
asked How much?"
There was some cogitation and then a
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30 tbe NcWport viii not land taib er EEH
hunters until Cav after to-morrow
Seldovia is accustome to wealthy and
famous hunters, having the repntation of
being the hest ground in Alasln for moose
but The Baron Caused something Of a Stir
His fellow passengers on the Nome CITY
brought ashore some gossip about him,
although he spoke very little about himself
on the voyage. He had with him two
huge trunks, one weighing $50 and he other
400 pounds. The seamen had some trouble
In getting these ashore from the ships
boat,
Must have lead in here" growled one of
them. SeIdovia, however promptly heard
that a case of champagne one of Scotch
whiskey and another Of sherry were what
helped to make the trunks heavy. The
Baron is willing to rough it, but he sees no
reason for depriving himself of all the
Injuries OF civilization. He will find no
trouble in having his champagne served as
cold a. II would be in New York. Snow is
plentiful on the hills.
The Baron's outfit contains a canvas bag
with his sleeping paraphernalia, lot of
hand baggage, camera and curious sort
Of an umbrella. The cane Is OF wood, a
good inch In diameter, with shepherds
crook, at one end and stout iron spike, an
men long, at the bottom. Canvas about
n foot wide forms the part that opens.
Stretched on stout steel ribs.
WHAT IN the world is this?' asked the
parry on the beach as 1t was handed ashore.
hev tlnally figured out that 1t was q
coI!apsib lie seat, and so it was, used while
waiting for game.
me baroh hllnself bore out In appear
'hce AL me reputation Tor luxury that
accompanied MN. AZ he stepped on the
,'a'h ne looked dressed Tor Berlin. HIS
brown SUIT was splck nj span the trousers
nrNed up AT the bottom, although the
gay was ialr' His brown derby hat looked
sp.Caly out OF place in this hunters
''d''tlu rterS. Arrangements were at once
H"ue WIN Herbert, and the baggage was
slowed IN the cabin to be occupied by the
"Hioh
w the voyage the hunter was reticence
n"'n' lie explained III nkly to the pas
NnRerN az the cal talns table, where he
Ia, 'Iiat he didn't like to talk about HIM