The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-09
BUFFAL0ES PUT
UP FIERCE FIGHT
Three Noble Animals Slain on
Antelope Island.
CHASE WAS THRILLING ONE
CHARGED THEIR PURSUERS IN
BATTLE FOR LIFE.
THREE MORE buaaioes. proud SUI

uy the courage or their klngly duceS-
| try they batued for hours against
/ overwhelming odds on Antelope island.
Tt was a fight TO defend a glory Of
I which little more than memory re-
the reputation Of a noble race; it was "a
| fight which contested the right of man
% wipe out this struggling remnant Of
a departed greatness and strength.
There was no dishOnor 10 the vic
| Tins of the contest. With hOOf and
horn they checked the advance of
; their eXterminatOrs 1T was an unequal
duel but it did honor 90 the race whose
/ right 10 exist was once defended by
countless numbers Of their kind. Cav
alcade after caValcade of these proud
/ herds, after centuries Of unchalenged
/ possession TO the plains, has fallen
victims 10 the greediness Of man. but
/ the magnificent animals, TO the last
[ buffalo, are making o. splendid fight
against total extinction.
And these warriors yesterday charged
and recharged in the royal battle for
supremacy. Routed time and again,
/ they returned TO the unequal struggle
until the last shaggy warrior lay upon
the ground sponging the earth with
his noble blood.
Was a Thrilling Chase.
All of the thrilling incidents. exciting
situations and hairbreadth escapes Of a
genuine buffalo hunt were experienced
by the party of Salt Lake huntsmen
who went out TO the rugged hills of
Antelope island i'm Great Salt lake
yesterday. Armed with rifles and re-
I oil
and af0Ot. chased the wild bison over
hills and through ravines for miles
along the coast of the island. Sometimes
the bunalOes would turn the tables and
make some of the hunters take to the
sage brush. Then there was excite
meut Of an kinds for the chased, and
bushels OF fun for the observers who
stood at a safe distance.
For four hours the hunt was kept at
fever heat and the willy animals gave
their pursuers a race that would have
gladdened the heart of the red man In
the balmy days of buffalo hunting But
I'm the end powder and lead conquered
and two big male bison fell victims TO
the deadly aim of the hunters.
on Saturday afternoon. when the
hunt was first begun, another buffalo
was killed. DR.. A. G.. Belle made the
gest buffalo on foot and downing him
ON the run az a distance of seventy-0ve
yards. Floyd Bolton killed the other
.oHe- Of the morning hunt and als5
baEged the one Of the evening before.
Made a Came Fight.
The bufaloes were wounded several
times before they were finally killed
and euraged by their wounds they
made several charges upon the hunt
ers- but the latter escaped by taking
20 their heels 20 the tail sage brush.
The hunting party was composed of
Sheriff g. Frank Emery, j. II. White.
]. g.. GlOsZ, Floyd Bolton. Harry Ship
ler, Or. A. e.. Belle. Alan Lovey and
Harry Morrison The hunt began about
6 o'clock Saturday afternoon. The first
party located three bunalOes about a
mile from the ranch on the north point
of the island. With a single shot Mr.
Bolton dOwned one of the animals,
shooting him through the heart The
other two bounded of towards the
north end of the island and although
the party pursued them darkness stop
ped the hunt before another shot could
be secured.
The Big Chase Begins.
AT g o'clock yesterday morning the
remaining two bufalOes were sighted
on the slope of "a mountain about a
mile west OF the ranch. ShOuldering
their guns and abandoning their horses
on account of the wire fences and
broken condition of the island, the
huntsmen stationed themselves along
the point of "a hill L await a shot. Two
boys from the ranch were mounted on
horses and sent out to start the buf-
falOes I'm the direction of the hunters.
The latter had hardly gained their pO-
sItiOns when the two buhalOes came
rushing towards the hill at race horse
speed. They were running abreast and
the sight was one 20 make a huutsman
thrill with pleasure.
Alan Lovey armed with no more
formidable weapon than a pencil ana
sketch tablet. was standing on the
point Of the hill taking i'm the scene.
With a sudden veer the animals started
directly towards LOvey In an instant
they were almost upon him. LOvey
had good running gear. but somehow
they refused 20 work and the artist
went under "a sage brush like a flash.
Cautiously he peeped over the bush
90 see III the bumaloes We're still com
ing. They We're. Mr.. LOvey prOceseed
TO Irvine himself about the bush and
he declared he could smell the breath
of the bunalOes as they passed, they
came so close 60 him.
Bufaloes Dash Through Fence.
Down the hill the bumaIoes went,
dashed through a wire fence and start
ed north along the coast Of the island
The huntsmen rushed over the point of
the mountain TO head off the game.
They were TOO late. The mounted driv-
ers pursued and for a mile Up the
beach there was a neck and neck race
between the horses and the buffalOes.
When the latter discovered that they
had been headed OFF they plunged into
the lake, and running out beyond rifle
range stopped and calmly surveyed the
scene The hunters lined up along the
beach ready for a shot and the drivers
rode into the water and started the
bunalOes towards the land. Through "a
rain of lead the animals dashed to-
wards a sage brush Datcn.
one of the bunalOes was wounded
slightly and down the beach he rushed
az savage speed. snorting and paw
ing the earth. Mr.. Bolton. mounted
on "a horse. gave chase and shot the
wounded one again. He went TO his
knees but got up and made a rush to-
wards a part Of the hunters at the
point of the HILL Another shot from
Bottoms gun struck the buffalo and he
fell TO the ground. Although mOrtally
wounded the animal struggled desper-
ately 20 get 20 his feet and charge
upon the rider. The latter turned and
made away as fast as his horse could
carry him. Securing another gun he
returned TO "a safe distance and killed
the wounded animal.
Fierce Fight For Life.
The other buffalo stood at bay In
corner of fence. paving and below
ing savagely. Bottoms horse becoming
frightened, ran away and left Bolton