Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-12-03
Hunting Big Game at Worlds Fair
Fine Examples of Taxidermist's Skill
BY q RAN HuTcH

How would you enjoy stalking a
herd of moose in the forests of Mime
sofa? How would you like a contest
with a brown bear, or a wild cat?
What would you think of a hunt for
hippopotamus and giraffe in the wiids
of Africa? All these big game thrills
are to be had, by man who is blessed
with a vivid Imagination, in the Palace
of Forestry, Fish and Game, at the
worlds fair.
There are two kinds of hunters
those who kill game for the pure love
of killing it, and those who regard the
slaughter as necessary evil and the
one disagreeable part of hunting. The
latter class may find the keenest en-
joyment in this mimic game preserve,
where all varieties of wild animals and
fowls are brought together. To the
instructive sportsman the exhibits in
this building may serve as reminders
of his own triumphs with the gun.
Indeed, this astonishing collection of
stuffed and mounted animals is of uni
versa1 interest, if one may judge by
the crowds that are at all times as
sembled around the exhibits. Men
who never handled a gun, gentle ladies
and timid children are among the
most interested of the spectators
These once terrible but now harmless
creatures appeal to US as a living
menagerie behind secure iron bars
does Yet the animals in the game
display possess one advantage over
those in the cage. They are quite as
safe, and they are in their natural
setting.
One of the most popular groups is
fI,n hoo i
mother bear, holding tight to the hol
low trunk with her sharp claws, is de-
tying the swarm of angry bees while
she drops the sections of rich comb
down to her expectant cubs. The stu
alton is one that appeals to every
child For some unexplained reason
the bear is the first animal to invade
the nursery. He is on the second page
of the "a B CO book. The boy who
wishes to frighten his little sister IL
riably plays he is a bear, and the
bugaboo that gets bad children is sure
to be a bear. The place that honey
occupies in the childish mind is too
well established to be questioned
Another exhibit that both delights
and perplexes the little people is that
OF the state of Washington. For var1-
ETY. of game this section is unsur-
passed There is everything from the
wool seal, that lives under the water,
to the eagle that lives above the
clouds. There are deer, moose, bears
and wolves; but the astonishing part
of the display is the procession of
small beans around the outer edge of
the booth. 1t is procession that
never gets any farther, for each bear
occupies exactly the same spot on
which he stood at the opening of the
exposition. They are all erect on their
electric light bulb. One. small boy
whose father is in the habit of going
for an annual bear hunt in the north
west remarked to his mother after he
had contemplated the Washington Sec
ton for some minutes:
Mamma, 1 think papa ought to go
out there next time. The bears carry
lanterns so that you can see them at
night when they can't see you. 1t is
ever so much safer than hunting by
daylight
The hunter who was caught in the
act of being bounced upon by a terri
BILE bear, and was possessed of such
courage and presence of mind that he
warded off the attack with the butt OF
his gun, and has succeeded in warding
it off since the opening of the exposi-
ton, is another favorite with the boys
in the Palace of Forestry, Fish and