The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-16

are scarce. Only the rangers and
guides who spend practically all year
in the less settled region, are awarded
| a sight Of these kings of the crags.
Fish. several varieties of trout and
! land-locked salmon may be found I'm al
most any of the creeks with which
the Teton forest reserve abounds.
Getting Close to Nature
For the sportsmen who can find
pleasure, in viewing wild game in its
native haunts-in getting close enough
10 nature 10 see how her wards I've
when unhampered by man, the Teton
reserve, Mr.. Miller declares has pre-
pared a feast of good things.
II one is careful. and above all
patient, he may if good luck favor him.
lie hour after hour watching Lerd of
elkS Craze, most of them within
( stones throw. The hornless does aud
the graceful little elks. interesting for
a while, are forgotten when the big
buck, the guardian Of the Lerd, makes
his appearance.
The sportsman, be he ever so kind
hearted. can not restrain q desire TO
break the picture OF domestic hapDi-
ness with a $3.50. The action is as
quick as the thought. yet the watckful
buck has been quicker; his keen eye or
his keen ear or well trained nose has
warned him. With snort he is off
with his charges scattering at lis heels.
That elk did fall to the hunting
prowoss Of all four campers, however,
is attested by one of the accompanying
photographs i'm which are seen Mr..
and Mrs. Mead and Mrs. Miller with
six splendid heads. Two eacE of these
were won by Mr.. and Mrs. Miller while
the Chicagoans were each responsible
for one. As the requirements Of the re
serve include strict injunction
against shooting more than two elks.
the local people may be regarded as
having had the limit of luck-as wen
as good craftsmanship.
Fishing From Horseback.
TIE novel experience of fishing from
aboard a horse was one OF the
pleasurable incidents of the trip that
fell to the lot of Mrs. Miller. Not any
ordinary cob was this but one which
had been trained to go intO the water
without stirring up whirlpool: TO
stop an stand perfectly still at a sign
from the rider, and TO edge step by
step to the bank vixen he heard the
reel buzz and the rod spring back with
a jerk.
The advantage Of having such a
trained companion on a fishing "trip is
apparent when one thinks Of the king
doms he has sighed away for lack Of a
horse. as, standing on tie bank. he
was told that right out there are fish
to be caught but it's pretty deep"
This particular horse, had the bust
ness down 20 a science, as may be seen
from the photograph. He had been
trained, Eis rider was told. for
fisher" When fishing on such
animals. the sportsman must of
course be clad in waist boots since
often the horse takes a depth of
nearly four feet.
Mrs. Miller is shown in an accom-
panying photograph in the act Of
throwing out a trout temDter." The
picture represents the horse in COM
paratively shallow water.
Guides Find Way.
Mr.. Miller tells of an incident that
occurred one afternoon while he and
Mrs Miller We're out hunting. that
illustrates the wonderful instinct which
the guides have for finding their way
over mountain and through forest.
pause was made early in tie after
noon on the particular occasio re-
ferred to, in order that the guide might
scour the surrounding country for
game with Mr.. Miller's fine binocuIar.
A herd of elk was finally discovered