The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-11-10
NO HUNTING m JAPAN.
Game 10 Very Plentiful There, But
the Natives Care Nothing for
the Sport.

Men often ask me about the aport OBJ
taInable In Japan. and 80 with respect
10 this II may not come amiss II here
explain. Hunting. such m the people
Of England and ireland understand
By that term, 10 absolutely non-existent
In the land Of the mikado. Foxes. deer
and harcs are plentiful enough. but Jap
ans natural features and the methods
OF agriculture followed by It's farming
classes are all. and most uncompromis-
ingly. too, against Il. says q Toxic cor
respondent Of the London Field.
OF candidates for the rife Japan pos.
sesscs quite a respectable number.
among them three species Of bears, the
wolf. a species OF stag. another 81 ante.
lope. and. II |. is permissible for an old
Anglo Indian to place him In the same
category. the Wild boar. All are. how.
ever, scarce. and getting scarcer yearly.
and It certainly would not pay anyone
TO make extensive preparations for so-
ing In search of any Of them. for.
though the Aino. that extremely hairy
aboriginal ~ Japan. hunts them all as.
siduously. he will render no assistance
To a stranger TO do likewise. and ~ for
the japanese hunter. he In the most pit.
iful Of shikaris.
And then again. the slightest devla-
tion Of n foreigner oif the beaten tracks
Of foreign travel In Japan IL more likely
than not To lead TO unpleasantness for
him, for suspicion Of foreigners and
their motives il one Of the leading and
worst traits In the japanese character.
Not being sportsmon or travellers In the
same sense and from the same motives
as the English speaking people are.
they canno understand why anyone
should spend his time In pursuit ~ oh.
jects which--to them. ut l.ast-bring
no tangible results. To travel they have
no objection. but only do 80 to see places
Of Interest and with some very definite
object In view. such a. for the spying
out of n foreign land or for the gaining
OF knowledge upon n special subject.
To revert. however. To the Wild game
Of Japan. II IL a pity indeed that matters
are M described. for the bears Of the
land are unique, as well from the
t'thh w y" w - thtN ul'u" Ntffs
strength and fierceness Of one species as
from the diminu,iyncss of another.
The first In a great c~arnivorous brute, q
sort OF grizzly. who makes nothing OF
killing and carrying on n fo~urteen-hand
pony. Next to him comes a black beast
very much like the sloth bear OF India,
and last Of all q diminutive little brute
scarcely larger than n good-sized span.
Tel. exceedingly shy and seldom seen.
The wolves Of japan are scarce, cow
ardly and 81 little account. and found now
only In the extreme northern parts of
the empire. The stat is about the sire
Of and In make and shape and habits.
too. like the fallow deer Of England and
Scotland. The little japanese antelope
must be n very nsa relative indeed OF
the jungle bakrl OF India. possessing
Ms he does. the same general appear
ance and shy habits.
Tho Wild pig OF Japan appears 10 be q
domestic pig run wild; indeed. I have
seen herds OF M%anchurian and Mon.
golian swine, great black. hairy beasts.
driven through the streets of Picking. OF
u far wilder and ferccr breed than any
Wild PIG ! have come across Ia Japan.
The boars there are. however. ~ a fair
size, but never so tail on the legs nor
with such hnc tusks as the jungly sooar
OF India, To ride one OF them down.
AS We do his brother u inde. would be
an impossibillty. for. as Il would be the
east In hunting. so. TOO. In this spot,
the nature Of the country would be oil
against anyone attempting Ia do 70.
Moonliyht