The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-14
GIRL WHO HUNTS REAKA
1n@ EAgEnFt Dned Seven ~ ne UrulA
Family and . SISuntGin Zion.

Inw TagEHFt K1Iled seven ~ ne Ufuin
Family and = NLguntafn lion.
Ms Abbis TagEHTt, who rs the gust Il
Mia Pearl Duke at 1904 hgraham atpuah9
may well be termed OIs Of the mosd -
nnari1ahle girls Of ths, West. hEys tina Los
Angeles TinaG StK,-. =
Miss TagEart rs an ou1tStr girl EwF
since she was 3 years Of agat yghen her father
strapped her 10 the back Of = pony which he
let loose in the hpu1s yard, giving IL . slap
TO nalre It run, abe has dsVslopSd a lpvs #
daring and risk that has inspired hsr -
mary Wild otventmeG lid
Miss TagKart recently returnsd mum
the Lake Tahoe district, where alons she
shot and killed SEVEN heHrs and 3 mountain
hon, not TO mention small p1naA
This locality, thirty-hve miles hDm
the town Of Sonora Is TuGgad- The taR-
esteT's camp IL Al Cow Creek, on the old
Mono and Sonora ton road, over which
millions Of dollars worth Of. gold ore VIZ
pocked in the eurfy days. But now only
Wild animals pass that WAY TVenty-hvS
miles away, IN the dsepesS and lonsliess
Of 6ierran grandeur, Is Kenmsdy's Lalze, .
place especially favored by Miss uaEEATt,
Who has often made the trip unancompautad
on NJ hlnILeu EOIner VIII bLAnAlIlB hhAAG
and ammunition n her beh and rife loaded
for big EAme- Perhaps she would nos
return TO camp for two or three days, bus
her parents never worried, for they kngW
her self reliant and independent nature
Getting the hrst bem vas a ctnGh,S
said Miss TRREaTt- Il was riding along
when suddenly my horso gave a snort and
jumped about ten feet Right ahead,
among tho pines, discovered blael. bear.
! had been wiahing for just tins thing %
happen determined TO hill that bear,
but my horse was piTOuetung about most
dreadfully. II was his frBt bear as well &c
mine and he didn't hike it. After he'd
turned several sOm@ta It's and tried 70
climb a tree 1 jumped OF and let him 60.
Ny, how he did rum .-Ha.. suI .ti
then faced Mr.. Bear, who was back
ing away and looking rather indignantly
as If to say. Madame, you're intruding.'
a log, stopped and glared At mo This
incident was a VeTidcation of the saying
that He who hesitates is lost took
careful aim, fired. and Mr.. Bear With one
final despairing grunt toppled over.
Il tell you what, though, my next bear
gave me q fight. He was a rouBer, weighed
almost eight hundred pounds, and Vas
as fierce as fifty devils. This time. also,
] was on Megaphone-that's what call
my horse. The horse and ght o sim
bear. The habits and cbaractsTistioS- OF
this species are like those Of the grizzly,
They are ferocious fighters. Well, that
old fellow walked leisurely toward US wag-
ging his head from side 20 side and re-
garding us with a mu rderous eye. When
within about thirty feet Of US be stood on
his launches and blew-whoof, whoot,
whoof, whooil My, but he was mad. I
shouted at him, shrieked, yelled, made
all the hideous noises could think Of just
TO see II he would shoo but he wouldn't.
'MeRaphone was snoring and POupging
frightfully and had all / could DO T. keep
the saddle. Using my gun under such
conditions was impossible, so leaped TO the
ground and blazed away Rt the monster.
The bullet didn't strike rigat and he jumped
toward me madly, with teeth and claws
all set for business, quickly ! fred again,
this time successfully, for the ball went
straight through his head. 4es, did have
a narrow escape, probably, but, IL was all
so exciting and Nhlarating didn't think
OF danger once, Next day ! a a noun
tain lion. Not I've rover shot q deer
and I've seen lots Of them too, They're
too pretty to kill. RattlYnakes and bear
are my long suit I've absolutely no use
for either one @ .N -