Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-10-19
GRIZZLY Is SMART.
MOST CUNNING OF ANIMALS. Ac
coRplNG TO HUNTER.
Well.Laid Plans to Obtain Snapshot
by Automatic Camera All Frus.
trated by Willy yellow.
stone Park Bruln.

Three grizzly bears performed
stunts about patent picture taking
device this week that completely set
at naught the efforts Of w. II. Wright,
the hunter, naturalist and author, to
have them take a fiashlight snapshot
OF themselves. Mr.. Wright has re.
turned to his home in Spokane after q
fortnight spent In the haunts OF the
grizzly in the dense timber of the
Jackson Hole country at the edge OF
Yellowstone park, vowing he will per
feet another automatic camera by
which to circumvent willy Bruin.
The grizzly Ia the sharpest animal
that walks on four legs" said he.
THE common bear ia an unmlti-
gated idiot compared with him. Al
though ] have spent "a years hunting
grizzlies and have traversed the Rock
les from Alaska to Mexico City In my
quest, ! learned more about the Gun
ming OF the grizzly last week than
ever dreamed.
Il hau stretched a tiny black thread
across a well.beaten trail, In the ex
pectation that In the dark they would
walk against It, thereby releasing q
spring that would set of q nashllght
| powder in a camera which | had sta
TONED few yards away on the wind
ward side of the trail. | hid in the
branches l50 feet further to the wind
ward and awaited developments.
ut had become so dark that I coulC
barely discern an object at that dis
tance, when three bears came dowr
the trail, single file. | was congratu
,ating myself on the magnificent pho
tograph | was about TO get when tn,
foremost bear shifted, halted two o.
three feet from that black thread ant
proceeded to extend his nose cautious
ly toward II. He had scented a No
10 linen thread when It was so darl
he could not possibly see It,
"The second bear, curious to know
the cause OF the pause and unable Il
pass the front one on the narrow trail
placed his front paws on the back o
the leader and peered over his shoul
der at the strange smelling object
The rear bear, equally inQuisitiye
mounted the back Of the second In tn,
same way and retched his neck II
the same manner
THE leader touched the thread gin
gerly with his nose Suddenly ther,
was a Hash and pun, and the whole
scene was brilliantly illuminated. In
stead OF running away, the bear
looked at the sky and then at eacl
other, as much as 70 inquire VIII!
there should be fash OF lightning Of
such a clear night. To my infnit,
sorrow, an imperfection In my photo
graphic apparatus caused the pictur,
| OF those three bears, with paws ol
each others backs, much as elephant
are trained TO do ina circus, to be 8,
dim as to be useless for half.tone re
production.
ITO go ahead with the story, whel
those bears had recovered from thel
surprise, they proceeded to trace tha
thread to its source Fortunately, in
stead OF following II toward the can
era. they nOsed along toward the en-
which was attached to spool ha
taken the pains to bury that spoc
In the ground, but they dug II up 1
less time than II takes to tell 4
Then they held serious powwo'
over the spool, accompanied by muc
sage shaking Of heads, After a tim
they turned about and beat an orde
ly retreat up the trail In the directo
whence they had come"
In all, Mr. Wright saw 30 bears al
proach that thread during his NOR
than ten days Of patient effort to gC
a photograph. OF that number nc
one crossed the thread. Four time
was the trap sprung by Mr. Bruin. PR
duclng spark In small battery a
tached to the pan containing the fasl
light powder. One excellent snapshc
was the result. The other fiashe
proved inadequate, owing to insult
Client powder, producing only dir
outline OF the grizzlies that ha
touched the thread with their nose
through curiosity. Not one OF ther
had done IL carelessly.