The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-10

and chased them with my biograph.
getting a series Of moving pictures Of
that bull fight which WIS sure the real
thing. 1t was ticklish thing to do,
though knowing that neither bull
dared take his eyes off his adversary
for q second felt reasonably safe. The
old Weetah beat the new champion out
that night, but the next morning they
were at it again. and the new buffalo
finally whipped the old one into sub
mission. Since then his spirit has
remained broken and even a child can
approach him safely-but the new
Weetah is in turn a holy terror.
ITO handle buffalo and elk and bear
you must get into sympathy with their
methods Of reasoning No tendeTfoot
stands any show even with the tame
animals of the Yellowstone. Even my
old friend Dick Rock, the greatest hunt
er and guide that ever came out or
Idaho. got Killed by one of our 3-year-
old bulls because he wasn't onto their
mental curves. I told him they knew
him Just well enough to kill him, and
they did. Same with A. H. Cole two
weeks before, when he tried to rope
Weetah, at oxford. Neb. I told Cole
the bull was too tame to be safe, but
he hadn't studied buffalo psychology
enough. and the bison caught him on
the run Same with elk Old Gen. Bull,
a member of the Kansas legislature, ana
two cowboys who went into corral 70
rope a big elk who was too tame, failed
you see, a Wild animal must learn
to respect a man. The way I used 70
teach the Yellowstone bears to be re-
spectful and safe neighbors was to rope
them around the front paw swing them
up on a tree clear Of the ground ana
whip them with long pole II was a
dangerous business and looks cruel, as
YOU saw In the bfograph scenes. pul
IL Is the only way could find to make
the hears good. You see, they eat scraps
around the hotels and get so tame they
will steal everything but redhot stoves
and will cuff the. life out or those VINO
try to shoot them off. But after pear
mother has had a licking she not only
becomes a good bear Tor the rest OF hSk
life but she tells all her CUBS aoout u
and teaches them to respect peacsa1 ia
citizens generation after generation
MT Jones told of how he captured SIX
elk bucks in George Gould's park IN the
C,atstills by having his helpers chase
them into a cuI-de-sac by g lake anu
forcing them into the water, Wners ne
iassoed Them He tk en- tied drag
made of a heavy Torked stick, 70 each
rope. and each elk, swimming TO ANA
and rushing into the woods, dragging
his anchor, captured himself. These Elk
are now in Bronx Park
one OF Jones' series Of moving pic
t,,res shows him scrs milling up a Dig
ar tree to dislodge a huge panther from
limb. The animal crouches for q
sprfna Jones, armed only with sllcks
crawls out to meet him. JaDs MIN IN tllH
neck and finally pushes kim on the limb
to the ground. instantly the panther
attacked by the dogs, leaps up the tree
aratu scrambles over the asrontsned
Jones and disappears in the TOD Or the
fir. tIt was one Of my CLOSEST cars
said Jones. land I can still feel the
goosedest on my back. If the lion had
taken a swipe at me in passing, II would
have been all on.
It Is vel known that many adult wild
submit to captivity; but It Is not gen
orally known that they accomplish TINS
result by purely mental n ethods-a sort
Of reversed Christian Science. Spea KING
of this curious phenomenon, BuiLalo
Jones said: $50
of all the buffsloes now in the parks
and ZOOS Of the world, not one OF them
was over four months OLD when taken
have captured scores OF full grown
bisons, but as soon as they are turned
/ into a corral they burst their bfalns
] ont II they can. # that fails, OF II
they are tied to the loops in the center
az a long rope the ends OF which are
tied TO stakes, which is my meIhod OF
keeping them from killing themselves.
they get heartbrolken and die anyway
Invariably an adult buffalo, when hob
bIed or tied, win begin TO tremble and
droop- Then he cramps himself he
/ stiffens every muscle ana 1aiis IN sott
/ of CONFUSION ana QAes on us HP1e
The curious thing about this mental
suicide is that they often die inside OF
! ten minutes In 1883 7 captured twenty
two full grown bunaloes and put them
u,itl, NV tame herd. but they wouldn't
/ leave the range. I started to hobble
them, but before got the hobbies on
/ an Int three Of them curled up stIR as
pol<ers and went ever the divide-pass-
/ ed in their checks. What killed them2
I Neither man nor animal with the right
! sort Of free spirit takes kindly to cap
/ tivity. and maybe their hearts were
/ broken. sCi1ien sabez"
They have a COW out in Oregon that
I wiggIes her horns"
Gee! ia hate TO have 2 COW Ike thas