Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-09-13
GRIZZLY IS SMART.
vosr CUNNING OF ANIMALS. Ac-
coRosse TO HUNTER
NeiLIsie Plans 70 oetzir Snapshot
~ Asto-stie Camera All Frus
trstcs ~ willy Yellow
st7re PARIS 5ruir-

Three grizzly bears performed
stunts about a pafent picture taking
levice this week that completely set
u aaH<ht the e-ozss ot ". II. Wright.
he hunter. naturalist anf aathor. to
ave them take a aashlight snapshot
u thsnassives Mr. Wright has re-
.urred 70 bis home IN Spokane after a
'ortaixht spent Ia the haunts of the
grizzly in the dense timber ot the
fackson Hole cou1try A. The edge Of
fellossfoue park. voxinx he viii per
ret another automatic camera By
Fhich % cirruzvent Willy Bruia-
The grizzly - the sharpest animal
hat salks on four Iexs.~ said ae.
The eommou bear IL an unmifi-
rafet Hot compared rith him Al
houzh have spent - years huating
-rixHite$ aaf have trsee-sesi the Rock
- f-un Aiaxka 70 Mexico City In my
nest. learned zorp about the Gun
ring % the grizzly AS. week than
EVER dreamed
I had stretched q tiny black thread
icrnss . wsiloeaten trail. In the ex-
5sctztion tia; IN the dark they would
walk against II. thereby releasing n
spring that would set OF a fashlight
powder IN a camera Which had STA
toned few yards away on the wind
ward sisse % the trail hid in the
branches $50 feet further to the wind
ward aud awaited Developments
1T had become 50 dark that I could
Barely discern an object az that Dis
,ance. when three bears came down
he trail single file. was conxratu-
latlng myself on the magnificent pho
c-T1Tk 7 vas about . get when the
foremost bear shifted. halted two or
three feet from that black thread and
proceeded TO extend his nose cautious
" toward H. He had scented a No.
20 linen thread when il was so dark
se could not possibly see H.
The second bear. curious 20 know
The eaase OF the pause and unable 10
pass the front one on the narrow trail.
placed his front paws on the back OF
the leader and peered over his shout
Ter at the strange smelling object
The rear bear. equally inquisitive.
mounted the back % the second in the
same way and stretched his neck in
the sane manner
The leader touched the thread gin
gerry with his nose Suddenly there
vas a fash and a pun. and the whole
scene vas brilliantly Illuminated. In
stead Of running away. the bears
looked n the sky and then at each
other. as much as to inquire why
there should be a fash % lightning on
such n clear night To my infinite
sorrow, an impsrfectiou in my photo
graphic apparatus caused the picture
II those three bears. with paws on
each others backs. much As elephants
are trained 10 do ina circus. 10 be so
dim as to be useless for h1If-t0ne re
production
To go ahead with the story. when
hose bears had recovered from their
surprise. they proceeded to trace that
thread tn its source Fortunately. in
@N1h1 u AttA0NAh- ~ AUsaEu Aue Etsll-
era. they nOsed along toward the end
which was attached to a spool I hal
taken the pains TO bury that spool
in the ground. but they dug It up in
less time than il takes To tell IL.
Then they held a serious poxwow
over the spool. accompanied By much
sage shaking OF heads. After a time
they turned about and beat an order
ly retreat up the trail in the direction
whence they had come
In all Mr. Wright saw 30 bears ap-
preach that thread during his more
than ten days Of patient effort 10 get
photograph OF thar number not
one crossed the thread Four times
was the trap sprung By Mr. Bruin. pro
ducing a spark in a small battery At
taehed 10 the pan containing the fash
light powder One exceIlear snapshot
was the result The other flashes
proved inadequate. owing TO insues
Gent powder. producing only a din
outline Of the grizzlies thar ha4
touched the thread with their noses
through curiosity Not one Of them
had done il earelessIy-