Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-16
PHoroeRAPH1Na GRIZZLIES.
Hunter Finds It Hard Task to Get
a Snapshot in the Woods.

Spokaue Correspondence Minneapolis Journal.
Three grizzly bears performed stunts
about a patent picture-taking device this
week that completely set at naught the ef-
forts of w. H. Wright, the hunter, natural
list and author, to have them take a flash
light snapshot of themselves. Mr.. Wright
has returned to his home In this city after
a fortnight spent in the haunts OF the gr1z-
Civ in the dense timber of the jackson
Hole country at the edge OF Yellowstone
Park, vowing he will perfect another auto
matte camera by which to circumvent willy
Bruin. 49,,
1.-THE grizzly is the sharpest animal tnat
walks on four legs" said he.
1.-THE common bear Is an unmit1gated
idiot, compared with him. Although have
spent twenty-four years hunting grlzznes
Alaska to Mexico City in my quest. l
learned more about the cunning OF the grlz-
ely last week than 1 ever dreamed.
+ IT had stretched tiny black threao
ton that in the dark they would walk
against 1t, thereby releasing a spring tnat
would set OFF fiashlight powder IN a
camera which had stationed rev yaros
I hid in the branches $50 feet further to
the windward and awaited developments
s'It had become so dark that could barely
discern an object at that distance, when
file was congratulating myself on the
magnificent photograph I was about to get
when the foremost bear snined' haited TWO
or three feet from that black thread. ana
proceeded to extend his nose cautiously
toward it. He had scented No. Az linen
thread when it was so dark ne could not
possibly see 1t.
1.-THE second bear, curious to know the
cause of the pause and unable to pass the
front one on the narrow trail, placed MS
front paws on the back of the leader ana
peered over his shoulder at the strange
smelling object. The rear pear, equaIiy M,
ouisitiye. mounted the back Of the second
in the same way and stretched his neck IN
the same manner.
."rhe leader touched the thread gingerly
with his nose. Suddenly there was a na aa
liantly illuminated. Instead OF running
away, the bears looked at the sky and
then at each other as much as to inquire
why there should be flash OF lightning on
an imperfection in my photographing ap-
paratus caused the picture OF those three
bears, with paws on each others Dacks,
much as elephants are trained to DO In
circus, to be SO dim as TO De useiess Aof
halftone reproduction.
''To go ahead with the story, when those
bears had recovered from their surprise,
they proceeded to trace that thread 10 lts
source. Fortunately, instead of following
it toward the camera, they nosed along
toward the end which was attached 10 q
SPOOL had taken the pains to bury that
spool in the ground, but they dug 1t up In
less time than it takes to tell 1t. Then they
held a serious powwow over the spool, &C
companied by much sage shaking of heads
After a time they turned about and peat
an orderly retreat up the trail in the direc-
ton whence they had come"
In all, Mr. Wright saw thirty bears APP
proach that thread during his more than
ten days of patient effort to get photo
graph. OF that number not one crossed the
thread, Four times was the trap sprung
by Mr.. Bruin producing spark In small
battery attached to the pan containing the
iashlight powder. One excellent snapshot
was the result. The other flashes proved
Inadequate, owing to insufficient powder,
producing only a dim outline of the griz-
lilies that had touched the thread with
their noses through curiosity. Not one OF
them had done 1t carelessly.