The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-07-30

Springs the four-horse coach is the
vehicle generally employed.
Each days journey through the
park unfolds new scenes. The land
scape changes with amazing sudden
ness. Each wonder spot, when
passed, is found to be but the preface
to something more inspiring.
With each succeeding year the wild
animals In the park become a more
interesting feature of it. Here Is
really the only place where the pub
lie in general can freely see the al
mails of the forest and the wilds in
their natural state. The animals
evince less and less timidity and,
while not common. it is not an unusu-
al sight, as the coaches drive along,
to see an elk or a deer or two sla-
king their thirst in the stream or sew
eral quietly and unconcernedly feed
ing in the woods near the road.
The effort to increase the buffalo
herd by outside purchase and to cor
raj the animals where they can be
fed and protected has met with sue
cess. There are now about 100 bison
In the park. ts,
There are about 1000 antelopes and
from 100 to 200 mountain sheep in
the park, most of them living on and
around Mount Everts near Mammoth
Hot Springs. Both sheep and ante
lopes are more wary than the other
animals, and, to a great extent disap-
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ter and spring. both antelopes and
sheep are found in large numbers on
the hills and flats above Gardiner and
Mammoth Hot Springs. They are
fed by the authorities at Fort Vel
lowstone, which serves to domesticate
them in some degree, and in recent
, years many antelopes remain to Craze
during the summer on the large al
falfa field at the park entrance.
The deer. of which there are nun
dreds, are increasing In number. and
the pretty animals are seen more and
more each year During the fall win
ter and spring, like the sheep and an
telope, they are a familiar sight
around Fort Yellowstone and Nam
Inotn HOT springs.
II is the elk, however, that are
found in almost countless numbers.
and during the summer they are not
infrequently seen. They seclude them
selves, more or less, however. in the
timber and valleys.
The bears are found near the ho-
tells and it requires no exertion. be.
yond the walk of a few rods, to see
them.
In portions of the park, naturally
those somewhat retired and secluded.
there are many beavers and they are
flourishing and increasing. One place
where these industrious animals may
be seen is near Tower fall, where
there are several colonies of them.
| Here, among the brooks in this beau
tiful part of the park, they may be
found, with their dams. houses, ponds
and slides. swimming about In the
water or cutting down trees on land.
laying in their store of food for the
winter.
AS a place where one may indulge
in angling at little or no hardship the
park heads the list. In 1890 the Uni
ted States fish commission began
stocking the waters OF the park. Since
that year several hundred thousand
trout have been planted" In the park
lakes and streams. and these have
greatly multiplied.
There Is now scarcely a stream or
lake In the park but that has trout
in IL. From any of the hotels one can
easily make fishing excursions, at dis
tances ranging from few rods to a
few niles, and find fine sport. Those
who angle In Yellowstone park are
under few restrictions. but they are
assumed TO be true sportsmen. All
f, .ish must be taken with hook