Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-03-18
THE GOOD OLD Times
When Hunting Was Good and
Gray Mares Were Wonders.
REAL SPORT IN THOSE DAYs.

Old Jimmy Chambers Tells About One
Haul He Made When He Got More
Than He Expectsd-The Willing Old,
Horse That Cracked Her skin.
Talk about yer huntin' trips" said
ole Jimmy Chambers. '.Why, there amt
no huntin' nowadays; no, not none
'tall-leastwise none worth mentionin'.
1T was different when / wuz
young Teller. Them wuz huntin' days!
When ye went out to hunt We rot
sumthin', tell We An most always
ye got dun sight more N We expect
ed. ! remember onct down in ole
Pennsylvania when / had a hunt as
wuz hunt. had er ole muzzle
loader rifle that could shoot some, /
tell ye. An wuz no SLOUGH at shoot
In In them days myself. could shoot
about as well as Their next Teller. Well.
I went down to Their river Iookin' fer
er deer seen one standin' right In
front OF er big tree. pulled up Their
ole muzzle loader an let her 20. Jest
as l fired big fish jumped out of Their
water, an my shot went plum through
him. / seen by Their way he fell I'd
plugged er hole In hiEn. The deer
Jest dropped where be stood-never
stirred, Jest fell stone dead.
Il rushed out into Their. river an
grabbed my fish fore 1t could float
away. With Their fish under my arm
I started fer Their deer. An what dye
suppose? 8 help me, jest back Of
where that. deer stood Their bullet had
knocked er hole in that tree as big
as yer fist, an out of that hole er
regular stream Of honey wuz fowin'!
That good honey wuz goin' to waste
6um fast, an / hadn't nary er thing
to stop it. Jest then er rabbit jump
ed out Of er hole hadn't noticed, an
grabbed him by Their hind legs Jest
as he wuz leapin'. wuz goin' to stun
him in Their hole when er flock Of quail
flew up on Their other side OF ther
tree. They wuz goin' straightaway,
an there wuz more N 10000 Of 'em.
Their ole muzzle loader wuzn't loaded,
an them quail wuz gettin' away fast.
/ wanted some OF 'em bad, SO / lest
die of 'em, an the way ne kicked
an clawed as he wuz goin' through
Their air wuz a caution. He landed
right en- top Of ther whole bunch,
an when got over there seventeen
Of 'em wuz dead on Their ground-yes
sir, Jest seventeen of 'em! An Their
shock had killed Their rabbit too. He
VuTIZ oil ch I'd nm 4 ctr a., h..r,
in Their hole to stop Their honey till /
could go home fer sum barrels.
II hitched up Their ole gray mare to
Their sled an went back. / chopped
that there ole tree down, an there wuz
honey enough to I'LL all my barrels
Well, I slung Their deer an Their fish an
Their rabbit an Their quail on Their sled
an started home. 1t wuz some load
fer ther ole mare, an / walked at her
head, kinder coaxin' her along. /
wuzn't payin' any attention to Their
load, an, by gum. when we got up to
Their house there wuz that there load
way back in Their middle OF Their river.
OF course knowed what wuz Their
matter. That ole grounding harness
had got wet an jest stretched. / wuz
kind of hungry, so jest throwed Their
harness over stump an went into
dinner When / cum out again Their
sun had dried Their harness an Their
load wuz just pullin' up to ther stump.
That wuz some hunt Yer don't get
nothin' like that nowadays, tell We.
Them wuz good old daysl
AN, speakin' of Their ole gray mare,
she was Their willin'est mare that ever
wuz. She'd pull anything yer hitched
her to. tried her, an she pulled eV-
erythIng. One day SEE to myself, BY
gum, I'll give yer er load yer can't
pull an / hitched her to er stone boat
loaded with all Their powders in Their
county. She got right down an pulled
au' pulled an pulled, but Their load
didn't bulge / heard er little crack,
but for er minute / didn't suspicion
anything, an before l noticed that Their
skin on her face had cracked 1t wuz
too late. l yelled at her to stop, but
she wuz so dun mad she kept right on
pullin', an s'help me, before / could
stop her she'd pulled herself clean out
Of her skinI / didn't want to lose that
there mare, an got busy an did er
little skin graftin' fer myself. had
some fresh sheep pelts, an l sewed
them on as fast as could sew. Well,
sir, them peIts took root fine. They
growed on that there ole mare jest
like they'd always been there, an Their
next season I sheared Jest 375 pounds
of wool of'n her. She wuz er good
ole mare, tell ye, an every year /
got $40 pounds Of wool so long as she
lived. Yes. SIR; 1t wus always jest 3T5
pounds. Yer don't have no such horses
nowadays, tell ye"-Outer's Book.