The daily Alaskan., 1910-03-01
TIE GOOD 0-D TIMES
When Hunting Was Good and Gray Mares Were Wonders.
REAL SPORT IN THOSE DAYS.

Old Jimmy Chambers Tells About Ono
 Haul He Made When He Got More
 Than Ho Expeetsd-The Willing Old
 Horse That Cracked Her Skin.
 "Talk about yer huutlu' trips" said ole Jimmy Chambers. "Why, there ain't no huutn' nowadays; no, not none 'tall-leastwlsc none worth mentionin'.
 "It was different when wuz young feller. Them wuz hundn' days! 1 When ye went out to hunt ye got sumthin, l tell ye. An most always ye got a dun sight more n ye expect. ed. l remember onct down In ole ! Pennsylvania when l had a hunt as wuz hunt. had CT ole muZzle loader rifle that could shoot some, l tell ye. An wuz no slOuch at shoot in In them days myself. I could shoot about as well as ther next feller Well, went down to ther river looSln' fer CT deer. seen one standIn' right In front of CT big tree pulled up ther ole muzzle loader an let her go. Jest as fired a big fish jumped out of ther water. an my shot went plum through him. seen by ther way he fell I'd plugged CT hole in him. The deer jest dropped where he stood-never stirred, jest fell stone dead
 "I rushed out into thcr river an . grabbed my fish fore lt could float away. With ther fish under my arm ! l started fer ther deer. An what dye suppose? S help me, jest back of where that deer stood ther bullet had knocked cr hole in that tree as big as yer fist, an out of that hole CT ] regular stream Of honey wuz dowin'! That good honey wuz goln' to waste dun fast, an l hadn't nary CT thing to stop it. Jest then CT rabbit jump cd out of CT hole l hadn't noticed an . ] grabbed him by ther hind legs jest as he wuz lcapm ] wuz goin' to stun him in ther hole when CT flock of quail ! flew up on thcr other side of ther ! tree. They wUz goin' Straightaway, an there wuz more n 10000 of 'em. ! Thcr ole muzzle loader wuzn't loaded
 an them quail wuZ gettin' away fast wanted some of 'cm bad, so I jest ! let go that ole rabbit right in ther mid . dlc of 'em, an the way he kicked an clawcd as he wuz goin through ! ther air wuz a caution. He landed right on top of ther whole bunch
 am when l got over there seventeen of 'cm wuz dead on thcr GrOund-yCs, sir. jest seventeen of 'cm, An ther 1 shocl, had killed ther rabbit toO He wuz all smashed up. l stuck his head in ther hole to stop ther honey till l could go home fer sum barrels.
 "I hitchcd up thcr ole gray mare to ther sled an went back I chopped that there ole tree down, an there wuz honey enough to fill all my barrels. Well, l sluug ther deer an ther fish an ther rabbit an ther quail on ther sled an started home. It wuz some load ! fer ther ole mare, an l walked at her head. kinder coaxin' her along. l wuzn't payln' any attention to ther load, an, by gum, when we got up to ! thcr house there wuz that there load way back in thcr middle of ther river. ] Of course 1 knOwed what wuz ther matter. That ole groundhog harness ! had got wet an jest stretched. I wuz kind of hungry. so l jest throwed ther ! harness over a stump an went into ! dinner When l cum out again ther ! sun had dried ther harness an ther load wuz just pullin' up to ther stump. ! That wuz some hunt. Yer don't get nothin like that nowadays, I tell ye. Them wuz good old days!
 An, speakin' of ther ole gray mare, she was thcr willln'est mare that ever wuz. She'd pull anything yer hitched her to. tried her. an she pulled ev- erything. One day I Sez to myself, By gum, I'll give yer CT load yer can't pull, an I hitchcd her to CT stone boat loaded with all ther powders in ther county. She got right down an pulled an pulled an pulled, but ther load 1 didn't budge. l heard CT little crack, but for CT minute l didn't suspicion anything, an before noticed that ther skin on her face had cracked it wuz too late l yelled at her to stop, but she wuz so dun mad she kept right on pullin', an shelp me, before I could stop her she'd pulled herself clean out of her skin, l didn't want to lose that there mare, an got busy an did CT 1 little skin graftln' fer myself. l had some fresh sheep pelts, am l sewed them on as fast as l could sew. We'll, sir, them pclts took root fine. They growcd on that there ole mare jest ] like they'd always been there, an thcr next season l sheared jest 375 pounds of wool offn her. She wuz CT good ole mare, l tell yc. an every year got 375 pounds of wool so long as she lived. Yes, sir; 1t wus always jest S75 pounds. Yer don't have no such horses nowadays. l tell ye."-Outer's Book.