The sun., 1910-11-16
HUNTING CANE UP IN ALASKA
PRINCE GHIkA AND CAPT. RAN
CLTFFE TELL ABOtr fr.

went Thsre ssr sassss, which they F,nd
60 No Moro Pseutiful Than o Fow
Year, Aws-xest In Shsotiux On That
rerritor, Incidents Tney netats.
Prince Ghika. Q member Of the Ru-
manian Parliament. and Capt. Radcliffe
Of the British Life Guards have returned
from a three months shooting trip In
Alaska Capt Radcliffe. who has been
hunting twice before up In those regions.
says that tho moose are much more
plentiful than four ysars ago.
We left Seattle On August s. said
Prince Ghika yesterday at tho Waldorf.
going by regular steamer TO the Kenai
peninsula. our principal aim being moose
shooting. We spent ak weeks there.
each killing two moose. all tia: the law
allows. but they were very fine specimens
and tho heads ars unusually large. We
each got also three white bishorn sheep.
the owls chaln. The moose proved not
dan gerOus at all. and we could get quite
near them. The sheep proved much
the glaciers and it 10 difficult to get at
them. SO that they furnished . lot Of real
sport. We also got three black bear
In the ksnai peninsula.
Then We chartered Q small schooner
OF sixty tons with q gaaolens engine
and tried 90 get to the Alaska penipsulA
after caribou and brown bear. We
couldn't reach our destination. For two
weeks We were bufeted about by fsros
gales. and we burned al our fuel and had
to 60 back Our jlb was blown away
and we were In such straits ct times
la -
to beach the craft and let all take their
chances OF getting ashore. But the
captain was an unusually good seaman.
We were out fifteen days altogether On
that boat and assure you it was far
from being pleasant sailing. We ran
200 miles the first day. bat the second
We made only five. Finally We managed !
TO reach Kodiak Island.
Game Is not so plentiful In tho Kenai |
peninsula as It 10 In Africa. but the eli |
mate Is more healthful. and think that |
on the whole the sport il better for the |
man who likes rough work. and he Ger |
tainly does get more interesting trophies. |
believe like Alaska more than Africa.
But that coast is An awful ono. Why. |
much Of the time We were in that schooner |
We were scraping rocks or trying to get ,
away from cliffs that were only few /
yards OF. Anyhow. the only real danger |
IN Alaska seems TO bs Of dro wning On /
the shores and rocks you could Zee wrecks
by the score and IL looks a. II every rock |
up there had caught the bones Of some
craft or other. IL is far worse than the
Norwegian Coast.
captain the Hon. lvor Guest and Mrs.
Guest the latter the daughter OF Henry
phipps. Were shooting a little To the
north OF Us IA the keuai. and MIR. Guest
shot some good moose and sheep Mrs.
Guest. who IN AN excellent markswo oman.
killed three sheep. Then there was "a
MIR Fairbairn. an Englishman. who with
his wife was shooting in the country.
They got their full complement Of moose
and sheep and two black bear.
Mr. Fairbairn made a shot that il
about the most remarka bs | ever heard
o. One day while shooting the rapids
he saw a big black bear running at full
speed along the hank Of the river. He
took IA shot at him and brought him
down. And mind you. the boat. in which
the Englishman was. was tearing down
stream at the speed Of a train and the
bear was running As hard az he could 60.
There was one very sad accident while
We were UP there. An American SPORTS
man named Smith. who was said To be
from Chicago. was drowned in u lake
with hi, guide. q man named Lower
Smith had finished his shooting and with
his trophies was being rowed across the
lake by Lower and "A native when one Of
rhos. sudden gales that are the terror OF
those who know the lakes up there sprang
up The boat was capsized and only the
native got ashore again
Those lakes are the worst for sudden
storms | have ever seem said Capt
Radcliffe This was my third trip up
there to- shoot and found the moose ever
49, much more plentiful than when was
there in 1873 and in 1903 ! think the
game wsrdens are NJ last taking some
'roubls to prevent indiscriminate
Of the animals by the natives
and pro-pectors. and it's a very good
thing
When we got Ia Valdez on the way
back We found they had made big gold
strike there and they expect a tremendous
boom in ths spring
YES. said Prince Ghiks. when we
passed through there late IN the summer
the town was practically deserted. bur IL
was booming when we got back in the
autumn II - funny. but the people had
been going far inland To look for gold and
had neglected to look much in the neigh
borhood OF the town They had been
sitting on the gold for fifteen years with
out knowing II II looks a. IL Valdez will
turn ont TO b- one of the biggest quartz
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