The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-10
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tracker we lost It on one OF tho grassy
fats.
The greatest regret of al my hunt
Ing experiences was the los aof that
bear"
Among the good sho,s OF the House
side of Congress are Kent. OF California,
who regularly goes after deer on hss
ranch in Nevada, and birds on h,s
other ranch in Nebraska; wickershnn
OF Alaska who lives among the choice
fauna OF our arctic game paradise, ana
Butler Ames. of Observation-Disclosures"
Buffers grandson. who COOS in for bird
snootlng. And among the Nimrod Of
the Senate are Elihu Root. OF New York,
who, with Theodore Roosevelt, belongs
to that exclusive organization of big
game hunters, the Boone and Crockett
Club; William Aide nSmith. of Mich
igan, who was one of tina first game
wardens of Michigan: La toilette, Wis
consin's little insurgent chieftain, who
hunts bear In Colorado and other samo
In Northern Wisconsin. and Penrose,
OF Pennsylvania, who hunts big game
In the Northern Rockies Montana and
Wyoming, and who. with other opulent
gentlemen, annually bags the willy
duck In a private preserve at Beck Bay.
Va. Other skilled gunners of our pub
TO France. another member of the
Boone and Crockett Club" Clifford
Pinchot. who. with Theodore Rooss-
welt. received for his prowess with the
gun an honor award from the cele-
brated Campfire Club of America
and Henry l. Stimson, the new Score
tary OF War, who commenced hunting
In the Rockies when hoy OF seven
teen and who since then has regularly
t.,
piling up record of eleven bears and
numerous moose and deer.
Penrose's Thrilling Experience.
Probably the most exciting hunt
ever experienced BY any OF these no.
tables was one not enjoyed but partici-
pated in by Senator Penrose and his
brothers Spencer and DR.. Charles g.
zone OF Americas most noted hunters)
four years ago this month. WITH
Arthur A Stiles, topographer of the
United States Geological Survey, tho
Penrose brothers had gone after hi9
game In an untracked region OF the
great Northwestern Montana forest. a
fastness which the senator had chosen
for the sport.
During their excursion DR.. Penrose,
while separated from his comrades, was
heard to hre five shots In canyon
bed, and when discovered by Mr.. stiles
was found red with blood, which
poured from his head and neck. Water
which he tried to swallow pushed
through hole penetrating his cheek.
Down the gulch lay grizzly cub
and near 1T the carcaRs of the hugo
mother grizzly beside which was the $
doctors Mauser rifle
What had happened was this: While
examining the young grizzly, into
which he had pumped his hrst three
bullets the doctor was surprised by
the huge mother bear, and Ared his
remaining cartridges at her, but not
in time to check her awful fury
With one stroke OF her paw" re-
calls Mr.. Stiles, she sent him into the
gulch. eight feet helow, She sprang
down after him and caught him in her
mouth and shook him as 4 cat might
shake mouse. She dropped him.
Again she caught him up. his face be-
tween her glistening tusks. She tore
his scalp; his eyes narrowly escaped
tusk penetrated into his mouth from
the side of his cheek; another tore open
his throst There were Ave gaming
wounds in his chest. His thigh morn
an awful, irregular tear. and the hesh
hung In ragged pieces from the wound,
half as wide as your hand. His left
wrist was twisted and broken. and the
bones stuck out through the auiverina
mesh. The bear tried once more ts
shake her half-dead victim, but shs
5tckenod with her own awful wounds
and staggering, fell dead at his feet
After 'hrst aid had been admins.
tered to the doctor. who pluckily d.
rected the details of the painful opera
tlon, he was kept in camp overnight
and next morning placed on a horse.
MS two brothers walking on either
side to steady him during a journey of
eleven hours TO the nearest railroad.
Trees had TO he telled TO let the mourn
ful caravan pass, but the Great North
ern limited was Jagged in time to rush
the doctor 10 a hospital where he was
nursed back to life.
Copyright. 1911, by John Elfreth Watt
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