Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-02-14
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k2.S3SI the American continent con-
\ - --',l.' =; roam today. When hrst
serted on Tot.en's Inlet. as this arm rl' \
Sof the great Puget Sound sea is called.
there were deer, bear. mink, otter.
1 cats 5of three kinds cougar and ducks sikll
and birds BY the thousands. From AZ my 2,
home west TO the Pacific ocean, an IN
hundred miles sway, there was a q q
dense wilderness Of great green trees g:
The game OF the claw yaf.ety I. mac y
A roamed for ages through this wilder
ness and the bear and cat trails we're t
a. we'll defined . the streets 70 our
cities 4 as we're also those OF the elk ~
and deerl.
' 3 NY trst experience with our whts d +,
( cred cat came shortly after X began
hunting Il IN the blue hills OF Mason
count Through the kindness Of =
friend IN Tacoma secured 2 White 'tl
dor; half bull and half bound. One
day he ran and freed q large old tom PM 4
!. nrsd ana broke ! leg. The cat came
down little lame. but full OF nsht.
ana Don was = pretty sore dog %
fore II killed ths cat for him This his
dog was about 4 year old at the time
9nd for twelve long years after re
vas Il cat and cougar treer. He,
would rather run 10 cat than eat: and
when your; humble servant had m Y !
hour, "a spare It was spent on the,
t1sil sof the chi. When \! look back.
over the long vista of years 4 spent
hunting. u can truly ray that ! love 1'''s
eat bunting better than any other s
sport and / may add that u y 4 the slls.
8Shardsst work 5of any game hunting on
che coast. You zee, the lynx u H.
4 great traveller and ne; does; most ~ j his
strayeling sitter nightfall.
/ We2 win supp 90 you are ready Tor =
alittle cat hunt. You take your dogs
i and start ont - the morning They
hit Oh on ! cat trail and 90 yelplng
Through the forest Fresh track !.
i you nay. They vim put him up soon .
Il Presently there Id q confused 3mnrmur
Sof hound yelps; then none M ~ al.
s.tTreed. Z. you think. But no! Here
4 comes old Don. racing on the back
IRAN .Back-tracking. z yeu think.
Don q clarion bay calls the other dogs
and they 90 baying the other way.
They 60 4 mile or 30. when they lose
4 tie track altogether. The last scent
NJ. VIZ on an old cedar log. Back and md
forth for half IN hour 80 tho dogs.
4 bot they cannot hit the trail. You
Z look around. and md the cats trail
where he had ack.tracked. and sway
they 60. This Il . fnei country 70
travel III. The underbrnsh,sis Just :
3Nlittle thicker than the hair on q bird q
4 doK.s tail: You run Into . big log.
q It sissso thick you could not zee i
You stop To- listen. II You hear the lh.
K hounds working over here the next
ridge. The salal brush II higher
h thanS your head. L Above ~ e: other
i brush. 20 thick you cannot sees the ls
+ ~. The brush 80 vet and You sw /. e!
\ NE 8 pack horse Dripping vet. you
4 travel mile afters mile sSald 80 over
lii Safter Iii; and yet old Don talks
+ ina Sysry enticing manner e e 2 stirsd
4 hunter. NJ: 59;S3 vi;
sWandai strikes another eat and trees
( Il I alter = short run: Turk does the
same but Don. Sport, Little Boy and
MAZDA hang onto their first love. You y
stop On the break Of ! hill. You hs .
old Don talking loud. long and clear,
s bout cats in general and this one In
ualIr ocular. You reach the tree and
: Il the same time get your hrst sight
~ your game = big. brown, bulldog
headed animal with long iDundreary
iv.hiskers. You let the dogs shake I 9
him when killed. and then you pet
them. You gaze on q far-on hill and
md YOU are about nix miles from
home. In q country which u no skat;
sine rink even II the timber was OF.
About midnight q hunter and I've or
& III tired hounds lift the latchstrinS 1t
Home, Sweet Home, :" yowing never
10 run another cat tat least that
might y. II &;
When morning comes You take your
8 xun; your dogs are eager for the
chase (and you are the same Il
ma "a be but q short chase or It may
+ Be as described above That IL lynx
hunting in western Washington. a
& sport which followed for fifteen
4 years. Hardly . week passed in that
4 time that did not take a day or two
on cat-hunting, and I sometimes hunt
I ed them every day for. months. stud.
led them from hunters point of
view first; later because became SO
Interested in them that It became q
hobby with me in tracking them with
dogs.
4 Their every move on q hunt could
be observed by following the dogs
u close / have had as many as six
at my home alive at one time-usu-
ally young. half-grown kittens. Now
and again one that was tame and very
{. sociable would eat from your hand.
while others would eat on your hand
IL Or foot If you came within reach.
well remember one morning an
old Indian hunter who came to my
home. This Indian knew all about
wildcats-(t that is, some cats) ! had
one kitten at this time that was very
tame. I also had q nearly full grown
female. mother Of the kitten. The In
dian was playing with the kitten.
which was on the ground near the
wire netting that kept the old lady
captive. The old Indian had on; a
pair OF tight short pants that some
lady had given him as her son had
outgrown them. In STOPPING down he
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