Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-15

(M91ooSN) Lambert Of New York, in
Sg29egyz addition to myself, left
Newcastle, Colo, for bear
hunt As guides and hunters we had John
Golf and lake Borah than whom there are
no better men at their ork II n.lting bear
in the mountains with hounds. Each
brought his own dogs; all told there were
20 hounds, and forr nalf-blooi terriers to
help worry the bear when at bay. trav-
eled in comfort Lig pack train. spare
horses for each OF lis, and cook, packers
and horse wranglers. | carried one OF the
new model Springfield military rifles, a
3O-4O, with a soft-nosed bullet very &C
curate and hard-hitting gun.
This first day we rode about 20 miles to
where camp was pitched on the upper
waters Of East Divide creek. 1t was pic
turesque spot At this altitude it was still
late winter and the snow lay i'll drifts, even
in the creek bottom while the stream itself
was not yet clear from ice The tents were
pitched in grove of leafless aspens and
great spruces, beside the rushing, ice
trimmed brook. The cook tent, with its
stove, was an attractive place on the cool
mornings and in stormy weather Fry the
cook, most competent man, had rugged up
a table, and we had folding camp-chairs-
Injuries utterly unknown to my former
camping trips.
Each day we breakfasted early and dined
10 or Il hours later on returning from the
days hunt; and as we carried no lunch, the
two meals were enjoyed with ravenous
pleasure by the entire company, The horses
were stout tough, shaggy beasts. OF wonder
ful STAYING power, and able TO climb like
cats. The country was very steep and rug
ged; the mountain sides were greasy and
slippery from the melting snow, while the
snow bucking through the deep drifts on
their tops and on the north sides was ex-
hausting. Only sure-footed animals could
avoid serious tumbles and only animals of
great endurance could have lasted through
the work.
Some of the Dogs
The hounds were most interesting, and
showed all the variations Of character and
temper 10 be expected in such pack a pack
in which performance counted for every
thing and pedigree for nothing One OF the
best hounds was hall fox terrier. Three OF
Johnny s=had been with us four years before,
when he and | hunted cougars together
these three being Jim, now an old dog, who
dropped behind III hard run, but still ex-
cellent on cold trail; Tree'em, who, like
Jim, had grown aged, but was very sure and
Bruno who had become one Of the best OF
all the pack on a hot trail, but who was apt
to oterrun it il il became at all difficult and
cold.
The biggest dog OF the pack. very pow
erful animal, was Badge, who was half fox
hound and hall what Johnny called Siberian
bloodhound suppose a Great Dane or
Ulm dog His full brother Bill came next to
him. There was a Rowdy in Jake's pack
and another Rowdy in ohnnys, and each
got badly hurt before the hunt was through
Jakes Rowdy as soon as an animal was
killed, became very cross and wished to at
tack any dog that came near One Of Jake 5
best hounds was old Bruise, a very sure, al
though not a particularly fast dog.
All the members Of the pack held the
usual wild-beast attitude toward one anotl-
er. They joined together fof the chase and
the fight, but once the quarrJ was killed
their relations among themselves became
those OF active hostility or selfish indiffer-
ence. At feeding time each took whatever
his strength permitted. and each paid abject
Difference to whichever animal was his
known superior in proWess Some of the
younger dogs would now AMI then run deer
or coyote. But the older dogs paid heed
only to bear and bobcat; and the pack, as a
body, Disseminated sharply between the
hounds they could trust and those which