The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-12-27
Yellow Polar Bear Is Bravest
of His Kind.
Some Of the Popular Ideas About
Eruin Family That Are
Only Half True.

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naturalis's. Certain of these IDEAS are
absurd; others have a foundation II
fact.
| 1t is fact that tn, repeis sntati "
polar bear of the greatest istreng. Il,
couipge and fenoclty has a yellcwish
coat, and that the pune white coat.
as a gmaral rule. is a mark of cow
ardics. 1t is difficult TO aiaouM for
this fact, unless 1t he abscrjbed to
some faint of albinism, wGoli Is A.
most invariably accompanied by ,weas-
ness and dsganecncy IN an animal. 1t
have been a time in the dim past when
a single type of bear living on a mix ri
diet of flesh and fruit. TO which p,it'
bears in captivity speedily adapt nlsm-
| selves, the fighter and more speedy of
these animals would tend to 90 north
WAND, finding food later in the aueunn
than the others. and mating together be-
| fore tieir wimar tolr,or. Thus try
Would produce the highly specialize I
| type which cannot climb trses, but,
| instead, is wonderfully adapt. d. with It's
| hair-soled feet, to scramble over Toe.
and with it's long, 1.-the holy and .slin,rous
| limbs to swim hong distances o. spring
upon it's C,r'ey, the sal.
In captivity no bears hibamate. To
| the rolar bar ,wina:r brings disin-
| ciination for bnths; to the Malay or
! Hima'nynn, kept inioNs. 1t makes no
,, iifferenre; but the black and brown
bears of both seN>s eat ssnaaangly at
| intarEllvs, and s1matimes slesp for tw'
or tlree days together in their deas
at this time. In their wild state the
black and brown baars chaass a ca.e
or hollow tree. and there tile' trlapper
seeks them for their pelts and Cor their
abunlnnt amount of grease. nhe ,discol-
ored SNOW around the small hole kept
open by the animals preaching doss
not escape the aradspers oractioed eye.
nor the SCRATCHED tree TRUNKS where
the black bear has scrambled p to
lie hidden in some hollow, panitaps forty
feat above.
This mill-nannenAd and indolent b.ea.st.
which seeks only TO turn and Sleep again
falls an easy prey 10 the hunter. But
the brown bear of Europe and the griz-
ely of Anlan'ica are REUSED to fury when
disturbed.
Theie are y,lrious ways Of taking
Or turning" the bear. Polar hears,
both young and old, az. Often tak.a
with a moose laid around q piaoe 81
blubber in a hole end oa,ntured AMI
packed in cane operation by hauling
them into casks and coopeling them.
Their love of sweet h,ines is the un-
doing Of othnr bears. They will 80
into box traps and fall traps after honey
Or fasten their heads In a nail-stuil.l
In some Csanfs of the world they clnm'l.
such hyovic while in searcfi of fruit that
cultivatprs are obliged to spread bird
lime for them.
Catlin, am authority on the animal.
once said that "a man lying DOWN was
medicine to a grizzly, although it Is
a w,ell-kIown fast that these m,astgrs
of frcm 800 to 1000 pounds weight al
tack amy man or horse trey na,,e
across" This chnact sallstic rsnugnance
10 touch anything dead or motianlass
seems to indicate that pilmarily TIE
bear was a fruit-aating haast. THIS
has blaome AN accepted tsnat of nSa,r,l
history before the dis pvesy of the Of
fai-enting polar bea-.
Bear talk" WIS always s,onsilarei
good medicine" by the Indians. :f
O bear blocksd their pa9,, they al
dresssd him politely. reminding him
Of their common hnotharhood. prn.isin,
his nobility and requesting him kindly ,
10 allow them an ummolssted pasage.
>"'''' - - ss~>"' t"~ A'NNuSPssV kAkls I've,
being by Nature inoffeassive, Aie sol.
accents did nat disturb him. ami no he :,
would 20 ON his way.
Some natuaiss uon.snn tl1aae bears
no not hug" while others contend !,
nat. with, the exception Of gle polar
year. they do. 1t ~ sqnsatinyx apsxtsl
hat the bear never walks nsturally an
us liud legs. but this statement 81
ncomAat. Bears often walk ON two less
6tsr descending Arse. and tasw hAye
'een seen delbenately No Assume an up
light attitude In order 10 tu-s an objes..
he same statement auples 40 their
'Nstlns. since uAey engage IN uhe most =
tnennotls contests OF this kind. IN which
'ussing plays pw~nlnept past. An
DpFoved half Nelson" often fluishes
he soed-Hae,reA hout Bears have been
- 10 be duh end foolish. In tine Morse
nd Russian felk tales they Apv Nhs butt
tire caasaiN or pf uns fox. But few
nmals. except monkeys. sre % taellI-