Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-08

az ~ Colorado. My companions
[MS.M were Philip B. Stewart and
iYk1SESSXW DR.. Gerald Webb of Colo
RADIO Springs; Stewart was
fthe captain of the victorious Yale nine OF 80.
1--WE reached Meeker on January ii, after
HO-mile drive from the railroad. through the
bitter winter weather; it was IL degrees
Mellow zero when we started.
AT Meeker we met John B. Golf, the hunt
Ter, and left town the next morning on horse
hack for his ranch, our hunting beginning
that same afternoon, when after brisk run
our dogs freed bobcat. After fortnight
Stewart and Webb returned, Golf and l
staying out three weeks longer. The five
weeks were spent hunting north of the
White river, most of the time in the neigh
borhood of Coyote basin and Colorow
mountain.
In cougar hunting the success Of the
hunter depends absolutely upon his hounds.
AS hounds that are not perfectly trained are
worse than useless, this means that success
depends absolutely upon the man who trains
and hunts the hounds Golf was one of the
best hunters with whom / have ever been
out, and he had trained his pack to point
of perfection for its special work which
have never known another such pack to
reach.
An Important Part of the Expedition.
AS the dogs did all the work, we naturally
became extremely interested in them, and
rapidly grew to know the voice, peculiarities
and special abilities of each. There were
eight hounds and four fighting dogs The
hounds were of the ordinary eastern type,
used from the Adirondacks to the Missis
sippi and the gulf in the chase of deer and
fox. The biggest, and, on the whole, the
most useful, was Jim, very fast, powerful
and true dog with a great voice. On the
whole the most useful dog next to Jim was
old Boxer. Age had made Boxer slow, and
in addition to this, the first cougar we
tackled bit him through one hind leg, SO that
for the remainder of the trip he went on
three legs, or, as Golf put it, packed one
leg" but this seemed not to interfere with
his appetite, his endurance or his desire for
the chase. Next in size to Jim was Tree-em.
Tree-em was good dog, but never consid-
cred him remarkable until his feat on the
last day of our hunt, to be afterward related
He was not a very noisy dog, and when
''barking freed" he had meditative way Of
giving single barks separated by intervals Of
several seconds, all the time gazing stolidy
up at the big, sinister cat which he was bay
ing. Lii and Mel were two very stanch and
fast bitches, the only two dogs that could
keep up to Jim in quick burst They had
shril voices. Their only failing was ten
dency to let the other members of the pack
COW them SO that they did not get their full
share of the food Another bitch rejoiced
in the not very appropriate name of Pete.
She was most ardent huntress Her
brother Jimmie, although of the same age
(both we're young), was not nearly as far
advanced. He was rapidly learning single
Il beating taught him to let deer alone The
remaining hound, Bruno, had just been add
ed to the pack.
Personnel of the Pack.
The fighting dogs always trotted at the
heels of the horses, which had become en-
tirely accustomed to them, and made no
{ objection when they literally rubbed against
their heels All of them, fighters and hounds
alike, were exceedingly good-natured and
affectionate with their human friends,
though short-tempered to degree with