The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-10-15
HUNTER HERE
TOLEAD LION HUNT
! STARTING TODAY
'Ben Lily Accompanies Predatory
Animal Bureau Expedition
Leaving Here for sangre de
Cristo Range.

Ben. LAZY who arrived In A%lbuqucr.
{lu. yesterday with a pack of four
grained lion hounds. To lead a hunt
Tor tho predatory animal bureau OF
thc united States biological Survey.
started out today for the eastern side
~ uhe Sangre de Christie range. lie
WI take the lack OF hounds. and a
pumher of expert hunters.
no longer are there lords Of the
th"se who spend their entire time at
h fhe hunt but every r%edblonded man
= SIN "A hunter, and to be the most
felebrated lion hunter In this country
no small distinction. ben Lily has
pom more written M thar any other
ilunier IN the country. and Justly ~.
p ne has more lion mt bear to his
tr"dit than any other IN the United
States.
Hunted when a Roy.
LILY began as a small boy back IN
ouisi1na To hunt, and he huntc1
1here until the Mississippi floods
fuinod big game hunting; then he
Fane west, N here his fame grew
fo that he was employed some ten
Years ago BY the l.. :. government to
Eliminate the dangerous predatory
animals which have proven a menacc
10 the lie and property OF western
anchmen. During the past four
years he has killed 100 mountain
lion and forty bears In the Apache
Mountains Of Arizona and New Mexico
u put the total number which he has
N fhot Turing "a Ions life time OF hunt
ing he will not reveal.
Like all men who have lived much
n the open Zen. Lily has "a wealth
u information about nature which
Il would nll many a fascinating volume
Ills clear eye and rIsv checks. Elcam-
INK above n hushy beard. remind M
1T John BufrOughs: and were he not
yuch a hunter he would undoubtedly
be n notable naturalist. lie OUT
walks everyone who tries TO keep up
with him, and though he has a homo
rnd a family will probably die on the
'rail, with his hobnailed boots turned
m TO heaven.
"Iions are without "a doubt tho
most dangerous OF ttc predatory ami
pals Of tho west s1id MI. Lily this
morning. as he examined a handsome
mounted specimen, shot by himself.
which Is up In the biological Survey
5nice.
IAN the year round lion is good
or two deer, or two head Of cattle.
.~vory week. Aud when they have
oung they will XII "A deer or n COW.
a lr horse. every Jay. a mother iioa
u Sill XIII q lamb, "A kid, some rabbits
rVcry dtN. gnd she likes "a big XIII
test. The worst part of ~ In that "a
low Will serve for only one feed In
he warm weather. aK the flies soon
got In their work and tho meat ~ not
az even for tho coyote ON the second
Hay. or " II H. during the cold
Weather. AZ the high attitudes aud In
fhe canyons whore they drag Their
rhliH, the carcaHs frcezcH so stin that
pa can not oven be cut"
l t'Thc mother lion burics the XIII
II often and brings her young hack 10
g." continued he. especially .. there
Is u place for them TO hide. ! have
followed trails ON which I could SEQ
that the lioncss had Killed a deer. "a
lamb. and "a calf, all In one day. They
/ like the fresh meat. Lions XIII more
4 deer every year than an the hunters
4 ~ the country put together, and theg
bury cattle that are never found.
| pear amt 40 bad. hut they do kin
\ cattle sometimes, only there is a
Inrge portion Of the year that thrN
h DO not eat while the lion is ready FOR
u meal always. I once got on The
tran OF an old bcnr In Arizunn-and
l. he launched forth into a tale which
would thrill any lover OF the sport.
pnd which has been written up IN
. the Sunset magazine. all about n bcur
, chase through three states and In w
. countries This WAS "a number Of
years ago, and the border troops
furnished Lily with a guard 10 pro-
icct him In the Sonora mountains.
but he outwalked them all. and lot
them behind while he went without
1000 or water for hours. or days u
Ii ne ,ssury, for he never leaves tn,
n trail onrr ne rs started aud provided
with ammunition
n Hunted Win Roosevelt.
Id Lily hunted viii Roosevelt In
III Louisiana tie has caught several
II young cubs which have been trained
and pcttod and are nov at the roo
IL. In Washington. Ills picture with ono
I Of these pets appeared In the Amcri-
can last winter, with an account oi
his work. Eanchmcn n stockmcn
h throughout the west kno Lily and
owe him q debt OF thanks f0r MS
work la clearing the ranges ct these
: cat0e d~oprcdttors.
The object OF the present hunt Is
40 round mp aud get numerous lioi
4 in Collar county which have been or-
J. %rnsioniug e good deal uf trouble. The
party consists of Bon. lilly, Mr.. LiEoi
aud Mr.. Piper ut the biological sur
Ney. McMullcu and Greer, both su'
'Vpy hunters. who viii take their
dogs. and charlie Springer, chairman
OF the executive committee nj the
state council Of defense, and hs
pnrty. who are coming from tlmmn-
~ ron. Mi. Lyon and Mr., lipcr viii
"A, return in about ten DAYS, although
the hunt Will continue until the ci,
Of the month.
NJ In am English churchyard there I
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