The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-22
BY G. T.. SYKES.

cerned. After my ulSappolntHlent ldSt
year II has furnished me great deal
of pleasure to contemplate and figure as
to the place in which | would next
make nv attempt I can hardly say that
I was entirely disappointed last season
as Dr. Goodwin and both secured TWO
nice elk apiece. our primary object
was to hunt sheep, but we had sheep
less hunt, which no doubt has been the
fate of many a would-be sheep hunter
Last season we were outfitted by r.. ;.
Dyke, of Dubois, Wyoming. with Andy
Willis as head guide and Floyd Stal'
maker special guide for DR.. Goodwin.
Tn Justice to these boys I want to say
that we found them congenial men and
hard workers. Our failure to get sheep
was no fault of theirs 7 hope some
day to be outfitted by Stalnaker FOR
another hunt, as he has n splendid out
7 fit, is entirely familiar with the coun-
: try. conscientious in every respect, and
a dandy fellow.
After listening to the glowing stories
which the Doctor and / had to relate OF
our trip last year it did not take much
persuasion to get two of my very GOOD
friends. C. b. Goddard and r. w. Coe,
both of Ardmore to agree to JOIN me
this season. with the understanding
that I would order their guns ana ouu'
fit for them. This | readily agreed 10
do since it gives n sportsman as much
pleasure to select such articles as IL
does n woman to attend a bargain SAFE
The next thing in order was to choose
a place to hunt and an outfltter 10
guide us. / had planned to go to the
Cassiar district, British Columbia, but
the latter part of May I sustained
personal injury which kept me in bed
for a little over thirty days. 1t looked
as though 7 would not be able to take
a trip of any kind, accordingly the cas-
star trip was abandoned. In the mean
time had written Ned Frost OF Cody
Wyoming, asking if he could outfit my
party, providing I was physically aoie
to make the trip. and was advised that
he would do so if we made reservation
before someone else did. Upon receipt
of his letter I wired him to reserve the
September hunt for us.
1t was agreed that we should reach
the Frost and Richard ranch not later
than August 27, start out on the 2Sth'
and be in the elk country by the open
ing of the season. Coe and Goddard
wanted elk, though I was not particular
about anything but sheep. When the
time came to leave for Cody, Coe was in
Boulder, Coo with his family and God
J dard and | were in Manitou with our
families. 1t was mutually agreed that
instead of reaching Cody by the 27th
we would arrange to get there rev
I,,o,
and arranged for reservations for the
d. IN. train over the Burlington, on
the Gard. We met in Denver that morn
ing and spent the greater part OF the
day collecting fishing tackle and attend
ing to a few incidentals. When our
train was called it found us waiting at
the gate, and with the help of half
dozen "bell-hops" we made bee-lln
for our train.
Everything went along smoothly. On
the afternoon of the Gath we arrived
in Cody, safe and sound. We were met
at the train by Mr.. Richard Of the
Frost and Richard ranch with his ma
chine. We drove up town and had din
ner and there met to our surprise and
delight, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Spragins
from our home town. They had just
returned from the Park and as ]. E.
had done a lot of fishing he nat.
urally had to tell us about it. BY the
way. it is entirely fitting to say that
J. B., as his friends call him, is one OF
the greatest sportsmen and fishermen
in the southwest.
Arriving at the ranch about o'clock
that night we were ushered into the
spacious living room and here partook
of the genial hospitality so characters
tic of the Frost and Richard home
Next morning we We're all up early and
found sumptuous breakfast awaiting
u.s. after which we proceeded to rig up
Sour fishing tackle and off we went for
the North Fork of the Shoshone River
which runs by the ranch about a mile
to the north. By noon all of us had
fair catch and returned to the ranch
thoroly satisfied. AS we were not to
start on our hunt until the morning of
the 2Sth, we put in the remainder OF
the time riding, climbing the mountains
shooting, fishing and taking things In
a happy go lucky way, at the same time
tuning" ourselves to the ordeal Whlch
was ahead of us.
commence III Ills uulut.
We had not yet seen Ned, as he had
been out for the past twenty-five days
with DR.. Oasler. of New York City, on
a fishing trip. On the afternoon OF the
25th he and his party returned to the
ranch Naturally had pictured Ned in
my mind and in turn he had probably
pictured his dude" I am frank to ad-
NIT that my Imagination had not been
overdrawn. for here before me stood
man in whom I felt implicit confidence,
not only as a guide, but as man and
q friend; one whose heart was as big
as the great outdoors with which he
was so familiar.
After talking the situation over. we
decided to hunt around the head of the
Greybull River for sheep, and the TWO
Ocean Pass country for elk. 1t was
question of which we should hunt first.
AS sheep are so uncertain, and as the
boys were SO anxious to get their elk.
we agreed to try for the elk first. On
the morning Of the 27th we loaded our
outfit in a wagon and drove about
twenty odd miles up the Cody road
leading to Yellowstone Park. We did
this in order to save the pack horses a
one days pack. That night we camped
where Eagle Creek runs into the North
Fork of the Shoshone River.
Our outfit consisted of eight saddle
horses, seventeen pack horses. three