Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-06-13

/ at whichever cabin happened to be
closest. We had found a great many
tracks and had followed them with
out result over hundreds of miles OF
krocEy and wooded territory, when one
morning one of rhe guides found a
new track in the DUST near our camp.
Our dogs got the scent and took up
/ the trail For two hours we trekked
after the bawling hounds as they
made straight for higher ground UP
the side of a mountain.
'Leigh's manner was all eagerness
now and his eyes glistened as he rode
along with his kodaks and boxes,
His object was entirely different from
ours, but he entered into the pursuit
with quite as much zeal.
FINALLY the dogs came within
sight of the bear. Up the mountain
side they bounded with the bear
giving them a fast race. On q north
slope of the mountain the animal made
1 a fatal mistake-he plunged into
stretch of snow. soft and mushy
1 from the spring sunshine, a certain
4 trap for his heavy body. He numbered
/ along for time in the snow, with the
/ lighter dogs gaining every second.
Then he turned and made for an open
space. But it was too late.
The Grizzly at Bay.
/ "The dogs were upon him as he
reached firm ground and a terrific fight
began. One of the guides and l came
up with our guns-I have forgotten
whether 1t was Frost or Richards
and Leigh was right Mt our heels.
4 Leigh got to work with his camera
and pencils and we waited near by,
changing our position occasionally
/ In order to maintain a vantage point
! in case the bear should make a break
I for liberty. It was in one of These
/ maneuvers. think. that the guide
i came too close to the fighting dogs and
was knocked down. This gave Mr..
Leigh the idea which he has incorpo-
rated in his picture as it was finished
the spectacle of one of the hunters
4 lying prone under the bear
"After about twenty minutes, during
which time our dogs were keeping up
hot fight and having their hands
/ full. so to speak. pup which had
been trailing slightly in the rear came
up with us. l had asked the guides
to let this young dog come along as
a special favor, because l thought
saw in him the making of fine bear
hound and l wanted him to get some
[ early experience. The pup and I had
become close friends during the trip
/ due to the special attention l had paid
him, and l had learned to love him
as much as though he We're my own.
/ had noted his gamenesS many times
on the march. Although he was less
than year old he kept up with the
old dogs easily and no mountain
stream was too swift for him.
/ II was not surprised, then. to see
Champ--that was the dogs mime
come bounding through the timber to-
ward the bear fight He saw the prey
when about 40 yards away and
stopped still on his launches. his hair
bristling and his body trembling. I
could see that he was scared. but my
faith in him told me it would not he
for long. My faith was justified.
When he saw the other dogs sprawl
! ing and bawling and struggling around
he bear. he made-a bound and land
ed in the arena.
with long leap he sprang mt the
bear, but his clumsy legs tricked him
and he rolled on the ground beyond.
/ knew that he was not willy enough
for the fight and thar one heavy
hlow from the bear would break him
in two. So l shot the bear in the
neck, breaking his spinal cord"