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Show IS & THIS season of the year hardly a f J;. train leaves any of the railroad sta-$JBWr sta-$JBWr tions of a great city but what it bears EJaft' half a dozen enthusiastic sportsmen M In search of the thrills to be found M only in the woods of the far north and northwest. Thousands of dollars are spent for the purpose of securing a chance to shoot an antleerd buck as he roams over his native na-tive heath. Preparations for these trips are made long in advance. As an old friend said one time about fox hunting, "Half the fun in the sport is getting ready, hacking to the meet and the long ride home with plenty of good tobacco." So are the days spent on the trail, getting into the big jame country, nearly always from 90 to 200 miles from the end of the railroad'. didn't cross the divide before be-fore the snow came, we never would. Therefore we planned to start the following morning. but when morning came we found our tent entirely covered with drifted snow, the wind blowing a gale and the air full of blinding, blind-ing, cutting snow. It was a hard task to catch 17 horses and ponies po-nies and pack them in the snow and rain, so it was noon before we were on the go, while the cold igjir WHAT'S IN A NAME, ANYWAY? Pompous Young Lawyer Is Set Down rf by Unpolished Squire. 0 To a certain southern town, on le-yyf le-yyf gal business, came a most pompous uttL " young lawyer, who, notwithstanding SsSL. his name was McNaught, had an ex- MgaffiK cellent opinion of himself, lie found jjggSKjK, it necessary to tall; with Squire (!ard- n6r' 3n unpo''set justice, who had wN$fa wBsxv- sWSmf m T THIS season of the year hardly a didn't cross the divide be- y. V Mf "HRjifo JMfi traiu leaves any.o tne railroad sta- fore the snon ahme,fwe , . ji'y jjjfflMaui pjL half a dozen enthusiastic sportsmen we planned to start the "--1 -"fl spent for the purpose of securing a chance to covered with drifted snow. v5-. ." shoot an antleerd buck as he roams over his na- the wind blowing a gale jSSr SWJseP W) wiiP tlve heath. Preparations for these trips are made and the air full of blind- iH""" MlWSP wtffifffl about fox hunting, "Half the fun in the sport is It was a hard task to JifWfl getting ready, hacking to the meet ami the ions catch 17 horses and po- . -W ' ti XTfc .liiHl'4KMB ride home with plenty of good tobacco." So are nies and pack them m -sJS t&UE 'HBI ifWiW ;he days spent on the trail, getting into the big the snow and ram, so it jC -sg iWmSL iume country, nearly always from 90 to 200 miles was noon before wo were f- I fffiP from the end of the railro cwbo "J By breakfast time all were gone and our party was W iffiyMS&mi 5 , j n- also in the saddle by six o'clock, making for the" game fUJ W f n? ood opinion of anything, and especially cotmtry. game J ' m I of anyone who had a good opinion of hlm- After three more days of traveling we made camp near I ?n ''V TZ W 2 the foot of saddle mountain, on Bannock lake and about M'K visitor till he called and he was a poor 15 miles from the national park line, a line at Ml'TTTTTTF" "ZT hand t' remefbenng names' ut hfe was an times quite hard to discover, as it may run from We followed ihem for three day expert ,n human measurements The the top of one mountain to a bronze plate in a mt ,awyeI Proceedf promptly to .ay After making camp in the open along the Yellowstone river on one of these nights, supper being over, and Thompson, our guide, starting one of his Indian tales with Gen. Miles and himself as the heroes, two cow punchers rode up with a pack horse and asked if we objected to them making camp with us, saying several others were coming later with some cattle. Several others did come and with them 6,000 head of cattle, so we slept with the herd surrounding us on all sides; some grazing, while others would stand over one and look at the fire, while the cowboys were continually riding around the herd to keep tab on the stragglers. By breakfast time all were gone and our party was also in the saddle by six o'clock, making for the game country. After three more days of traveling we made camp near the foot of saddle mountain, on Bannock lake and about 15 miles from the national park line, a line at times quite hard to discover, as it may run from the top of one mountain to a bronze plate in a (no good opinion of anything, and especially of anyone who had a good opinion of himself. him-self. The squire ,had never heard of his k. visitor till he called and he was a poor hand at-remembering names, but he was an expert in human measurements. The young lawyer proceeded promptly to nay what he had to say, the squire listening, but watching. watch-ing. Presently he thought it was time for him to say something. "Hold on, Mr. McCipher," he began. "My name is McNaught," the lawyer stiffly corrected cor-rected him. "Excuse me, excuse me," apologized the squire and finished his remarks. It whs not long until the squire again felt called upon to speak. "Well, now, Mr. McZero," he started in. "I said my name was McNaught," the lawyer interrupted in-terrupted sharply. Again the squire apologized, apologized profusely, pro-fusely, and the lawyer concluded his consultation. He was not feeling very kindly toward the squire, hut he thought it wise not to manifest his feelings feel-ings and said goodby with a fair degree of politeness. po-liteness. "Goodby, Mr. McNothing," said the squire as Innocent In-nocent as a lamb, and as the visitor walked pompously pom-pously out of the office the squire chuckled. made the train hard to manage and keep in line; one pony especially tried to buck the elk head off that was packed on him.- He did manage to get it twisted around so the prongs of the antlers stuck him in the side, and such capers as he cut then I have never seen, besides delaying the outfit out-fit for nearly an hour. The divide had to be crossed by daylight, but on reaching it a dense fog settled over the whole countr', which, added to the snow, made it impossible to see more than 10 feet in front of one. Thompson, as usual, led the train, and after going on the narrow ridge that formed the divide, stopped to call and see if all were following, when there was a great scrambling scram-bling and crashing of branches and one of the horses disappeared over the precipice, which was anywhere from 600 to a thousand feet deep on either side and only about 30 feet on top. After counting noses we found he was an unruly fellow that we had not been able to pack, but was following fol-lowing the others all right until he started to do a little reconnoitering on his own account. Undoubtedly Un-doubtedly he was dead long before he reached the bottom of the precipice, so we felt our way along very cautiously and anxiously until suddenly sud-denly the cloud we were in lii'ted, when the going go-ing vvas moderately fair until we made camp for the night, all very thankful that we had not encountered more serious disaster. Later, several short excursions were made from the ranchhouse, on one of which I shot a good blacktail deer, and another time a young bull elk, with only spikes. The blacktail was standing in the snow with three does, sheltered behind a clump of scrub pines, and he had evidently evi-dently seen me first, for I was then attracted by the does running off. I took a quick shot and the buck made a tremendous leap of at least 30 feet, but it was his last, as my first soft-nosed bullet had mushroomed considerably on going through the shoulder and completely torn his lungs away. The spike elk was much harder to kill, or our marksmanship was poor, owing to our having to run across a valley and up the side of a mountain moun-tain to head him off. At any rate it took four of my guide's 45-70's and three of my 30-30 bullets bul-lets to bring him down. Every ball had hit him, but none in a vital spot until the last. Sage hen shooting and coursing jack rabbits with a greyhound and a collie dog offer good sport for the hunter In this country. rock some six or eight miles away. After resting a day in camp we started for the hunting ground with Thompson and had gone only a couple of miles when we came to some fresh elk tracks, which we followed cautiously cau-tiously for some time, until we could see far below us in a park (a small clearing with long grass, on which elk are fond of feeding), a small band of elk, three bulls and six cows. Getting within range noiselessly was no easy matter,1 owing ow-ing to the dry condition of the forests, but after an exciting crawl on hands and knees, we found ourselves within about a hundred yards and unseen un-seen by the elk. I picked my bull and took a shot for the near shetlder, while my guide shot the next largest; bote ulls dropped, but mine was up an off again immediately, following in the rear of the herd as best he could with a broken shoulder and a bullet in his lungs. He was going slowly and easy to follow and another shot some 500 yards, further on, in very dense timber, ended his roving career. The remainder of that day was spent in skinning and cutting up the meat and hanging it high above the ground, out of reach of prowling animals at night. For dinner that evening we had elk's liver and steak and quite a celebration over our early success. Packing Pack-ing the meat, hides and heads back to camp consumed con-sumed the next day and kept the three of us busy. As my companions from the east shot a fine bull several days later on, we took a rest from hunting and devoted some time to fishing. Trout rose well, so all were satisfied and on returning to camp on one of these days I had a quick shot from my pony at a coyote that vas galloping across the brow of the hill. It always seemed to me to have been more good luck than good marksmanship, for these little things are always bard to hit, but his skin now lies over the back Df a chair before my fireplace. After hunting without any luck for perhaps i week, we finally came on some rather fresh sheep tracks and decided immediately to go after :hem. It was quite the hardest climbing and ountlng I ever did without any success, but we followed them for three days and at times must have been within a couple of hundred yards of '.hem, although we never had a shot. Menacing clouds had been gathering for some lays, with litle snow flurries, and Thompson said i good deal about getting back to the ranch, ihlch was a two days' trip, and s he said If we |