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Show Sports Invade Wilds. A. B. Utley, W. R. Palmer and S. F, Leigh, three of the city's most daring sports, made a trip the first of the week to the unexplored regions round about Navajo lake. They ware seen leaving the city armed to the teeth and with tried and true pack animals, loaded with supplies, sup-plies, and the more timid citizens citi-zens expected that they were going after bears and-mountain lions, and anticipated their return re-turn Mjm an nbenc 'clone or KWHJriLHifiHHMAjHiBKsC surprise was naturally, occasioned occa-sioned when they returned two days later nadly worn and clearly disheartened. It is said the first thrilling adventure ad-venture was had when, after crawling under trees and over logs and through devious winding wind-ing paths up dangerous heights, the party reached a dense forest, Mr. Utley sighted a bear in the distance and began shooting, bnt either his aim was poor or the animal's hide was of the sole-leather variety, for he exhausted ex-hausted all his ammunition and called for more. After a time he ventured a little closer, when, to the hunter's dismay, it was but a black lava-rock at which he had been directing his energies. A little further along Mr. Palmer sighted a great black eagle, on which .he trained the guns of his arsenal, only to find after he jiad landed his prey, that it was an ordinary ordin-ary crow. The party resolutely pushed on into the ever-increas ing rugged regions until "Bud" came up againt a large boulder which effectually blocked his further progress. Not wishing to proceed without him, the other two men (and the mules) returned to where he was sitting, apparently ap-parently reconciled tc his fate, and the return trip was sorrowfully sorrow-fully begun, their hopes blasted and their reputations as hunters broken. |