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Show DOCTOR TURNS LION HUNTER 1 Dr. Hugh Burgess, optometrist, well known in Milford and Beaver, where he makes regular monthly professional pro-fessional visits, has been enjoying a lion hunt in the vicinity of Bryce canyon with gratifying results. The Panguitch News says: The hunting crew consisted of Mr. Willis, Dr. Hugh Burgess of St. George, eye specialist, Kenneth Lynn government trapper, Jesse Cherring-ton, Cherring-ton, and Arlo Davenport. All of whom were hunting for the sport of it. The lion which was shot by Dr. Burgess, was a male measuring ten feet from tip to tip, weighed close to 200 pounds and, according to Mr. Willis' best judgement, was about four years old. Llynn, Cherrington and Davenport became separated from Dr. Burgess and Willis, so were not in at the kill. Dr. Burgess showed much nerve in going within six feet of the lion, which had taken refuge in some rocky ledges at the head of Wilson canyon, several miles south of Red canyon, and securing several snap shots of it. Two of Willis' dogs were scratched scratch-ed by the, animal, but not seriously. Mr. Willis maintained his splendid record by bringing in two more of the big cats the next afternoon. Dr. Burgess, who also killed these two, was able to obtain more pictures before be-fore dsipatching the animals. The last two lions were not as large as the first one, but were good specimens, speci-mens, and were a male and female, about seven feet from tip to tip and weighed about one hundred pounds, and were about two years old. The first lion was treed about three and a half miles south of Red canyon, and the second about a quarter of a mile north of the mouth of Red canyon. can-yon. Mr. Lynn accompanied Dr. Burgess and Mr. Willis on the last hunt. Mr. Willis has a very fine string of dogs, especially Moose, the leader of the pack. The lions were very hard to track on account of the wind drifting drift-ing the tracks full of snow. The snow in that section is about. sixteen inches on the south slopes and about two and one-half feet on the north slopes. The farmers and livestock men in that vicinity no doubt feel somewhat relieved to know that these animals are cleaned out, thereby saving them considerable loss in livestock. |