Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-04-09 | Page 3 | Hunting Big Lions at National Park

HUNTING BIG LIONS jf' 9 AT NATIONAL wliM - Gardiner. Mont., April" S. One "4k i the most unique hunts in history, anjff one that is being conducted on large scale, is the mountain Hon drir&K UijH now on in the Yellowstone Nationaflt park. Within the last fifteen dayay fjj eighteen lions have been bagged, lym' H eluding the largest specimen even Jl seen in this region. The sport one that kings might envy The fortunate huntsman is Henr)-'7M Anderson, part owner of the Yellow, fcB stone kennels at Gardiner, of which lH W. L. Russell of Walla Walla, Wasb.pH is president. There arc twenty Aire; RB dales and trail hounds in the keu-j EH ncls. The hunt is going on by sp-H clal permission of the United Statcf.fH government and is for the purpose c-tH killing all the mountain lions PosvB ble to prevent their preying upon t-ife .B young elk. deer, sheep, antelope and.B other wild animals in the park. fB Tho big lion was jumped at a point jH near Gardiner and led the hunters B and dogs a chase of forty-five milcsf Bfl before it was killed, near the starting. B point. Not once did the dogs dlvert from the trail. Vfll Last winter the kennels secured contract with the United States gov-iB eminent to train dogs for packing amUH exploring purposes, and before theiH permission to hunt In the nationaiH preserve was granted many personsiH made application to go after the llonsijH The method pursued in hunting thoH lions is to trail a beast to a tree or.H some spot where he seeks safety af'jH ter desperately trying to outv.it thcH puck of dogs chasing him. WheujH found the lion is shot. When he fajisH to the ground wounded, he alightajH in the midst of a pack of dogs, andjLB fierce fight follows, terminating fjH the lion's death.