Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-07-06 | Page 10 | Sailor Turns Tables Snipe-Hunter is Tamed Spoofers Get Fooled

H Sailor Turns Tables I Snipe-Hunter Is Tamed I Spoofers Get Fooled I "Snipe hunting is one of the oldest sports known ' . At least that Is what some of the llv. wires say of the sport. But there ,ir fllw:ivs those who bite when a Joke of a practical nature Is stager! Thin on happened at the South Fork Sunday Sun-day evcnlng-and due prlnclpnlh to the I ,.n hat the tables were turned, is rather amusing. Sixteen vounc men of tighten betooK upon themsehes a short vacation ana frith he arrival of the moon and in darkness decendlng decided to stage a 'snipe hunt." 9-h-h-h-h-h-h Don't tell the secret. One voun man. Ray Sailor. b name, wn, granted the honor of klg the first -snipe." Kay. havin" had little experience, expected to at least make I a limit catch. He was finally stationed nn a small hill within view of the camp with lantern lan-tern i none hand and a sack in in"" other with instructions to bag Uli limit, the other members being assisted assist-ed to raid the location, thus spoof lne the snipe Into entering th B&Ck. For several hours Sailor held UK-lantern UK-lantern in one hand and then the other while the time spent In operating tn sack also grew troublesome. However. Ray was equal to the occasion and ne stuck to his post. I During this time the other member of the Mrty were giving teh youthful, member the )augh unaware to Sailor. ne more hour lingered on and sml-0I sml-0I tired, with ey-s .- ml ing. r t'" sleep endeavored to keep guard, eager to bag the limit The game would no doubt have last-td last-td an night had not two members, of the fish and game commission of ft ah headed in different direction. What y'u doing son?" asked the first member of the party. "Hantln' snipe, sir." I "Have you caught nny. as yet ?" asked the other member. I No. not as vet, but they have been .flying around here like a swarm of lost bees." replied Sailor, j The trick to the snipe hunting was I then revealed and young Sailor heard I to remark "Gee, I thought they were spoofing , me " fallor then prepared to depart unbeknown un-beknown to his many friend.-,, leaving I the lantern burning In the darkness and the sacl: prepared to make a catch He then proceeded toward his tent, walking on tip toey, finally reaching his destination, retiring and dreaming sweet dreams. The fun then started, according to Sailor A search was then started far and wide for hi whereabouts with the result that the fifteen remaining Jokers were forced to travel here and there spending many hours of the night only to return and find their victim Found asleep. "Snipe hunting may have Its thrills,! but an even break on a Joke is farl better than having the odds against ne' S.il',.- M:itc) In.l.iv