. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 10 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, January 11, 1913. WITH THE BEAR AND LION HOUNDS. To quote the immortal Jorrocks, fox hunting is the "himage ot war without its guilt, and honly five-and- twenty per cent ot its ; In Colorado, Wash- ington, and other American States, sport with hounds resembles war to a far greater extent than does the chase so beloved by hunters in Great Britain, for the quarry chosen is usually one which can put up a con- siderable fight for its life e'er the jaws of the hounds or the rifles of the hunters finally put a
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 10 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, January 11, 1913. WITH THE BEAR AND LION HOUNDS. To quote the immortal Jorrocks, fox hunting is the "himage ot war without its guilt, and honly five-and- twenty per cent ot its ; In Colorado, Wash- ington, and other American States, sport with hounds resembles war to a far greater extent than does the chase so beloved by hunters in Great Britain, for the quarry chosen is usually one which can put up a con- siderable fight for its life e'er the jaws of the hounds or the rifles of the hunters finally put an end to the contest, so writes Richard Clapham in the British Sporting Times. The chief quarry hunted by such packs consist of mountain lions (cougars), bears (black and grizzly), lynx, and bobcats, the two latter, as well as the lions, coming under the head of "; for they do much damage to game, the cougars often killing cat- tle and horses belonging to the Tanchmen. The best known bear and lion hounds belong to the regular guides and hunters, who conduct sportsmen on trips to the mountains, while many of the ranchmen and others keep a hound or two for their own sport and to help them keep down the coyotes, wolves, and other vermin dangerous to stock. Ex-president Roose- velt made a successful trip for lion, bear, bobcat with John Goff, the best known guide in the West, hunting the district from Meeker. Colorado. Goff has since then been appointed official lion killer in the Yellowstone Park, where cougar do much damage amongst the elk and other game in the reserve. The hounds employed for this sport consist of fox- hounds, cross-bred fox and blood hounds, Airedales, cross-bred fighting dogs, and terriers of various kinds. As trailers only, the foxhounds are the most useful, while the Airedales, which can also trail suc- cessfully, are used chiefly as fighting dogs to hold the quarry at bay. Fox terriers have been used to advan- tage, as being quick and act
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