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FOREST AND STREAM 
Oct. 12, 1912 
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AT DENVER, 1912 
HANDICAP, SEPT. 10-13 
Mr. R. H. Bruns, shooting his 
LEFEVER 
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283 without a miss. 
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Mr. L. H. Reid, shooting his Lefever gun, won 
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Toronto. There was, too, a numerous group of 
less well known skilled climbers. But over one- 
third of the camp belonged like ourselves to a 
great company of novices whom the Alpine Club 
has taught to love the mountains—men and 
women of varying ages and pursuits, some of 
whom had never seen a mountain, and most of 
whom had never climbed one. Most of them re¬ 
turned to their homes active members, but more 
than any active membership is the new love for 
nature which makes them, even as they are fold¬ 
ing away those outlandish costumes, look long¬ 
ingly forward to the time of the packing of dun¬ 
nage bags for the camp of another year. 
THE MINK. 
BY ROBERT PAGE LINCOLN. 
I have had much pleasure in studying and 
trapping the mink during the time I have 
spent in the out-of-doors, which takes in 
practically all of my life. Of the two, perhaps 
the former has given me the most thorough en¬ 
joyment, although the actual remuneration from 
the sale on my part of many a mink skin mounts 
up to a row of figures that in itself is astonish¬ 
ing. There is not a boy who has had anything 
at all to do with the study of nature, but that 
has some time or another come across this ani¬ 
mal, or has noted its presence by those tell¬ 
tale tracks in the snow in the winter, and 
along the muddy banks of creeks and lakes be¬ 
fore freezing sets in. Sharp and industrious in¬ 
deed must the lad be who can get within study¬ 
ing distance of a mink. Count it a sign of un¬ 
usual powers if you are able to locate one and 
study it. Often enough you will have to spend 
hours in patient waiting and then may only get 
a glimpse. Belonging to the weasel family, with 
a long, sinuous body that is almost invariably 
curved to an arch, a small head with a pointed 
nose and eyes that are black and penetrating in 
their keenness, and teeth that are like needles, 
this is briefly the make-up of the mink. A great 
wanderer at night with a penchant for robbing 
hen houses, if such permits, and killing much 
for the sake of killing, he is one of the most 
feared among the smaller animal kindred who 
only too often fall prey to his murderous in¬ 
stinct. Yet it is nature’s rule, the death of one 
to give life and sustenance to another. 
The mink is a great fisherman and perhaps 
most of his time is spent in bringing out frogs 
from the deep and laying them to waste. How 
many of the boy readers of this magazine have 
not walked along a creek in winter, and where 
there is an opening in the ice, where the water 
glints back, there on the edge has noted frogs 
lying dead with a wound in the head. It is 
the work of a mink who, during the cold mid¬ 
night hour, was diving down into those forbid¬ 
ding depths and hunting half stiff frogs out of 
their mud dens. He brought six of these to the 
top and bit all of them through the head. Notice 
the nip, some of the frogs are even moving; they 
have not been killed. Brother Mink killed these 
just for the sport of it. If you have a few traps 
and wish to make a little money, there is al¬ 
ways the revenue possible in the capture of this 
keen, shrewd little fellow, and his glossy brown 
fur will bring you as high as six dollars, pro¬ 
viding the hide is prime and you have carefully 
stretched, dried and cleaned off the fat adhering 
to it. You will catch them along the shores of 
