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revolver, as being more uniform and reliable. 
Some matches are at the heads of turkeys over 
short ranges. Others are at dinner plates or at 
targets or other marks, turkeys being awarded 
to the winners. But no mark nor target, except 
the real game itself, excites the interest and 
enthusiasm of the shooter as the live turkey fully 
exposed to view. It is a virile manly sport and 
long may it survive. 
BIG GAME AND HOUNDS. 
“Pow, pow; pow, pow; boom, crash, bang! 
It sounds like a sham battle in the stillness 
of a crisp and frosty morning. The sharp and 
unmistakable crack of the high-power rifle 
rattles through brake and wood and echoes as 
it meets the distant hills. The dull roar of a 
heavily charged shotgun, shooting a single ball, 
mingles with the falsetto of the rifle and rever¬ 
berates through the valley. The crash pf guns 
fades away, melting into the silence. I he rich 
notes of the deep-throated hound are hushed. 
Then clear and mellow a hunter s horn awakes 
the stillness. Huntsmen draw rein and stand 
in their stirrups, immovable as statuary, as three 
clear blasts break the news to a listening, ex¬ 
pectant camp. 
It is the signal—three blasts—a bear has been 
killed. There will be "ba'r meat” in camp to¬ 
night. As the news is flashed on the morning’s 
breeze horsemen put spurs to their steeds and 
a dash is made for the direction of the hunter’s 
horn. One by one they crash through the heavy 
Mississippi cane brake, through tangled vines, 
jumping fallen logs, and boggy places and draw 
rein with the silent company gathered there. 
It’s a bear, a great shaggy fellow, a monarch 
of the forest, and he’s dead. Standing sentinel¬ 
like over the great carcass, are the bear dogs, 
pulling at the fallen king, and growing savagely. 
Right on top of the monster hulk, proudly sur¬ 
veying the rest of the pack stands a giant hound, 
rough and shaggy, tall and rangy, his great 
fangs grinning defiance to all intruders of canine 
persuasion. He is the king of the fighting dogs, 
and he was ‘‘in at the death,” When the battle 
came, he was at Bruin’s throat, and the hunters 
were fast and furious with their fire to save him. 
Old Shag cared not for that, however, for fear 
is no part of his makeup. Half hound, half 
terrier, he is a fighting dog of rarest courage 
and quality. His nose has not the keenness of 
the ‘‘strike’ dogs, his deep notes were not heard 
throughout the exciting chase until near the 
finish and the time to fight, but Shag was there 
at the end and when the rest of the pack snapped 
at the shanks and the hocks of tlje bear at bay. 
Shag was at his throat with a hold that knew 
no loosening, till death brought the parting. 
Did you ever see a bear ahead of the hounds, 
going through a cane brake or a thick scope of 
forest and underbrush? Did you ever hear one, 
then, if you haven’t seen him? Strange as it 
may seem, a big bear can outrun* a pack of dogs 
at first through thick cover. Shaped like a 
wedge, with his nose the edge or point, the bear 
tapers out until he reaches his full bulk at the 
rump. Strong as an ox, it is no wonder this 
strength enables his wedge-shaped bulk to part 
brake and undergrowth with ease. Again, a big 
bear coming at full speed is calculated to make 
one very nervous, to put it mildly, for the noise 
is not unlike the rushing of a heavy freight train. 
Nothing stops a black bear in flight. 
But presently the great fellow begins to tire. 
Black bears are always fat, for they are hearty 
feeders. As he slows down, the baying pack 
narrows the space between them. The music 
of the hounds increases in volume, and suddenly 
it is augmented by the cavernous notes of old 
Shag and the other fighting dogs. They had 
been trailing the pack, unable to keep up, but 
have now seen the bear and here is where they 
get into the game. 
The music changes. There are new sounds, 
discordant notes in the melody. It is broken 
up. The regular tonguing has hushed and in 
its- stead is heard the short sharp yelps of fight¬ 
ing dogs. Deep growls and snarls from bear 
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