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Amateurs Shoot the Powder They Prefer 
All the High Amateur Winners at the 
Pinehurst Midwinter Handicap Tournament 
—SHOT— 
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SPORTING POWDERS 
Firs t— Chas. H. Newcomb . 546 ex 600 
Second— C. G. Westcott. 536 ex 600 
T H i R d—Dr. D. L. Culver. 531 ex 600 
Fourth— W. T. Laslie. 525 ex 600 
— Also — 
All the Amateur Trophies and 
all the Main Events were won by 
Amateurs bsho choose their ponder wisely 
PRELIMINARY HANDICAP 
tOon by 
W. T. Laslie, 92 ex 100 from 19 yards 
PINEHURST HANDICAP 
Xlfon by 
Chas. H. Newcomb, 88 ex 100 from 19 yards 
-THEy SHOT- 
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SPORTING POWDERS 
effectual shots that followed the intruder. It 
was a small brown bear, and was walking stead¬ 
ily toward them about 25 feet away when first 
observed, doubtless having been frightened out 
of its midday slumbers by the distant baying o 
^However a great part of our object was 
achieved; and if we had not been able to kill a 
bear for our friends, we had shown them four 
in two days, running about wild in their native 
woods. They were pleased, and so were we, foi 
the bears were thin and the hides poor; so the e 
was not much lost. , r their 
The next day we parted, J., G. and C. to tneir 
gold mine abouty thirty miles distant, and we 
?n Stinking Lake so named from its sulphuric 
properties Here we brought to camp plenty of 
ducks mostly canvasbacks, 18 coyotes, 2 Can 
ada geeTe which E. shot right and left with his 
12-bore. Those ducks must have had a rough 
time for the day before we left a large party 
from Denver arrived with boats and decoys. 
bT there were plenty for all, and more too. 
We prefer driven birds, for ducks flying over a 
hide on a narrow strip of land, from one water 
to another, go very fast and afford rare! sport, 
besides requiring a certain amount oi practice, 
as any of your readers are well aware who have 
tr 'Having all the smoked birds we wanted for 
winter we wended our way m the direction o 
Sefior Patricio Chavez’s ranch at the head of 
the Galena Canon. We met H 11 ?i^steers^ad 
been^eclntly"killed e by a'bear. The following 
morning the dogs were off again; we soon 
found the bear’s fresh track, row ay they went, 
and after five miles scrambling and crawln g 
over hill and dale, we came to a fine old cinna¬ 
mon treed about 500 feet below us. The dog 
were all there, yelling lustily at the foot of the 
gfgantic pine, in which he considered himself 
fafe A glance showed that there was nothing 
for it but to run a mile or more around the 
canon before commencing the descent, so 
stumbling over anything and everything we 
rolled to the bottom amid a shower of loose 
earth and rocks. The first man who arrived 
within shot was Charlie, who fired at once, as 
the old fellow showed signs of coming down J 
make a firmer acquaintance with us; but this 
we did not at all desire. He fell, shot through 
the brain and proved to be a beauty, wit 
long coat’and a hundred pounds of Urd.on 1 him. 
The meat was also very acceptable, fo 
fed chiefly on the sweet little nut known as the 
pifion whh the addition of the prime beef he 
so lately brought to his larder 
The next day we got two black taile > 
but seeing no more bear sign we moved into 
the Cham. Canon with two inches ol snow 
° U drf LPeys Mle“ r bS S nrfo«.ma.dy the boy, 
S S b. cats and coyotes got Uluru.fin*. 
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STILL PLENTY OF BEAVER FUR. 
“Several years ago the beaver was Becom¬ 
ing rare in Ontario.’ said Lieut-Gov. John M. 
Gibson of the province of Ontario. But the 
beaver has so multiplied that steps have been 
taken that will permit his capture, the revenue 
for the hide being used for park purposes. In 
Algonquin Park, where no shooting of fur ani¬ 
mals is allowed, they are simply tumbling over 
one anothter. So it is with some of the other 
S ™" er thf”r 1 S nortl, there are. a lew herds of 
buffalo left but the buffalo hide is no longer 
an article of commerce. The musk ox which 
seems to be an excellent substitute for the buf¬ 
falo, appears capable of furnishing a long, c 
“Sous supply of comfortable robes but I 
rather think the Indian has disposed of a great 
manv and that the animal is not to be found 
as extensively in northern Canada as was sup¬ 
posed.—Washington Herald. 
