HUNTING IN LUXURY.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 265, 28 October 1911, Page 3 (Supplement)

HUNTING IN LUXURY.

COMFORT IN THE WILDS. A hunting party of almost as much magnitude as that of Theodore Roosevelt in Africa is now wending its way into the interior of Alaska toward the head waters of the Yukon and White rivers.

The party is headed and financed by Colonel Charles Scott, of Mississippi, and includes many well-known sportsmen, as Charles Baxter, the famous guide of Glenis.ood Springs, Colo. ; R. C Harmon, of Gardner, Mont., and Others. The party is outfitted sufficiently to stand off an army. The hunters took equipment from Seattle, the outfit including 16 horses, 15 tons of horse feed, -111 dogs, 2 milch cows, 7 cases of heavy rifles, 4 bundles of fishing rods, 11 tons of provisions—including beer and wine—ls tents for idle men and. 3 for horses anil cows. To care for the traps and to do the manual labour attached to making and breaking camp there are three negroes, 2 woodchoppers, I boatmen, 5 Indian guides and a Japanese to milk the cows. The cook, a mulatto, has two assistants.

Colonel Scott said before sailing that S-ho cost of the expedition was approximately £lOO9. and that he had been planning for the big hunt for 20 years. The party will penetrate from Skagway into the interior, about 259 miles hence into Yukon territory, where Colonel Scott and Baxter are desirous of meeting some of the herds of caribou reported to lie numerous this summer. The "hief object of the hunt is to secure heads of mountain sheep, a few bear whins i'rom the Alaska grizzly, and some moose.

The party intends to keen in constant touch with the outside world, something View in modern hunting expeditions. A western of telephones will bo installed as (he party advances into the wilderness. The wire catiiied is light weight, but strong enough for the purpose. As the party hurries along the mon fasten up the wire to the most handy place, be it W tree, rock or willow copse. The instrument is fastened to tlio end of the wire at intervals and communication Opened with Skagway on the coast. Tho wire and the atlaehments weigh fully 1596 lb., and will be loft in the wilderness by Colonel Scott, a gift to-the travelling public and minors. Nover before in the history of Alaska has such a magnificent hunting party invaded its fastnesses. Tho calvacnde recalls the famous hunts conducted by Unronean monarchs in tho days gone, except in this instance the men must walk and the horses carry tho packs. Even tho two cows are expected to carry th' ir milk paiis, stool and butter (horns.

The cows must shift for their living on wayside grass, and small game will be killed for tho dogs. Tin’ horses will l-c fed on grain, because of the danger of permitting them to cat too much green marsh grass.