The Archive · 1925

Good Camera Work

When the bear was first sighted, jhe was separated a bit from his herd, and the task of Mr. Snow and his_men was to get him farther from the herd and then to rope him. A small boat was lowered and the crew set after the bear, [chasing him for two or three mie: Then the bear took the matter into hhis own hands. Ie charged the boat. It was a perilous moment, Sidney Snow had the camera and kept on grinding until the very last moment, when the bear was upon them. Then they slipped a rope around the bear's neck and started full speed in the opposite direction, The bear struggled and slipped the rope from his neck, but it quidly encircled him amidships. He was game, but another charge merely Jed to another rope being cast around With the two ropes on him fas an easy matter to pacs them to the deck of the Herman and hoist him on the deck and into the hold of the ship. He is now in the Oakland Zoo, Californi

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