Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-12-19
THE WONT HINT

-
The hun' which was advertised in our Paper 81 last
week, cascGfon Friday; and most glorious tim IL Was
no We rad the pleasure OF assisting in the drive
aId being OF the death OF several of the rcrniats. and
a large suffered buck in tho bargains: and we must
ssy that u wash finest pirco VI sport we have ever
" tncssed. The ground drivca over. embraces nm area
o. s'n- ten miles one way and cigli the other. and
wac generally well filed up with horscnnen and men
on loot, with clubs or ilSrp s1cIs. all starting II nearly
The satne tine and closing towards the centre.
In the sart, and for some tims after. there Sas
nothing 10 he seen, and Iitle Ia do except TO 60 steadily
ahsal. Ga ehs south line where we were. and wherv
Tor a time we could see nothing but our v~n operations,
we sssha To despair Of sport, ~hsn The cry Of 'ths
deer IRE coming" pretty considerably Weakened up The
line; AMI there they were. sure enough buck, o
doe. asd a aSn-runnIng for dear lite. TO escape al
an opening Intentionally le1 IN the lines. Aad escape
they did. though hard pressed. Ivy bounding in,o a FIELD
OF standing corn. where Ihev could uoi be follo~ed
stbpccd. Well. jusi m we had got fairly bach 10 our
places again. here came another. a liite further to the
right bounding away across The prairie, in great style.
followed by a single horssInan and n dog. rather slow
Alter e hard run oi three quariers of q mile, he alsu
escaped by ieaping the fence into The corn field. Thi.
Wis rather discouroging. as we could now see, IN the
distance Of the "circle complete" bot could discoye,
no garac. This. however. did not last long. "A wolf
q wolf" was shouted forth by IN hundred voices. He
too tnod 10 pass-but IL was no go"-and finally hs
turned tail and scampercd of 10 Try hi, chance a
another Inc.
The lines thea gradually closed in. and rs the spac.
within became Contracted. the deer and wolves wer,
greatly alarmed. and many OF Ihem dashed right thru
'tiio ih'ck array" several of Ihem escaping for the
want oi good dogs ON parts OF the lines. In some
instances. however. pursuit was successfully made D,
those having feet horses. But most Of the person,
engaged reserved the chcrgics OF their steeds for the
mai close; aid when the circle was narrowed down
to the space OF half a mile, ia diameter, and tho yamr
made The last desperate dash for life aud liberty. thu
EDnTf u a. InfnpgalU CT. ~
made a simultaneous rush. al different poini, TO escape
oni 10 Tins last effort, moi one was succs.ziul in making
q clearance"
Right away here WINS a noble 'fve.proncsd" bucl
and a stout wolf almost side by side. After hcyin-
been iniled several times. they pushed straight ahead
apparently for tho fhickcI line. When within a hun.
bred yards they separated a lIiiIe-LHpas by DIM ol
d"iging,tairly eiuted the blows aimed nj him. cleared
the ilnes. nnd gained The OMEN prairie. But his time
"ns shod; he Mas foituwc I'd b. a dozen horsemcn. and
'rnii-d scaTGfnty by a darling greyhound. For a
eoap!e'Cf hundred yaris The ran Was splendid. but ia.
shee p-NIii!hs rasclis wind was ahoEi out. and his long.
legged friend close "a his rear. by a single leIk brought
AiIn "t"tier etiJ to-" nnl besute Is could make q
sap. lac vas 6ttea with a tight crlyal, with spike. in
". a blow from a hcsvy club finished his career Of
crime his scalp was Torn morsiicSsly Oh. aud he LEFT
ihe spsrio i nieHHer cur. wiHle his nobic cauior dashed
on almost rs fresh HS ever an lmrsuii Of the buck;
which IN the mean time hal rssscd right through or
over Tue line. we ere not sT7o wtieh.) holly pur.ned
sy h"rsemen und dogs. Then il wou.G have done you
good osee our iayorie. the 6isc grey-hornd, hy a little
heip irom a turn in the chase. cGme right along side.
"nd win tue assistance of a halEbnoiher, alter reachiys
several times very nfircilonaieiy for the bucks neck,
hun 10 the groIn1 in fne style. This wss tho
riose OF The hnH;. A part only coming under gu.
bui oil. so far az We can learn. pre,ty
much m The same style.
On counting The "spoils," IL was found here had
been taken thirteen DoIues and sr fine ft deer. Il wa.
ihen determines by vote. that another hunt .hould ,ake
place ovet The same ground, on Saturday nc1i, as il i,
pretty well aseer'aiRed that some thirty deer. and a.
many wolves had made their ESCAPE and beat back iu
ne 1~over-LatLysae ia Free Prto.