The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-09-29
a Card.
THoMAsTOH On. ST.


Cart. J. w. JoSEs-Dear Sir: A few points
i'll your communication require ,ay notice.
am not apprised that my reply TO your challenge
IS IN any manner discourLeous to you. You
wrote ME letter proposing to run against Inc
for the championship replied that cou!
not run against you as The "Champion," MS |
considered Mr.. Clark more entitled to that hc,,-
or. You shen pubtishcd tho sarne challenge in
the Banner. Now, why did you do this Captain,
if you we're not seeking a little notoriety1
The charge OF " Interference between yourself
and Cspt. Clark that overeaps the licensed priv
lego Of stranger" its unjust, and ithunt
founastion You published letter Jircet,d 10
Capt. WIN. Clark in which you took the liberty
Of paradinC me before the public us one WHO
"crares the championship Of Fox Hounds iu
Georgia aud South Carolina, &C., &c," and ex.
cept the first three lines the entire letter was in
ridicule Of me. and my dogs. Was not this over
eaping the licensed privilege Of q stranger I,
You publicly assailed me, and publicly rctorted
as had right to do. and did 30 more court
eously than you deserved. I submitted fair
proposition to meet you and contest the respec-
tive merhs OF our dogs. You" lodged the ques
dogs by garbled statement. Is this manly,
Captain? lhave not been in one hundred miles
Of you in taOelve years.; aud yet you say near
You failed to catch fox. and speak of IT as
thing Of yesterday. have no desire TO write
up reputation for Hiy dogs, and shall tako no
further notice Of yosr alHstured remarks You
say "asked the use Of lHnck and Boston,,
Permit me to say, without intending to be dis
courteous, that Your letter TO me contradict this
assertion. Tire &rst insimation had Of your
existence was a letter over your signature So
liciting pair of puppies. fhsve made diligent
enquiry, by letter. Of "my neighbors" for fifty
mile around, and can heur nothing Of your four
dogs. But be assured if they arc within the State
will find them.
And nov, Captain, as you say have never
seen tsorough bred dog" hope you W i'll Ego
your pile" on beating my dogs. Say ,chere can
find them, and aOhen you will be there to back
them. You say your dogs can instruct me
and my dogs" Tam willing to pay you literally
for a few lessons. am spprised that you ore
Teacher and Fox Hunter. and It is presumed
you are perfectly familiar with the history and
habits of the Red Fox proper You have cer-
Iaihy Hihue du inportdhC uKcOVefy IN the TACT
that "the Red Fox aud the Gray Fox readily in
termix and produce nson9rel variety" which,
as you state in your letter, in turn produce
every shade Of mongrelis~,." I had thought i.
was a we'll established physiological fact that
mongrels were incapable of procreatlon.
Again, you say "in Virginia and England
the dog has not been reared that has caught tho
Red Fox proper" Will you be kind enough to
cite me to the authority for this asserionP Does
it exist elswhere than your very fertile magina.
toni The English works, Johnson's Sportsman.
Cyclopsdia, Daniels, Beckford's. and Nimrods
works, the Sporting Magazine and the American
Turf Register, by J. 8. Skinner, are against you,
Captain. Pardon me for replying in detail.
You stand 80 fair can't help hitting YOU" Ifl
you will come to "my neighbors" and run YOU
four dogs upon the terms proposed, will re-
turn with you and run my year old puppies
against yours Of the same age. for One Thousand
Dollars, half forfeit, to be deposited in either Of
the Banks at Augusta. Each one, to produce
satisfactory evidence of the ago Of his dogs
We have had "talk" enough. Meet me and we
will decide it.
Very Respectfully
GEO. L. F. BIRDSONG.