St. Mary's beacon., 1859-02-17
rCosNCxIcArED.


Hears. Ehtors As we ar. very f,nd Of
fox hunting iit this nci.hboFhoja. car young
sr9rtsrnen ga up s5n1cthiug quite Mica in the
way II hunt. dinner all party al night or
"Wednesday. the 18th If January. nit. which
viii endcayOr o. give ynu- description Or
Our place of meeting f.. the hunt was near \
fine Ivy cover on the hcigllts ol the PaIuxent.
The morLing was quite COZ aii frosty and
some 81 tie pnrty got ia late. Iassure ynu. hen
NE all got together. we had the finest display of
TX q IS ! ever bclci Ter. were Bragg,
R'aleA, Jenny, Rover. Swc~pa- and many
more tried offes; asal>p lots Of fine young j IS
Tie cover we were 10 hunt IN firSl was 4 favor
tie retreat 81 Motel oil rsl renar,l. celebrated
i'r heels and bottom and hal given ne many
fine runs. bat had always succeeled IN saving
his brush. We hunted this coYer. but coul,l
not fiad him, and concluded 70 20 - the low
ground, some taking one direction and some
another. About six Of Us with eleven dogs.
mostly puppies, concluded q 20 T. Car Pint.
celebrated cover FOR starting. j., rs We
were about 10 enter thr cover. W sl.. tN, rel
foxes walking deliberately about a. tire tfc' !.
and such hallOing, calling of dug.. aa., J.. limo
over corr burrows, inst - the ..r ND WAS
thawing ION which, by-tLe-by, il taxes 4 GOOD
horse II keep his legs under HIM yoirnevcr
saw. We got the dogs in pretty clysc to the
pen, and on they went in slash;Ug tim. Fright
ont Of the Point ~ was tae or ssrr:,lc. bows.
ride, or you will not keep up. We usually
try u Ct the young men t4ll the fast work
II tic hc5iuIing eli the III g SA.d of they
s:artel, but held up, not seeing Us follow. At
tr,t. thought the dog, would rum. but soon
discovered they had run of some distance. Our
young ri".s. n running out. -: most of the
pack with them, and sUal running fr i've or
six miles up aud down the c1ur.sr was Eeger
seen before aud I!IiS was kept up f,r some time,
ill Il! hands ct tired; a,l, fcrli..y the wan: #
Old rye AID dinner, w adjourned 4 heal
qCaItcrs about l. O'Clock, the dos hlyiu. run
Of. We had for dinner ~ abundance # nice
turkeys, beef aud hams AID lat. though net
least, the necessary article FOR lHEl.r. plenty
Of old staff. Af:cr dinner. whilst we were
promeualing the yard. talkilg over tire NOM
In.'s work, wc hcari our dog, passing near the
house, sill hard at il, and making god run.
McasrS. Filters, If yGu were ever on hunt. You
car imagine the excitement such N .u"iicnt is
calculated II produce T. saddle UP and
IL ma. was the work Of III instant. and on we
dashed az full speed. a if human life. dcpcnied
on the issue. thought by riding abuu; two
miles, could cut off, and get in with tie i ags;
1
heard \ feeble call from some one ia.l was at
once satisfied it must he uncle b, rs we call
him. pushed mp TO Him. AMI lie was almost
out Of breath calling the dogs fos he had seen
the fox crossing the field, and hal ridden after
him, and called and whoopcd unit! he could
scarcely articula;c. lie said 20 mo. "call the
dogs. call the dogs! blow your horn here is
wlc~e lie went into the wocls--l can: call
cac,i my d-n cur but lie wouldn't come. or
SO had uow caught the rasca. -" Messrs.
Editors. If had had ,ims 70 laugh, should
have roarcd--cnuld you have seen and heard
rnc'e b.. You would haze laughed for week.
Il would DO you good T. see him on hot
c.3s"-hr enters heart AMI soul into il, and is
IN every respect genuine hunter Many are
the times | have followed him in my vuuEg
days; AID, though his heal IS grey lii~ heart i
as young Is eyer. Long may lie live 10 listen
- the sweet music Of III" pack, and when the
last horn blows, mIy h. Lc f,uI! At the right
place
called up tn" dags. but uncle y. and his
cur hal GOT reuari = iany WAY ahead; aud. il
gr;tir dark, "" concluded 70 - titae partv.
,,'re Il. shaking hi list in t:s iirccti ~ # tie
FIX saving. never mind, d--n yyu; will get
YOU next week -
Now about cur party. We hal plenty Of
git.S, champaign, oysters, ",io, and -ry thing
= cheer Us after oar defeat. Tie supper Table
was beautifully decorated and lighted b. r;ls-
T.: chandelier made by the lands o! the fair
ones, and the table supplied with al the nice
things, such our far ones can prepare. The
:.-unS people kept up the dance until about 3
u'clock, when all went to their home. much
pleased with the entertainment. oar thanks
are due TO the ladies' frr their kiuiucs+. and to
the young fox hunters for their seut!cruarly and
polite attention - Gil.
AN OLD HUNTER.