The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-29
From the Chicago Field and Stream.I
Field, Kennel and Turf Notes iron
Tennessee.


Field. Kennel and Turf Notes iron
Tennessee.
MAURY COUNTY, TENNESSEE, Dec
81, 1S74-DeGr Stf: had intended fur
nishing you some sporting items iron
his section sooner, but flOm The OK
IRENE scarcity of anything of sufficient
interest, l haye delayed until this, the
asst day of the year, hoping, like Mi
cawber, something would turn up.
Even now L am compelled to deal in
gossip. The drought OF the past season,
Tor the army worm, or both combined
have almost destroyed quail shooting,
and if Bob White dimiDishes as rapidly
in the future as in the past three wears
u he will have to be sought in other local~
tiles. We can boast, however, OF some
as fine dogs, OF the red Irish strain, as
he world can produce, from the kennel
If Capt, g.. w. Campbell, thorough
gentleman and sportsman OF this coun-
ry. The dog Night, champion OF the
recent field trial at Memphis, was pur
chased at this kennel, and Mac, who
secured the highest number of points
for training another representative.
y We feel a just pride in these dogs, and
The American now in John Bulls do
main in search of a first-class dog might
/ 10 better and go a shorter distance; and
while they are descendants OF imported
dogs, they have been bred here long
enough to claim title to the AmericanI
breed. They would hardly suit RE-
y 5rIeving Setter" who advocates in thel
asst issue of the TttqT, Field and FARM
4 ,he peculiar merits(?) of slow dog, forI
they go like the wind, but unlike those
be has been familiar with, they do notl
run up the game, but have nose as
powerful and delicate as their motion isl
1 Heet and graceful. Capt. Campbell now
: has six of them well broken.
Then comes Arch LipscOmb, whOseI
4voirdupois is about equal to that oil
Tom Draw in "WarwiCk Woodlands" u
but who, unlike Tom, can't always tell
where the most birds are, for his scoreI
I in the last club hunt in ten hours hunt
Z ing stood four The piscatOrial depart
ment is represented by ALT. HOrsley
/ Fishing editor of the Columbia Herald
d7td Mail. OF course you and your read
9rs know All, as not to know him is anE
acknowledgements of objectionable ig-
auOrance. Though young in years bel
has yet lived long enough to become theE
4 recipient, from numerous admirers, oil
more fishing rods and of more varied
patterns than are to be found in thel
shouse of Andrew Clerk IL Co. He is al
levotee of the rod and line, and his hapsI
and mishaps would fill "A volume quitel
as large as the history of Simple Simon. /
III OIl0 OCCdSIOu, WHEN inc SSHLI6 ZeDh-
yrs and genial sunbeams WoOed the fairS
goddess of spring from the cold embrace
Of old winter, Alf. secured the servicesg
Of a couple of fifteenth amendments tot
sCatch him some mlnnOWs, and meet HING
with them at the mill dam. At the aD- /
pointed time he drove rapidly to thes
RENDEZVOUS, each rotary motion of hiss
ouggy wheel, in his already excited i'm
4ginatiOn, revolution ofhis reel land-s
ing a four pound trout. His PLEASANT
inticipatiOns were heightened as hel
drove upon the high bluff and saw hisa
5OlOred assistants awaiting him. AZ
hurried walk of some two hundredE
yards down tho bank to place to de-
Scend, and he nearS the minnOW catch 1
5rs; imagine if you can his dismav whens
he Deheld the sable descendants OF Hama
riumphantly hold up the minnows OuE
10 StFitg, stiff and stark, the last strug-s
gle long since over. Nothing daunted Is
however, he determined to try the finnys
tribe, when he discovered he had i'll hiss
haste left his tackle in the buggy. An
other tramp up the steep bank, ands
with face as glowing as Old Sol, he setsS
20 work whipping the water, He dis
covers large rock out in the streame
where the whirling eddies seem moreS
7nticing, and thinking his big bootss:
high enough TO keep out the liquid ele>
ment, he boldly wades in, but the wa 4
ers swept above them and he reachesS
he rock with his boots full of water 6
Zoo anxious TO lose the time necessary
0 take off his wet boots, he ESSAYS tOk
empty them by laying back on his back i
and holding up his feet. Failing, how !
ever, i'll his mathematical calculations
ne eievateS them above an angle of tor
ty-tive degrees, and the young deluge8
comes down on his sacred person. Don'tR
imagine from this, hOweYor, that he iss.
not successful disciple of Old Isaac s
for he is quite an adept at the gentle art y
But enough of this; there are manyE
more worthy OF mention, but these aren
men. We have movers
lad contest at the trap, but have anEl
annual hunt, which is quite popular IS
not only with the members. but others II
rs it always closes with a dinner. q
Then, too, we have a troGting ass0cia-s
JiOn, and occasionally have a display ofg
the poetry OF motion in the light step~a
per, being visited by such good ones ASP
Chieftain, BlackwOOd, Jr, and BavH
WOOdfOrd, besides several local celebri s
ties. The track is now under the man-S
lgement of the accomplished reinsman. E
William Downing, of Union Drivings
Park, Ill. Col. Keesee, the President, s
the owner OF Diana, daughter of St
Elmo, who is lively on her pins; and thea
Colonel can be seen when she is in hers
exercise with his gold timer in hand g
apparently gazing on the beauties of na>s
.ure, but close observer might detect &
uis best eye on Diana. At the close ofs
Jhe exercises to the enquiry, "What'ss
her time, Colonel ?" he m0dest!v rel
plies, "She is going very we'll" Toms
Cochran, Esq, owns a black gelding ofs
unknown parentage that goes we'll, ANDY
while the horse is steady and quiet in AZ
race, Tom gets very much excited,
urns pale and talks incuherentIy; al (
'ast the deaf and dumb man to whom
ne was half an hour explaining the CONF
iitiOn and driving of his horse, at thes
asst race, did not seem to understand al
word he said. We have several farrerss
who are engaged quite extensively inE
breeding trotters, prominent amon2E
whom a1e Maj. Campbell Brown andA
Capt. Thomas Gibson, Of this county, b
md Maj. Altman just over the line. I
Well, Messrs. Editors, | think l haves
spun out this gossip quite long enough, {
Is it is simply the Introductory chapters
n which tho principal characters ares
described. AS it is quite scattering
discharge and hit all over the paper, | /
shall subscribe myself Shotgun.