The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-10-23
Tho eeBlooahound,, Show.

John Thomas Butler, OF Hamburg. s.
O., has brought to New York pack oi
hounds with which he proposes TO show
the manner in which runaway slaves were
formerly hunted and convicts are still
pursued in the South. He asserts that an
exaggerated impression prevails OF tho
North respecting the cruelty Of this prac.
sice, and his exhibitions are intended to
make money and also TO illuntFste hie
claim, that the pusposs Of using the
hounds Ia simply to ind snd detssn Sua
fngiuves without iDjuring them. Ke
has brought with him q negro. named
'fSam," who is willing to play eruna-
way, and o sturdy little mare, whose
speed is TO give him an advantage over
the hounds. A reporter accepted an in-
;yitahon to inspect the pack before the
exhibition, and approached, with trep.-
dation, the stable whore they ware co,l-
iinod. On entering he found h.;ncslf, TO
his surprise, In the midst Of dozen long.
ileaaed, playful fox-hounds "Why,s'
said he, these are not blood. .houEds." !"
They are as near TO IL as NO have In
South Carolina, !" said Mr. Butler. e'What
dc. yoa call them 2" "We call them
niger dogs, or fox dogs. They are the
same that were formerly used to catch
fugitive elaves, and no huge savage
blood-hounds, such ae you have heard
about, can be found down there. wan.
ted to travel little, cad brought these
dogs along TO pay my expenses, and 10
shovyou all ct the North that We are not
as bad as we are said to be.n
"Sam" mounted the mare, and rode
down the hill on which the spectators sat
to the judges etand in Fleetwood Park,
where he dipmouuted and started to run
at o pace that would win him place in
short-distonce foot-race. He ran about
q quarter Of q mile just inside the track,
and then rushed in behind some bushes.
Mr.. Butler called his hounds by sound
ing an old cow.horn. and datarted then, IN
pursuit by kind Of Seat call" Catch
ing the scentquickly, they followed, bay
ing loudly, and wero lost to sight. The
negro reappeared from the bushes, and
running quickly TO the fence, remounted
the marc andgalloped around the course.
The dogs came behind, at O considerable
distance, taking his exact course, but
when they came TO where the negro had
remounted they we're puzzled. II try
ing to recover the scent they rot across
the former trail and gave up the hunt
Mr.. Butler had said befr % the trial that
the high wind and the ory ground would
make it difficult to give o satisfactory
exhibition on that day. "Satn" then
came up with the pack, and again started,
Ta0ant5d fHtom the beginning this tins,
with the pack at his heels, and an excit..
Ing che.e took place around the course,
with odds in favor of the ms1e. She in.
creased her lead all the way around.
Reaching the gate 'Sam" consented to be
"treed,D and mounting the high gatepoBt,
awaited the hounds. When they found
him they redoubled their noise, aud
!egpod high into the air, trying to reach
the negro, who beat them off with his
whip, until Mr.. Butler came up and
sounded his horn, at which the barking
ceased as by magic, and the fugitive
came down. Mr.. Butler said the doga
would have bitten the negro, we'll as they
knew him, had he descepded before she
horn sounded, unless kv had club with
which to beat them Off. The moral
seemed to be that runaway slave must
be careful to have o tree handy when the
dogs overtske him or, If be Is caught in
9 swamp, he ehould be able to cut O
hickory stick in season. .sa
j.. g. Butler is not o relative of Gen.
M. O. Butler. He is o young man OF
twenty. live, Of pleasant manners. Hin
father had both alaves and dogs, and on
one occasion tracked o man three hun.
dred rniiea, and brought him back. Mr.
Butler expects &c exhibit exhibit his his saioEo In
other parts of the country, and in Eu.
fope.-Nel0 York Tlib,s7se. 50 ,,s3