The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-25
COL. BUrLER's "HOUNDs."
How They and His Man Sam Astonished the
German at the Union Hill Park.
New York World. October 10 !

The people who went to the Shutzen Park.
Mt Union Hill. yesterday afternoon, were
promised by hand-bills q .real novelty Ia this
latitude" This novelty. the hand-bills went
Oh, was d ''grand exhibition Of twelve South
ern bloodhounds trailing runaway negroes" !"
by 8 o'clock large number Of Germans and
their families were on the ground and about
the lake waiting in wondering sort of u
The bills had ALSO promised, In setting forth
the good thingA to be seen and heard that
70 full orchestra will discourse elegant
classical music" In more exact and matter
OF fact language five men blew through brass
Instruments at odd intervals during The per-
formance. Each visitor deposited fifty cents
at the gate and received q green ticket which
was bis passport. as was recorded upon IT, to
interesting and well-lnformed hand-bllls
also said that ''Col. Thomas Butler. OF Ham
burg. y. g., will illustrate with his highly
trained bloodhounds the exciting scene OF
slave hunting In tho South before tho war"
and explained:
"Of course the Illustration will only be play,
but tho terror OF tho fugitlves, tho rapacity
Of the bloodhounds that unerrngly follow
upon their tracks and the escape from the
dogs at the last moment by climbing beyond
their reach will be portrayed SO wildly that
1t requires no considerable stretch Of the Inn
aRination to believe the Incidents rea.'
Tho Colonel was on the green IN hour be-
fore the starting Of the hounds. and was will
ing to speak OF hls bloodhounds aud OF his
pony, which he rode when hunting negroes,
and to tell remarkable stories Of what he had
done "0tve me n couple o more tunes and
then we will start the dogs" he said rs he
moved of to the deer paddock where his dogs
were lodged. real negro was In charge OF
them, and certainly he WINS dressed shabblly
enough for any dog to chase. The blood
hounds were d half dozen very commonplace
pointers that did not object at all to the
fondlinR by tho small boys who crowded
a.
word Of the little Colonel and the cowhorn
which he used. sam, the negro, was finally
taken out from among the dogs and INSTRUCT
Cd BY tho Colonel to be pursued so as
TO lead the pack across the green
around the lako and lthen back to {. 4
small tree In front of the beer stand Tho
dogs crowded about the gate OF the paddock
% they saw Sam" run away through the
underbrush. "Thero ho goes" ea1d the
narrow lane was formed for him to pass
through. The footing of the horn told that
the alleged bloodhounds were loose and
everybody stood ready to run away rs the
yelping of the brutes WAS heard. But nobody
did run away In alarm when the dogs did nc
tually appear capering here and there In their
giadneas at being out OF their paddock. They
paid some attention to tho trail but more to
the mounted Colonel whorode over the course
and whlst1ed the dogs up about him. Around
the small pound the clamorous pack went
the negro meantime having stopped near a
small tree ready to climb 1t when the dogs
approached. They soon appeared. but In
stead of rushing along the trnil to the foot OF
the tree and there seeking the life-plood Of
their victim until driven off by the hunts
man, = aB per notice, they ran here and there
about tho lot for chicken bones and generally
did everything to help tho escape of the fly
Ing slave, After time, when tho dogs had boz
f1are f1me ta,ed ann q no,ona running here and
blown himself red Ia the face
IN calling his unrnly troops to order, one Of
the "bloodhounds,' passing under the tree.
was switched on the back by the negro The
Intelligent dog looked up and saw his friend
Sam. and began jumping up and barking.
The others, joined IN, and soon the pack was
about the tree making q great noise, while
Sam encouraged them to the bestof his ability
by making passes at them with his switch.
Then the Colonel rode up to the crowd, which
formed close circle about the dogs, and
spoke about the strong wind, the crossing OF
trails, and soon. When he thought the dogs
had excited them sufficiently he said, "Come
down. Sum" and Sam dropped to the ground,
the dogs crowding about him as an old friend.
10 further show tho unerring instinct Of the
hounds Sam was started off, and having got
q few hundred yards advantage, on o word
from the Colonel the pack started. The fugi-
tive returned and got on low rung Of tho
gymnasium ladder on the green, and the
dogs, as before, found him after q time and
after the small boys In the crowd had helped
them by bidding them sick EN-" Tho
Colonel then gave an exhibition Of his horse
the pony was under full gallop. When the
dogs were driven back to the paddock 1t was
discovered that two were missing, and Sam,
with the cow-horn, went out to hunt the
hounds.
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