Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-02-14
Foxes and H0umGs.

Ihe i z /: uotere OF tnI5 CITY, 5ay3 the Il art.
ford Times, have no, had the usual lun OF luck
this Wlarer, two brushes onIy attestiug thtir ex-
| plolls. But the guouers u ncighb ri towt
| my nave done much better, judriog By the
t-c. the Fatnham brothsr! OF Soutu Windsor
| htVe begg"d uioe frxes this sta4ou.
chat with sn old fox hua:cr is pretty suro
to develop sousthiog Interesting, aud yesser-
day oue Of them Hss teliiGg about running # x
VII rtyhouad when the crust Of the snow
was strong enough 70 bear tb N up. A grey
mound osn readily u ruu tcx. while tox
housd iuds them dove by great uaoururc 3;
someumes b:,tg nearly thirty hours on the
,r>l. Ino iotlrer fuElIWJ TIC gGnc by the
5 ght or the " the laier by The SC ut or The
lose.
The list .uca Of runiiog the fox on the crust
was rela!ed by Mr.. o B. Moore, of Wodsor,
'Sho owned Il reyhOuod AID fox hound 3,
the sam, time While the gr, yhouud i. pre-; Y
sure to crel q t wbec be gUts his eye, upo
Iim wlthD reBs 4a0ls distapce, Ia this case.
although r, peatede close 10 bin, the houuo
Gas Completely b. I'll ID by the cIrDias OF th,
fox
rhe whole thing was plain ssiins and ii
plain ,iRht, buj 100 far away Tor Mr. Mo4re 10
tex hand 10 with bis >un, Though he wstohld
it ~tn eager lDtcres'. Is Jth f Y And h0uod wer
dong t, lr level boSi thougA tie loug rapit
s'rId.S OF the latter Iapldy closed the Eao,
Ve,y quickly the hOuoI wss coic upon he fox
snd Mf Nor says he X?eo c the dog u!6
seiz, the tx almost instently when, qu ok a.
though, tie fox brought his b u,ty iaIi doYu
upon the lcc sud u,lDg il as IudGer WbirlAH
f,u ard lar IN Oh
With the speed OF aG r oV aud before the d :.
c,uid stop himself ou ne icy cfuss the eupplue
iuX mad CO rods tTe lar: OF hIm 90 q new
| tack. Bat the Too ad u3tiine dsanssd, ugai:,
comneDacd hol Fur,ul, aud when be had
o most 0ver!ak % his gGme @ se0oud line the
lex dod2ed tlnl 10 the sane manner Aor
thus be did tor 5eVcu dunes 10 Sulo9s,loG.
though Two or hgGD times .sheu the l. x
ufaei, tho doc tCra him l.iio with uis teeth
Alter the seV2uth failure the tx managed TO
lO.c hiDsei 10 pa CT 0l "oods. aud tia grey.
hOuud YVES cheated OF hls prey. More ,h.r
got MS fCxl0uod, aUd, I.u;iug hin upon the
| scent, rad th- good t0rtuuh TO Gag the aulmsl
| and " the W0uods made by the huuod, He
teit as il that fox deserved its lbyrly, bu,
foXbuuolr nevlr allows aOy fCGllug OF .oti
N ,ni to lnterfera wi b business
While the above shows phase of fox Gun.
| mag, hare is an ilG lent saowibg how quick in
motion they sto One day idr Uib6!e, the
arsnog stage driver, sow in o field near the road
somew here between that town and RseIt I'd, u
lox painting from over eXerlion, aid near By
WAS young hound that had rua him down, bu,
mad not the courage TO grspp!e with the animal
at bay. Mr. UiDoie with whip in hand I'D.
! vanced upon keyn snd struck at him with
The butt Of his heavy whip. The fox, u1soe,
owing to the deDth Of show to dodge The blow
caught tha whip handle in his teeth and held
80 firm y that be Sss drawn up TO the feet OF
Dibble. Another blow, however dspatched
him.
Another interesting feature on fox hunting ia
| the fight between hound and fox, when the
latter has been run down. The fox is very apt
| TO sea the dog by the nose, and some houads
dislikI this trestlnent go much that they are
| 10th TO tackle in with the fox a second tins :,
while otners take the puni3 nent IS Il mstter OF
course, and ere always rea iy for the dsssh
graphic.
| this city. the veteran fox-hu ator, tells of the
| action Of hound he once owned. which showed
the animal 10 be rstner more philosophical than
dogs generally sle. If fix pinned him
through the nostrils ho would not aggrsvate
| matters by fypping srouhd, but would sit
quietly down untli the fox get ready to let 60
| and then be would 60 for him. But this was not
| nj /. The hound seemed TO bs determined not to
suffer ths humiliation Of havins his nose held to
| the griIdstone by the fox and then have the fox
| escape, ss they some times will after having
held the dog long enough to recover their wind
| so when fox pinned him IN the nose this phil
osophical hyuud would squat down and place
| his lore paws on Rey nArd neck, and when the
| fox LIT go MS hold the hound held him with
his paws until he could bring his teeh into ay,
when the fox hsi 10 tosurrender. This was where