The Princeton union., 1881-02-17
Pursued by Nocdhounds.

Aprop0s of the death of {. old Mount
JOY, the pedestrian, q correspondent Of
q London sporting newspaper related
story which he heard from MountioY's
own lips. Hearing Lord w. boast that
his bloodhounds would track any living
thing, by scent alone, Col. A. wagered
q hundred guineas they would not track
q man, and asked Mountjoy to win the
wager for him, assuring the startled Pc
destrian that there was no danger Of the
dogs catching him, as they were slow
runners, and he would take care suf-
fcient start was allowed him the object
being simply to test their powers of
scent. The trial duly came off over
three miles of ground round Hampstead
heath. After the dogs had shifted at
Mountjoy's legs, he made his way leis-
urely for half the course, when the flag
was dropped and the hounds set loose.
They tracked their quarry splendidly,
but were 600 yards behind when Mount
Joy reached the inn, at the end Of the
course and shut the door upon them,
outside Of which they howled their dis
satisfaction until removed. by their
keeper.
Disbelievers in the -bloodhound's scent
were still unconvinced, averring that
they had sighted the man for part of
the journey, at least; and, to settle the
point beyond dispute, another match
was made, to be run at night, the dis
tance this time being but mile and
half. Unconscious Of foul play, Mount
Joy went gayly on his way, but had not
accomplished more than two-thirds of
the distance allowed him. by the con-
ditions when his hair stood on end as the
cry of the dogs, hot upon his trail,
reached his ears. They had purposely
been slipped before the proper time,
without any warming. "For one sec
ond," said he, 81 stood stock still, as If
I had been frozen, and then dashed
away and ran, as [ had never done be-
fore and have never done since. I was
in perfect training and condition, but
the cold sweat broke out from every pore
and poured down my body, while my
legs seemed like lead, and I trembled all
over. Still I kept desperately on, while
nearer and nearer came the deep, hoarse
bay of the hounds, as the scent grew
warmer and they knew, they were run
ming up to their prey. I thought I was
lost. Those few seconds were like weeks,
and wondered whether they would grip
me first by the leg or fly straight at my
throat. Luckily did not lose my head;
and after the first mad burst I settled
down and raced away at pace which I
knew would last the distance; but still
closer and closer came the horrible cry,
that sounded like my death knen and,
in sheer desperation, I put on all the
speed could. At last saw the lights
! Of the lonely little inn, and my heart
rose within me; but at that very In
stant the brutes broke out into a fierce,
savage yell, that told me they had sight
ed me at last. There was small gar
den infront Of the house, and as flew up
to it saw the gate was shut How I
did it I never knew, but, blown and ex-
hausted with terror and the pace as I was,
I I cleared it, darted through the door,
which fortun ately stood open, and, slam
ming it to, stood with my back against
it. The lock had hardly closed when
bang! bang! against the panels came
my terrible pursuers and then they lay
down and yelled savagely at fndine
themselves balked Of their prey.
As soon as he felt himself safe, rage
took the place of fear and, seizing holo
of a bottle, Mountjoy swore he would
brain Lord w. if he entered the place
threat he would have fulfilled had moi
those present got him out of the room
in time to prevent a: most justifable
homicide.