Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-10-31

A Farmers Graphic Account Of the
sport.
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times
The Meadow Brook club had hunt Saturday,
aud Times reporter met in the evening, near
Westbury, Long Island, farmer who was at
the finish. The wet sand stuck to the wheels
OF the farmers wagon, and the horse was re-
luctant to pull the load. ''Gol dern you!" said
the farmer as the mare stopped stone still He
brought slnall-sized tree down on the back OF
his horse with q re>0unding bang, and the mare
gave such jump that the farmer was nearly
jerked over the back Of the seat.
There was as many as twenty-five on 'em out
to-day, n they had fOrty-eight hounds" cOntil-
ued the farmer. THE dogs made more noise
than apple parin bee. The huntsmau-that's
what they call 'em-dragged first an anlse-seed
bag from Newcastle round through Wheatley
and Old Newbury, down here to Westbury
bern your old hide, get up there. You hain't
good fer nOthin' except eatin'. and dern me if
you can't do more o that n any two horses l
know on"
THE horse is tired, isn't it?''
''Tired!" asked the farmer, as he nearly broke
the mares back with the sapiing stranger,
that mare Is laZer'n a hired man. Well as was
teln' on YOU the fox was then let loose. The
derned cuss sOt still and wouldn't stir peg.
The huntsman damned stones at i'm n he start
ed to run. He run half a mile over to the Quaker
meetln' house and tried to hide his tarnel car
cass in the shed. The hounds come I'D on i'm.
They didn't leave much m0ren the head and
tal-they call the tail the brush-and the first
man who got there took that. That's what
they chase the fox for, to get them. They run
close on to Is miles. and the hunt was one of
the best they've had. The jumps were the high
est. Some on 'em were Ive-rail fences-fye feet
high"
''Were there any falls7"
II see mud onto some on 'em. but nobody
was hurt. 1t was just gettin' dark when they
finished. and If they'd had mile further to 20
they couldn't ave seen to Jump the fences"
do the farmers 20 to the hunts much1"
"Well, not now. It's gettin' to be an old
thing. They caikeriate to have three hunts a
week In March and April and october aud No
vember. When they first begun every consumed
fool round here followed after EN- I'VE seen
mOren hundred In the chase. The hunters
KNOCKS down the fences and the farmers horses
don't have nothn' to jump. Some OF the farm
ers has pretty good Jumpers, but they haint
got the wind. The hunters horses are hard and
all gaunted up like greyhOunds"
do the farmers like to have the huntsmen 90
over their ields2"
Some on 'em do, and some on 'em don't.
You see two men will come around Monday and
ask what damage was done. They will write it
down and then they will send the money around
That's the way they do. Some farmers like to
get 0ig damages. They break down 500 worth
OF fences every time they have hunt They're
q pretty good lot OF fellows. They don't buy
their hay and straw and such of one man. but
all around where they hunt-One load here n
another there. Them foxes. you know. they git
In box from the west. They git so tame that
they Just set and look at you. They're afraid
OF the hounds and try to hide somewhere |
should think the derned things would have
enough sense to climb a tree"
DO the dogs ever attack sheep2"
No: they're trained. They run through q
pasture full to-day and didn't offer to tech one:
but you oughter see them sheep 1y. they give
the fox, all except the tail and head, to the
dogs. Dern you! Stranger. that ere mare'd
lay right down here In the sand a go to sleep.
It's hard work for her to breathe. See that gal
and that young fellow in that window. THEY'RE
sparkin useter pull down the curtin when |
went sparkin'."