Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-03-11

of Reynard. Here, Mr.. sd. No. 1" wi
had brought near half-a-dozen dogs of b
own, put some Of some of them, with fo,
or five others in, just behind the fox, and
good piece ahead of the other dogs. W
learn from several, that when the fox an
dogs were next seen, but two Of 'sD. NJ
rs" dogs were in the lead, and North clos
on their heels, so that after he had bee
running an hour, before the others wer
put in. his speed and bottom can be Judge
of.
Whilst this race was going on, squad q
a, dozen or two men were in a clump, whel
a pair of black hogs We're seen at some dis
tance. Mr. Hugh q. proposed that som
of the dogs be put after them. Some on
suggested they were "Coalitionist hogs,
when "M," Esq, of the mining bureau
remarked that was the color Of
'sNINE-TENFHs OF THE COALITION PARTY. ,
1t was somewhere about this time, 70,
was seen by considerable company to seel
shelter from the dogs, under a hay. stack il
Mr.. FTaEk Coyner's field. There the seen,
of reaching the side of the field, dismount
ing, scaling fences, &c, would have made
an interesting picture. As would be expected
our friends sd. No. and d. No. 81 would
carry samplers, and that the contents OF
such an occasion would be very highly ap
preciated.
10 lOoker-on, some Of the circumstances
in connection with the circulation Of 'Black
Bette, whilst efforts were in progress to
oust the fox were amusing. We are fully
conscious, not having been present. that we
can't do full justice to the subject. Yet we
will attempt it. There was one of the
farming gentry, tall, lank, and angular in
make, and in that part of the human anat-
omy, that connects the knowledge box with
the carcass, strikingly resembled one, that
we knew years ago. When he was school,
boy, his fellows had him continually in hot
water, and told him that he never could
drink sweet milk
THAT 1T WOULD ALWAYS SOUR BEFORE IT
COULD GET DOWN.
Well, when SD. No. 1" invited this gentle
man to smile, he was very coy, and exceed
ingly modest, and some of the boys on the
look out, insisted that at least three fingers
and that it didn't more than
at, all the way down.
While these little by-plays were being
enacted, "Reynard'' was stirred out, and the
scene then, could our photographer have
been on hand, would have made an inimit-
able cartoon. 1t is conceded that DR.. c.
eclipsed bipeds, dogs and all, and nothing
saved Reynard's bacon but the interposition
Of a. fence. There was quite steep hill to
climb. and 'tMr. P. No. 2'' insisted that his
egs had, in some most unaccountable man.
ler, gotten into the condition of the fellows
gin out, and craved help of
! generous friend.
But our company got cut up into small
parties, when '.Farmer No. g." ''Boots,"
md our friend "L. In.," it so happened,
we're journeying together. The last named,
Is the matter was related to us, was evil
lently just learning to ride. He was splen-
idly mounted on spirited brown mare,
Is has before been mentioned, and the STIR
cups We're short, SO that he hugged her
withers tightly with his knees, and whilst
one hand held the reins, the other had
irm hold on the mane-as they were thread
ng their way as rapidly as possible through
1 dense growth of small timber, the other
TWO being in front, heard some exclama-
5ion, and looking back, it was just in time
% see "Life Insurance wiped off by a lean
ng sapling, and disappearing over her rear
end. In q little while he was all right
again, when, on reaching piece of clear
ground, a considerable gully intercepted
their path, at right angles, when the other
two cleared it successfully, each at bound,
whilst Life Insurance came up boldly on a
mare stopped,
AND HE soMERsAULTED SUCCESSFULLY,
lighting on his feet, when s'Boots," ex-
claimed, ''Why Life, Barnum would give
the highest sort of premium for you-gou
lq cfaly
ing" ''Farmer No. 80 in reciting to us
the incidents as connected with these two
good fellows of your town (for they have
made complete capture of him) said it
was equal to Barnum ami camp meeting
combined, to witness the equestrian feats
Of our Life Insurance friend But, as l
said, because of the company being cut up
into small squads, unless l could have en-
countered a representative Of each, l would
necessarily lose much, as the combined in
cidents could have been permitted to do
justice to them, would have filled the fourth
of page of your paper. Yet it so hap
pened our longitudinal farmer was on hand
when "Black Bette" was again making
the grand rounds, and when invited
CAME BOLDLY TO THE SCRATCH,
and prefacing it with II don't care if do"
shut both eyes, and in the momentary Eiys-
ium, the boys say they didn't know how
many fingers to charge him with.
The general direction of the hunt was up
Christians Greek, or towards Jericho. We
do not know exactly where the incident we
are about to relate occurred, yet, as it is the
only one in which the representative from
and "F. No. 1" appear upon
the scene, we would regard ourselves
as very derelict in sighting either of
them. There is belonging to one of the
farming gentry on South River, mile or
two above Waynesboro', dog-part cur
and part hound, but in appearance partak-
ing much more of the fOrmer-that has es-
tablished on several occasions a t1eetness,
that would bring the blush to the cheek of
the owner of full -blooded hound. In one
of the three chases of the morning, he was
seen by q number of persons pretty close up
to Reynard, and far ahead of several of the
aristocratic dogs, that would have snarled
at him with contempt. He had come in,
and some remark was being made about
him that caught the ear of our Law officer,
when noticing the dog, he remarked in a
manner, "that dog got
speed" ridiculed the idea. 1t so happened
the speaker was our friend of the ''fine
dun," who said he ''had few moments be-
fore seen the dog close to the fox" and ap-
pealed to the stalwart delegate from Mel
son, who confirmed all 'tF. No. u said
made still more contemptu-
GUS rejOinder, and rode on; but if he heard
what "F. No. 1" said, which is doubtful,
he did not notice it, as he, a very spirited
and fearless man, said ''that man is f-";
well it was a sin, the utterance of which,
according to the "Book," is punished in
that place Bob Ingersoll denies the exis-
tence of. Ihave this from "F. No. 1" him
self-but would you believe it, reader, he
didn't know who the gentleman was, and
as ne said he thought he was rejecting on
his veracity-had he been President Arthur
it would have made no difference.
But Fridays chase closed-and so far as
any of the party knew -.s
WITHOUT THE CAPTURE OF FOX.
morning, by agreement, very near
ly the same crowd met near Tinkling Spring
Church. D." Dold was again given the 60
by, and the writer heard several of the par
ty say the want of success on Friday was at
to that fact, and were uncharitable
enough to say it served them right. 1t was
eaIly on Saturday by some of the
party, that the dogs had killed fox the
day before, a mile or more Northwest of the
church. Among the dogs that had hand in
it, was NORTH" and that was the last time