The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-12-08
IT'S ENGLISH, YOU KNOW.
Bill Sye'. Endeavor 70 Introduce His
Ancestors Sport.
SLIPPERY ELHHCRST, Z
HUDSON. Wis. july Il. 1855. {

SLIPPERY ELMHURsT.
HUDSON. Wis. July Il, l->5. s
To the Editor Of The Globe:
DEAR SIR. Could You inform a constant
reader Of your valuable paper where he
would be most likely to obtain a good dura-
BE. wild fox which could be used for hunting
purposes on my premises. desire fox that
IS a good roadster and yet not too blood
thirsty. II I could secure one that would not
bite IL would tickle NE most 70 death
You know. perhaps, that I am Of English
or1gin. Some Of the best and bluest blood Of
the oldest and most decrepit families in Eng
land flows in my veins There Is no better
blood extaut We love the exhiaraCing
sports Of our ancestors and nothing thrills Us
through and through ike the free chase
across country behind the fleeing fox joy
Ously We galIop over the sward behind the
velping pack as we clearly scent high, low,
jack and the game.
Nv ancestors are naughty English people
from Piscataquis county, Maine. For cen
turtles our rich, warm, red blood has been
mellowed bv the elderbeTTy wine and buckle
berry juice of Moosehead lake; but now and
then 1t viii assert itself and mantle in the
broad and indestructible cheek Of our race.
Ever and anon in our family you viii notice
the slender triangular chest, the broad and
naughty sweep OF abdomen, and the high, in
tellectuaI expanse Of pelvic bones which de
notes the true Englishman; proud, high
spirited, soaked full Of calm dislain, wearing
checked pantalOOns. and soft, fiabby tour
ist hat that has bow at both ends, 50 that
a man cannot geU too drunk to put it on his
head straight.
know that here in democratic America,
whore every man has TO earn his living or
marry rich, people will scOrn my hSh-born
love Of the fox chase, and speak in a slight
ing manner of my wild, wild yearn for the
rush and scamper Of the hunt. By JOve, but
1t is Joy indeed TO gallOp over the sward and
the cover and the open land, the meet and the
cucumber vines Of the plebeian farmer, to run
over the wife of the peasant and tramp her
low, coarse children into the rich mold.
This shows our superiority as race. We
have been that way for hundreds Of years.
We could work IT. order to be sOciable, but
we would not allow it 70 sap the foundations
of our whole being.
1 write. therefore, to learn, if possible,
where can get good red or gray fox that
/ will come home nights. l had a fox last sea
son for hunting purposes, but he did not give
satisfaction. He was constantly getting into
the pound. do not want an animal Of that
kind | want one that l shall always know
where l can put my hand upon him when
want 70 hunt
1 would ike also, tall red horse with a
! sawed-Off tail: one that can jump barbed
| wire fence without mussng it up with frag-
/ ments of his rider Any one who may have
/ such a horse or pipless fox viii do well TO
! communicate with me in person or by letter,
! inclosing references l may be found during
the summer months ON my estate spread out
under tree, engaged in thought.
E FITZwILLIAM NYE
/ SLIPPERY ELMHURsT, Hudson, Wis-BOs-
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