The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-10-06
man AZ nm o,,.bounded deer. and as


they possess remarkably acute SCENT
ing powers, 1t is almost impossible to
kill them by still-huntiug. U'dcr
ordinary circumstances they will
run away ON tho npprotch
of thc hunter; but wher
chance gives him u shot. should the
boar bo only wound, d. the brnlo
charges with terrible fcroc'ty. H.
bristles with fury, his small black
eyes snap with fire. while his teeth
grind together in n way to upset most
persons nerves. o. srch occasions
an infiriaed b ,ar is about as ugly u
customer as one could meet
Owing TO the bad cond ition Of tho
roads and ih imprar'icnbi i'y of
using wIr.icd e 'my,yane 's. ,ycri ono
rides in arhn isni. tho m,ii c$cr lrnl-
ly and the wom ~ we'll aud ~ net 'ncs
gracefully. Some of tho h 'rs are
very fleet. may good jump rs, and
all sur'-foot Il. d. game has al ways
been so abundant that the M r.v OF
! Arkansas hunters III lain the pursuit
OF tho small varieties. They oove to
= hunt on horseback, d the deer are
mostly all shot from the saddle. This
style of still-hunting, however.
soon pals upon the devil-may-
care boys on the plantations.
When they want regular hunting.
frolic, they so the round, of he neigh
boring plantations and make up q
pack of dog of every description,
from the dcep-voiccd Southern hound
to the yclping cur Of low degree. The
best horses are saddied, and the caval-
cade starts out on II big hog hunt
The hunters are nrm,d with shoi-guns
and knives. and behind them follows
a crowd of grinning negroes of all
ages and colors. kncc-dccp in the
Heterogeneous pack of dogs Soon
some sharp-cyed dnrliy discovers tho
signs of where the hogs have been
roofing. and u moment later the pack
gives tongue in every variety of cnnine
music. Down into the cancbruke 20
dogs and horscmen, hc,ter- slleltcr.
horn blowing, crashing and hallooing
with the noise OF II snml tornado. Ib
is now every one for himself Hunters
are unseated by overhanaing vines,
end negroes with barkcd shins follow
| limping bnlind. J H.. dogs IRE far on
ahead. and every now nnl then. fr IN
their racket conccnr,rr in one spot.
| the hogs arn know, 80 have rallied and
arc nj bav. Then ubov !,c 'uniul rises
the short, ,liarp vrip ot some g"r"d
hound whose undaimt,i courage has
made him face tho savage enemy ut
close tu rtc"s Or th' Hprrnach Of
The ii.ii urs Inc hu - seat, L in all di-
rectons. and on reaching the scene of
the conf ct too often is tho ground
srcwn with Tho ma gled bodies of the
plucky dogs. AS tn" hunt Progresses.
the ranks of the herd are ih.nned by
the shots of the hunters.
1t is no child's play to ride hard and
we'll up to the hounds in the interwov-
en- brakes which cover the rich soil Of
the vast bottom-lnnd, At last only
the best-mo rnled hor.cmcn aud tho
most powerful OF The dogs are left in
the hunt, and the lar rest and fierc st
hogs afoot. They have IN lied several
times already, and beaten the dogs oil,
and gone on s';irsing the canes at n
rood pace. VIII one OF those old
bonrs. however is brought 10 bay by
the s,outest-hcarted of tho dog>. tho
battle which en- n'ues for pure pluck
and ferociiy bnfll $ descrip ion. Hog.
hunting is Mt besta savage sport. and
though beginning always rs II fr"lic.
sometimes ends in serious mishnp| to
one or more of the hunters. -Hatpcr's $
Weck a.