The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-02-19
HUNTING THE WARY FOX.
A YOUNG HOUNDS ADVENTURES WITH
A FOX THAT HAD M

4 FOX THAT HAD HUMOR.
IL Took the Pop Three Day. to Drive H,.
Victim to Cever-Uncie Jim K.xrs,,
story Of how He Once Set a Nirbt I,r..
NoRTHwooD, N. Y, Feb. 1s.-Some men
prefer deer stalking to all other sorts OF gun
ming; some prefer killing n bear; come get
moro comfort and relaxation out OF tho wbirr
Of the wings OF n partridge; some think that
no sport is superior to fox hunting. Hiram
Hubbard, who owns n small farm near Grnnt
is one OF the sort that thinks no sport is sumo
rior to fox hunting. He is known all over Her
kimer and Oneida counties as a fox hunter.
and not q few libraries and sitting rooms in
Utica boast of handsome rugs that were once
skins on tho backs OF foxes that tore madly
over the hills and across the hollows of the
town OF Russia ahead Of Hi Hubbard's hounds.
only to get within range OF his double. bar
relied shotgun. loaded with four drachms of
slow powder and an ounce and an eighth of
BB shot. On Long Island 1t Is fashionable to
hunt foxes on horseback. ladies' and gentle-
men riding at break-neck spool across fields
and over bitches and fences. A fox Is not oven
a necessary adjunct to such q hunt; a bag of
anise seed dragged across country in advance
of the race serves the purpose. Nobody hunts
foxes that way in the North Woods. The album
NuuCo u elRuly-uctiIeo pUlkS anu nnfnlOCk
~peelings put Il horse at q disadvantage in a fox
hunt. But Il good hound can follow a fox any
where except into a hole, and il a man has n
good hound and u .ood gun no is sure Of a lot
Of fun when fox hunting in Northwood. al
and a. good shovel to make sure OF the FOX.
Once the fox is freed In his hole only q nick and
shovel will dislodge him.
over on tho North. Lake reservoir road, Mr.,
Hubbard talked about fox hunting.
THE crust Is SO light that it won't hold IN a
Tho last time / went didn't got my. and my
crust that j was afraid he would be laid I'M
He didn't have a toe nail that wasn't bleeding.
didn't did, pI break Maf through so "," often me- The ,a most f ina
was, last fall. i took me three days to do it.
west and south Of Grant to exercise tho pup,
S MiiIs. had and S Tas spS sssisy B Bsek d e2Sec sGiwa .o s Sims
the, pup. struck a trail down below me, about
well to the south of the way l wanted to go. He
was making n great noise. and | cut across a
Way. t Ihy K fn 1 By to the get np pIEs,'y yl, Msl1 h in m nhs 5u BE-
close on the fox. After IL little tho pup came
around Q hogs back down b., the creek, with
and right in the dogs mouth. as you may say.
BY Sam Hin. never saw the like of it., That
p pnS T was Just snd fen makiD up , fh9 aif f. and nd l kn%ts
with clawing his way over the ground. whilo
his eyes bu!Eed out and his mouth frothed. He
jump, and no didn't know how to contain him.
self, he was 50 ticEled with thinking how he
", chaw his meek: How'll He Gayo a yelp
Northwood. l just laughed right cut when 1
saw that %nicture,. and / guess tho old fox was
A said, lie was the biggest fox / ever saw,
He Hey w %sas i in any gf hurry + q" at ait ALL T Fast p OF the Wine Tine;
Sometimes he'd drop back until that long white,
brush of his would ian alGn. about four feet
for q il por or Two Two and fn nT sale ahead st,f but for
forty rods or more he didn't get ten feet AVA
from the pup. Every once in a while he'd look
i he felt tired. he'd begin 10 lac. Il was simply
agGraypting to dog nature to have him act 50.
|Allthis time while the fox was enjoying HIM
self so much he was getting into dangerous
believe he saw me ut all. for he was loping
along lust the same when h. Disappeared be-
him to come Up over It and Town Into the
next hollow and up. another when he would
have been in range q the .. Bs. But I didn't
sort OF a hollow that no disappeared In, and
l suppose he concluded that he, had idlcd
day. and had better go home e. i hoard The
in the hollow at right angles to tho course he
monkeying around at fault. having lost the
trail. and then | went, over there and found
that the fox had given him the slip for good,
and that no amount Of circling around would
pick up the trail for that time:
"Iwanted that fox pad, and I was bound to
to leave my work | went after him again, TAX
ing the. pup only. The old dog would have
made Mr.. Fox messy; but | wanted to give the
and. by Sam Hill, it was the same Old white
tailed rascal. He recognized the pup, too, and
seemed to enjoy the run Just us much as ever.
The ground down there is all, pinEacles aud
hoilows, you, know; and calculated that by
going through Il hollow that ran about right I
could get up to n stump on II knoll just within
ran &c Of whore the fox ran the, other day.
Once behind tho high ground l ran ut my
best lick to get ahead o! the fox and succeeded
when l sighted them. ,Crouching. behind the
stump. which was on about the highest knoll
around there. / saw the two come up over n
ridge about forty rods away, where the old fox
took a look ground and waited for the pup to
out OF sight. Whether the pup made an unex-
pscted burst OF speed, and so overlook the fox,
or whether the fox thought 1t time TO teach the
dog not to tackle a loX OF MS OWN si:o. ! can.
down in that hollow. Such screeching rs there
was then! They hnd it rough and tumble for
about n minute, and then saw the fox come
up over the ridge toward me and stop. He turned
with his nose pointing back toward the pup.
Pretty soon tho pup came up over the ridge.
He had one ear ready Tor the ambulance while
the fox didn't have Il scratch. but the pup was
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