New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-05
ANOTHER EnY.HnNr

The outdoor fox-hunt which Chicago held on
washingtons Birthday is not all she has to answer
for II appears that an indoor fox-hunt was also
INDUCED In and, though bat little moro Of an imi-
tation than the outdoor one IT. OF course had its
distinguishing features. We read that q bail was
given by the Bachelors and Benedicts' Club, the
german beginning ut about o'clock. The last
figure Of this was presented in the guise Of fox
hunt A boy dressed as fox ran around the
room, closely followed by twenty young women
representing hounds. @The men followed them,'
we read with open-eyed astonishment riding
httle toy horses, and having q gate and two hur-
dles TO make with their Steeds in thsar detOur
around the haul"
II the gods aid NOT weep when they nolred Down
upon this spectacle then is 10 fact that the gods
weep far from easily. Tho horses were, we sup
pose, those hide tin affairs with sQuash-seed tails
and red noses, mounted on sticlu. They were nd
den, as we understand IL. in the manner affected
by boy at about that interesting period In his
life when he derives great enjoyment from draw
ing piece Of lsth along on q picket fence and
looks upon the tail Of the family cat In tho Hight
Of convenient handle by which 70 convey this
patient feline from place 10 place Or, perhaps,
we do an injustice TO the boy; on second thought
we believe that boy has usually outgrown the
stick horse before reaching the ego st which he
fsets but does not play upon the picket fence
However this style of mounting the fiery tin horse
consists In simply bestriding it and allowing the
lower end 70 trail ON the ground; and IL was m
this way, with the exception Tint she used sde-
saddle, that the late Mother Goose made her his
torioal trip 70 the upper regions on her broomstek
and accomplished her laudable purpose Of whisIc-
ing the eobwebG which had become Notorious, out
OF the cerulean dome.
AZ for tho moving panorama presented BY the
mall boy appareled as fox, the twenty young
Indies representing hounds, and the unknown num-
Der OF young and middle-aged Chicago gentlemen
bestEtde their tin horses each reader can picture
10 himself II must not be forgotten that the riders
had gate and two hurdles 20 leap, and that this
style Of horse not only allows al Of the work TO fell
upon tho rider, but actually impedes his progress
especially in leaping distractions, at which time,
We should suppose, such rider, attired in full
dress suit, would look about as graceful as would
giraffe dancing the Highland lling 20 the music
Of Chinese band. Tho intellectual side, how
ever, OF riding tin horse we will not touch upon
10 my requiro much greater effort of the mind
TO ride tin horse than one would suppose; for
aught any ont knows who has never ridden tin
horse since reaching maturity, the mental strain
may be severe.
After ALL these fox-buDters deserve greater
credit than the outdoor Chicago hunters mentioned
some time ago in these columns. They followed
the hounds and did not trot of on the boule-
ward" They had a live fox, at least
and not n dead one, They brayely
leaped their gates and hurdles, and
did not simply "ride furiousy7 when they were
almost at the end But 1t IS with pain that we
learn that it was given as special honor to the
memory Of Washington" How would it have
saddened the fAther OF his country could he have
known that Ien Of tho nnticn whose foundation
he did so much to make firm would, In few short
years. honor his memory by galloping about on tin
horses.