Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-08
CUNNING REWARD.
Three Queer Stories from the Ellis
Lancaster County, Pa.

Three Queer Stories from the Ellis o.
Lancaster County, Pa.
Three funny fox-chases are reported from
different localities IN this county, writes a
! New York Sun correspondent from Lam
caster, Pa. AT lands Valley a fox had
been started and tnirty-fve hounds and a
half dozen cross-county riders were in live
/ ~ pursuit. The trail led among the fields
and over the hills for several miles, and
! then took the hounds to the turnpike
There, in the middle OF the pike, the scent
was lost. The dogs Unanswered and beat
! about here, there and everywhere, but the
| trail could not be found. A teamster, on
his way to town with a load Of hay, had
| passed the spot where the trail was lost In
! the pike only minute before the hounds
burst on the road in full cry. The teamster
stopped on seeing the pack and the riders
following them to watch the result of the
maneuvering
(Which way did he gol" shouted one Of
the hunters.
'Dunnol" the teamster shouted back.
! "Didn't see him"
After watching the dogs and the hunters
for u few minutes the teamster went on.
The hunters unanimously declared that
there had never be fore been such an mex
plicable loss of fox's trail, and had to give
up the chase. After going mile or SO, as
he tells the story, the teamster with the hay
stopped his horses 10 talk with an &C
quaintance he met On the road, and, as they
were talking, fox jumped out Of the hay at
the rear end, landed in the road and trotted
leisurely away to cover.
"Well, I'll be jiGgered" said the team
ster, and told his friend about the way
the hunters had lost the trail a mile
back. They both concluded that the only
explanation Of it was that the fox had
jumped into the road just behind the load of
hay az it was passing and, being cunning
old customer, had jumped on the hay and
burrowed into it out Of sight before the
dogs came up in full cry. He had doubtless
enjoyed the discontinue Of both hounds
and hunters, as it was revealed 20 him by
the short parley with the tea1lster, and
when the wagon stopped q mile away from
the last trail he had thought taat good op-
portunity 10 leave his hiding place and had
done so.
At Fairvillc party Of hunters, with q
large pack Of hounds, were led long and
circuitous chase By fox and at last the
trail took them TO Farmer Edward Haller's
garden There the scent was lost and
could not be recovered The chase was
abandoned An hour later Mr.. Halter WAS
looking out OF back window and was sur
prised TO see the FOX jump eUt Of a big
Dutch oven in the garden, the door Of which
IS four feet from the ground, and hurry
away TO his native hills.
During another chase IN lands Valley the
-o1 led the hunters AID dogs long chase
over hard Country ard then struck for the
Litilz pike, above Se1sville. The trsd fol-
lowed the pike IoDg distance and then took
TO TIE feds again TIE chase lasted Until
late in the afteTno cn. when tne fox threw
the hunters Of TIE scent. Toward n GIT the
fox's hiding place was discovered by acci
dent II had entered fa-l-yard lear KS.
sci Hill, and taken refuge n TIE kennel of
one Of the very hounds that were IN the
chase