The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-11-29
WONDERFUL FOX HUNTING.
The Farmer Who Interfered with the sport
of the Baltimore Dudes.

of the Baltimore Dudes.
The dudes near Baltimore, who have
a pack of hounds, and indulge in fox
hunting, are incensed against an old
farmer who interfered with their sport
not long ago. The fox hunters are
wealthy Young men, who own the finest
thoroughbred horses that money can
buy, and having nothing to do but kill
time and foxes, life has been one con-
tinued round of pleasure to them until
last week. Up to that time they had
chased foxes, caught up with them in
due course of events. and seen the dogs
tear the foxes in pieces, while the young
man who arrived on the scene first took
the Abrush,n or tail of the animal, and
rode with it in triumph to Baltimore.
On the day that the trouble occurred
the dogs had started fox and the fox
hunters were riding after it in great
shape, each man dressed in English
style, with red coats, corduroy trousers
and plug hats. The fox and dogs and
hunters passed 4 field where an old
farmer was blowing. He used to be q
boy himself, and when he heard the
dogs bowling. and saw the fox run
ming for dear life, and the sports fol-
lowing, the old mans blood was up.
He unbuckled the trhces that held the
pillow, jumped on the mule, and stick
ing his heels into the mules sides
and mauling the animal with n whip,
was soon even with the relocated
sports, and as he yelled like q
panther the hair on the heads of the fox
hunters raised their plug hats right off.
The boys looked around in amazement,
and when they saw the old farmer on
the mule, passing their thoroughbred
horses, it seemed as though they would
sink down and die. The harness rat
tied and sounded like a dray horse run
ming away, the traces flew around so
that there was danger the young men
would be Knocked off their horses, the
mule put his head down and passed the
red coats, while the old man. hatless,
his white hair streaming in the wind,
and his hickory shirt and butternut
pants and bare feet, made picture that
the young Baltimore orioles did not
enjoy. The old man took the lead,
went over fences, and when the mule
could not jump fence it would run
against it and knock it down. Come
on, boys, y shouted the old man, rs he
rode ahead, and the boys tried to come
on, but it seemed as though thorough
bred horses were no match for the wild
mule, and the old man ran amongst the
dogs, passed them, and had the fox
corraled in fence corner when the
dogs and the red coats came up, and as
the pack pounced upon the painting fox
the old man dismounted and secured the
brush, while the mule lag down with
the harness on, and got up and began
to eat thistles, rs though It had only
been taking a bit Of exercise, while
the thoroughbreds were painting
and blowing, and nearly dead. The
sports were paralyzed at the gall of the
farmer, the endurance and speed of the
mule, and the general righteousness Of
th aei- Q. when the old farmer
look IL, It--Uu 49,
his mule, after hitching up the
dragging harness so it would all stay on
till he got home, and said: Wall |
boys, come out again some day and
Will have some fun with YOU, cause YOU
durn fellers won't let a man work when |
he wants to, and rode of, there was
silence for minute. and all the sports 1
looked as though they wanted to die. /
Finally, the master of the hunt, after
the farmer over a hill, broke |
the silence by saving: Well, | be
lurnedn' and the procession of red |
coats started for Baltimore by the
road, each regretting that he
had not brought Gun with which to
have killed that mule when the farmer
first showed up. They did not tell the
story when they got home, but the
farmer was in Baltimore the next day
o sell some potatoes. and while inquir-
ng for the sports, to tell them where
hey could trade their horses for some
pretty good average mules, the story
came out, and the fox hunters are not
o be found at their usual haunts. 1t
vas mean in the farmer, but farmers
rave so little fun it is not to be Won
Tered at that they mix in when occasion
Sun.