New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-25

"a. ro, often that our Nimrods have the chance OF
..r.r,,g bona-6de native foxes and oddly enough
Ems that the anfse seed trained noses of the fasnlon-
hls hounds are hardly keen enough to recognize inc
In sr.ut of the wild animal even when they ma
~ IN his own haunts. This autumn weilknowh
.r hos hunted the country in the vicinity OF uhe
sh,rnscoek HIS and southampton, where numOer Oh
Years sso an enthusiastic old EnglShmah leu posse
s,h,brd toxhounds and few plucly barriers across
me aHlIls- and the moors swept with ocean brcezeS
Hs f,und native foxes, who gave their pursuer many
. rood mn across country. But when fashion TOOK
~ tho snort couple Of seasons ago, and the Essex
countv HINT came down. glorious in pink. with anse
soed scent In plenty. and tame foxes IN cages 10
,,ve relish al the end of the run 70 the pampered
hounds the old huntsman and the old hounds passed
nut NJ sight and were forgotten. The pack was
broken up the survivors finding homes In the neigh
ho-3nc tarmhouses Thls.year however, the Meadow
brooks arrived to hunt that part Of the country with
ami F II. Who although liking the fun Of " drag, y
when there is nothing better TO be had, is sports
man enough 10 try TO deevlope the native resources OF
4ba oonntr, Several times. therefore, Lave the
mack been taken 10 the Hills In hopes OF finding an
indigenous fox: but the hounds only ran hither ana
ttther without any result "There be two of the Ola
dogs that you could glt." suggested Long Island
farmer who had watched the proceedings with mueh
interest and guess they'd scare up fox for you'
The idea seemed a good one. arrangements were
accordingly made. and one morning, just at sun
rise week or two ago, the master with
a few keen sportsmen and the pack. over forty IN
number met the old hounds with their owners at the
ancient Indian gate which IN former days marked inc
land division between TIE reds and the whites, ana
separated the Hills from southampton proper Here
the hounds were uncOuped and the long, single note
OF the horn started them of-the old hounds forging
ahead with the rest, with their noses well to the
ground. In ten fifteen minutes, old Boss, who IS
now the property Of local ceman, threw up his
head "gvins tongue" with long, full cry that was
taken up by the rest Of the pack, large, red fox
sprang directly across the path of the huntsmen
never tObeforgOtten and inspirting sensation it was
the horn marked the notes. "Gone away gone
away gone away away away awayl" and with
the fox In full view the pack streamed away in pur-
sul followed by the excited riders. Finding his pur-
gaining upon him, Reynard took to cover again.
but driven out by the hounds, and he made
for Peconic Bay. with hounds and huntsmen in hot
chase. gallant and beautiful sight it was, and
one could well understand the Englishman's great love
and enthusiasm for his national sport This was
different indeed from the anise-seed bag and tame
foxes. After a most exciting the fox finally tool
refuge In an old burrow on Seabonac Neck, where
he was killed by Bounce" another one of the
original pack the "old-timer" proving themselves
to be the Alpha and Omega Of the chase. The Meadow
Brook hounds, however, worked splendidly showing
what they could do when the real sport given 10
then. The success of this hunting Of the native fox
naturally gives rise to the question: Cannot foxes
be preserved on Long Island TO make the genuine
sport praccablel" Would it not be to the advantage
Of the farmers to cooperate with our huntsmen to
make such preserves possible The Long Island
farmer knows that the influx of city folks means
wealth to him. and that the slight damage to his
crops by cross country riding is compensated ten times
over in other ways.