New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-11
d CLETER FOX HOUND.
PERsIsTENTLY CHASING REYNARD FOR DAYS
AND CAPTURING HIN AT LAST


AND CAPTURING HIN AT LAST
Lopez. Penn, Dec. 3.-Betsey. black and tan fox.
hound belonging to Aaron j. Hastings, of this place,
made n remarkable run last week. Bcsey is a very
intelligent animal, and whenever she becomes hungry
on long run after fox She leaves the track. trOts
TO the nearest farmhouse and begs for food. Every
family In Lopez Township knows Betsey by sight, or
has heard Of her habit OF begging for food when she Is
on n fox chase, and 4 good meal Is given TO the In
eligcnt ho;nd every farmhouse where she scratches
on the Kitchen door. As Besey has eaten
the food and taken drink Of water she lopes BACK
10 the track, picks up the scent and goes baying OK
after the fleeing foX. Eeisey often races until she
is foosne and weary, but she is never very hungry
or thirsty when She brings the chase TO an end.
Unless the fox takes hole. Betsey is sure 10 run
it down and shake 1t to death. In case the hunter
doesn't sho)t IL, Residents of the township say that
they have seen the hound leave foX-track all "
Thirty rods from house, get her I'll OF food ana
drink and 90 straight ID the track again.
4 little snow fell on the right OF sunday. November
90 and on Monday morning Mr. Hastings placed Bet
soy and two young hounds i0x's track In
pasture field on II. W. Akins's place. 20 the west "
Lopez Creek. The young hounds ouran Besey, ana
they made the pace so hot for the fox that inside OF an
horr Reynari WAS compelled to resort TO strategy 10
outwit and confuse them. The fox had been running
from Atkins's farm across Paul Hubbards ana New
ton Willurs lands and back. Mr.. Hastings had
gone 10 = runway near the creek lubbaTd's place,
expecting TO get shot NJ the fox. but sly Reynard
upset all OF his calculations by appearing away up
on top Of the hill when he ought 10 have been down
In the valley.
The young hounds giving tongue along the
edge of n strip OF woodland and the deep having
Of old BctScy heard fer over tho hill, when ME-
Hastings the fox running along the top OF stone
wall. 1t was too far away for shot, 80 Me-
Hastings stood stu and watched ReynaTdS ahucs'
The fox caped from the wal! to field OF ploushed
land. where II see sawed and circed and doubled
on It's track I'll # had mixed things up pretty Wen
for the hounds when 1t shot down the hill IN bee
line lcaped the fence 4 meadow and darted among
n nock OF sheep. The sheep scattered ana the loA
canteIcd back To- the ploughed land where some VI
the snow bad melted, cIss crossed and ASzass'u
SPELL jumped on the wall again, ran from tlere 10
a rail fence took long leap and was out OF sis'
Instantly In piece OF woods.
Hardly had the fox vanished when the two young
hounds came bayng like wildnre along the ridge 10
the WALL When they leapcd from the wall TO the
ploughed land they were all ut sea. They couldh'
keep the where the fox had hid plans TO confuse
them. and they went yeping around aimleSsH.
Pretty soon Mr. Hastings heard Betsey's muscH
voice up on the ridge and In n minute he saw her
leap the WALL run along it rs the fox had done ana
then take TO the ploughed land. She made every
crook and turn and double exactly rs cunning Key
nard had them, loped down TO where the ioA
had scattered the sheep. took his crooked track pa"
To the wall and rail fence without miss or snip
and was after Rcynard on his straight track oH'e
more. The young hounds followed BetSey arouil"
while shc was eling the foNs cunning network
and when she had got things Strengthened ont tne'
struck In ahead OF her and left her In the rear
Mr.. Hastings didn't get another glimpse oil the oA'
and he SAW no more Of the hounds until nlgh'''i'
when the young ones returned home all urod QUO
But Betsey didn't show up, and during Tuesday h'u
Wednesday Mr. Hastings hunted high and low Tor n'f
but In vain.
on Thursday morning Howard L. Cassidy, VINO h'es
eleven miles from lastingss place. saw houHu ora"'
from under a haystack, when he went 10 ieeu 'n'
cattle In the meadow. lie recognized the hounu ~
Mr.. Iastlngs's Bctsey, and on looking mo 'e h'.
from which she had crawled he found dead ioN '''
Bes.A had dragged In. The fox looked rs 'no"s
had been raced half death l fore The honhu ca's
II. Betsey foolsole ana hungry Mr. 'assu'
fed her AID bathed her fa't In warm warr' 'i" :"
the afternoon he put her and the fox IN his "aso"
and drove to Mr. IIasing,'s. Betsey Is h'e se"''
and Il half cd. Mr.. Hastings has owned more INA"
twenty hounds. and he says he has never had ONO
that equalled Detsey In Intelligence and endusaHs''