New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-28

the second man the left pushed close 10 '"e -
the side and TIE hog passed ou' AZ r'''""
speed between the second man and the thru '"''
They traced the animal TO Beaver Dam swamp a"o
gave up the search for tho night In the morning ''
met near the place and BOYD placed his men about '"e
swamp There was a yo.ng man with bulldog upon
the scene who said his dog would hgit ahythins'
BOYD told him. however, to hold the amman uhui u'e
hunters were In their positions but the young MA"
succeeded with great difficulty In making the ouiuos
follow tie track into the swanps some moments Deio'o
he should have done so. As result the hog escaped
from the swamp, and BOYD sent tho young man auo
his bulldog safe distance 10 the rear They followed
the trail all the rest OF that day. The hogs wound
had ceased TO bleed and it was making goon ume on IL"
travels. The hunters could only count upon comi"s
up with IL once day. At night II would MAKE itsen
a bed BY tearing down young trees and pushes ana
heaplng them in huge pile. Boyd says Inc mas seen
quarter Of an acre pretty well cleared OF small growth
to make one Of those temporary couches Wheh ones
aroused the hog good for twenty-mlle run over
the rocks and fallen logs. The principal hunter haa
almost an entirely new lot Of followers every day.
Men would grow enthusiastic for twenty hours ana
join the hunt aud drop out next day to make room Tor
some one else. Some were frozen away. some were
weaiied quickly and number were scared away Every
night except one or two Boyd returned TO his home
from where he left the TRAIL always at least SIX miles
away. In the morning he would walk back and res'ne
H. On the fourth dsc the pIrsuers again wore up Win
the hog. which had before hidden itself In swamp
Boyd placed his men and had the swamp beaten. NOW
as above mentioned. some of these men thought uie
wild hog was dangerous animal In such Eases inen
have great fancies for each others society and prs
10 SIT UPON the same log A, the swamp being
besten one OF the hunters became lonesome anu VII ~
10 another hunter. The other hunter came ha
way 10 meet the first hunter The hog lett the swamp
six feet fOm where the rst hunter was tod 10 sahu
BOYD was angry Three times had he lad careui pians
and three times had q man who was In hurry man
with bulldog aud man who was lonesome hishe al
his efforts vain lie called me loe;0e men u,n W..
remark: Boys, II you are frightened, go home! non
into the woods and hunt an animal 20! are airud
Of The young men Tilted their noses shouldered their
weapons and made large and defiant tracks Ia the $40"
The chase continued all that dav and all the next.
At the close OF the fifth all the hunters gave up ue
hunt except Boyd. They told him they were ispuE
freezing 10 death they were worn TO skin aud pvnc ana
they could MOI keep up any longer Boyd casu men
several names. hit they were firm They deplrted
70 certain death rom cold exposure or fatigue II he
did not give up the hunt In reply he hitched ny h''
The hog now showed the first signs Of giving out
1t did not stop any more to make those elaDor,Ie
preparations for night OF repose but simply ,iaWen
under slanting rock fallen tree "a n IT had no
time to spare rho NTH night was spent BY Boyd IN
Oakland. There they tiled 10 diSsuade him; They
told him he would catch H. and II he did would
Kill him. An old German told him friehtiul tales OF
the animals powers I'm battle. lie told how horses
an men went down before the terrible tusk OF the
BOAR OF Europa and Bengal lie said lhi, IN his native
pines. rub the pitch into their bri>cs and then go ana
roll in a soft CLAY which. baked upon their sides 10y Inc
SIN. would make thaln iRperVous to bullets. EpNd
failed 10 be impressed The sixth ds' was long anu
cold one An Icy north wind swept over the ridges
and through tho guileys and the snow diiited heavily
Long clres hung Boyd's mustache and his facc was
blue he clambcrcd over logs, fell down rocks
and plunged through snOwbanks. The while keeping
both cyes upon the tracks Of the hog which wcre
rapidly being oblitersted by the snow. The close OF
the dlv brought him no success mai
Tho next day lie again took mp the chase tHe
drifting .now made the task 81 Keeping tue trnl a
difficult one several times he found himself OF me
track and lost time looking II up. About noon lie dl
covered fresh blood. This made him, u course, re
double his exertion> Late In the day lie Discovered
fox standing in the track Of the hog smiling az INC
blood on the snow. lie fired NJ tic fox ana MT ~
behind the ear Immediately after the report there
was "a grunt IN the bushes twenty yards away tne
plunged through the woods Instantly BOYD turned and
fired Then le started oil ran IN pursuit. nun
dred wards further he found the hog ylng stone
dead Half an hour later II would have been TOO daik
10 have shot correctly. lie left the dead hog and
walked eight miles In the dark through the woods and
drlns his home. In tile morning ne drove his team
upon old logging roads TO within nile or so OF III.
game Then lie and boy tied stick In It's Jaw and
dragged II the stone 10 tile horses On the after
noon ~ the eighth day the carcass was hnng up. IN
MS barn and the struggle was over. Assuming ma
only five of the wild hogs in Mr.. Plock> park
for an OF them but one. Judge Crane LOOK a second
.hot I'm the direction OF the fa,tlessening noise after
he had fired AZ the spot Of brown In the brush. aild
IL i, believed by Boyd that second pig received a
fatal wound from that shot. This ~ course would END
the hunting of the Wild hog In the ed states.
The people OF sullivan County are wonderful yarn
,pnnerS and they have some great additions 10 tlleli
list or tales, Doubtless for Ia come those thf
know the story Will tell To sdmrng listeners how
Lew Boyd chased the wounded wild hog for :o miles