Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-23
copyright. 1894. by Edgar w. Nye.l

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MAN AND HORSE.
swiftest razorback hogs in the state now,
with view to building up more chaste
and beautiful hunt than I find here in
England. My razorbacks have strain
of the finest and haughtiest aristocratic
southern blood in their veins, having
over hundred years ago eaten gentle
man belonging to very old family, and
this, combined with their sterling quail
ties of mind and heart, which they
breathe in with every Blue mountain
zephyr of North Carolina, makes them
by birth and association we'll adapted to
the chase.
They are also perfectly free from the
entanglements of pedigree. They sniff
the glad morn, and with no bitter mem
Dries of who their parents were they
curl their cute little tails over their
keen, wire edge backs and scamper cross
country like the evil one beating tan
bark.
Here, where the horses tails and the
wages of the workingman are both
locked, the fox has to be taken from the
| geological garden, and that makes it ex-
| pensive. This has driven the patrons of
the chase and descendants of Richard
Caur de Leon to the drag hunt, and the
heroic sons of the crusaders may now be
seen following the aniseseed bag across
the Kate Greenaway heaths and dressed
in John Gilpin clothes.
Four years ago here l was given a
hunter and very Hospitality asked to
| join. One very sweet thing about the
Englishman is the fact that he gives the
| American credit for being perfect devil
| to ride and sure shot, ready and will
| ing to put out q mosquitoes eye at 80
| yards with a revolver and let the spec
| tator select which eye at that. l was
fool enough to try it, for 1 had taken a
| goblet of shandygaff and was reckless,
especially when ! heard that we were
after an aniseseed bag that would not
turn when trodden upon.
The hunter was one formerly owned
by Lord Dunraven, we'll bred, except
| that he held his mutilated tail rather 700
high, thought. Well, / took him from
the groom, high church young man
with a complexion like the heart of a
rose, and leading the hunter away . a
fence got aboard of him.
You have heard about the rider and
the steed seeming almost like one, so
utterly were they en- rapport with each
other. Well, most anybody could tell
by looking closely where the horse be-
gan and where / left off. That's one
thing l like about myself cannot de-
ceive any one.
Look" 1 said, "ladies and gentle
men, and you will notice that there is
no deception here. The streak of seem
cry is the line where 1 leave off and the
horse begins" Then they all laughed
merrily, for they are as kind that way
and gently bred as possible, and lots of
things I did that day We're accepted as
humor of high order when it was as
matter of fact only the evidence that l
had gnawed off more than could chew.
Did you ever see a self made man who
did not think he could ride on horse
as easily as he could ON an annual pass?
never did.
was not in at the death of the anise-
seed bag, but I want to say right here
that witch hazel is one of the best
things to relieve soreness that l ever
tried. Take the extract, filling a bath
tub two-thirds full of it, get in gently
and order good, thrilling book and
your meals. Continue till pain is re-
lieved.
am ordering a whipper i'll from Bus
bee, N. c., to take charge of my pack,
and when spring opens you'll hear the
whoops and hallos on my estates day
after day.
Another good thing about the razor
back for fox chasing is that you do not
have to follow him up ON horseback to
keep him Oh the scent. He doesn't care a
scent whether he can smell the fox or
not, for he follows him by sight and not
by faith. Thus the disagreeable task of
putting on red coat and tight white
breeches and high hat to ride over
fences and things is entirely saved. Set
your well trained razorback on the trail
of fox, and then you may go and play
billiards if you choose. Not only will a
we'll trained razorback overtake the fox
and eat him, but the pack often scare
up two or three more ON the way and
sample them.
1 took a pack of razorbacks to Colo
RADIO last season on wager to see if they
could successfully hunt the jack rabbit,
which is match for the greyhound and
deerhound. We started a jack rabbit
out that had been training all summer.
Then we gave the hounds start five
minutes later. Five minutes after that
we unleashed my. ridge rooter Lalla
Rookh and her associates.
In 81 minutes they had shaken the life
out of the john rabbit, after losing eight
minutes on the way killing and eating
the greyhounds.
But enough of this. Sporting matters
have their place, but let us not allow
them to usurp more important things.
Who of my readers has ever heard of
the Tower of London? Do not be
ashamed to say SO if you have not.
1t is very interesting place, and as !
had seen nothing in print regarding it
during the past week set aside day to
visit 1t, thinking at tho same time how
interesting q few stubborn facts would
read regarding this old historic rolling
mill, which latter it resembles very
much.
The janitors are dressed in gay attire
and, with their spears, look like a los of
Fresh Air fund boys going out fer a
day to spear pickerel. They are called
beef eaters, which is corruption of a
French word which does not mean any
thing of the kind.
The tower is open every day, includ.
ing Sunday, and is free ON Saturday.
went on Saturday.
1t is said to stand on the site Of an old
Roman fortress. but no one u perfectly