Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-28

How the People OF Arches count,
XIII the rests.

XIII tho rssts.
Special Dispatch
ilaiiiday. Archer County. Tex. March
s7..-rho citizens OF Archer county havs
al last solved the problem OF how to
rid themselves Of tho Jack rabbit
They have combined and purchased
considerable amount OF wlro netting.
out OF which they have formed net
with wings something over quarter
Of mile ~ lougth. THESE wlngp are
stretched IN form IKE u,o lcgs OF an
lsoecclcs triangle, They lack about
two anu one-half foot OF meeting.
onto Those Wings N attached "a pen
about thirty feet IN dianeler The
bon " inadc Of net fsnrlne wire four
fecl hiEh. The Wings are hut two feet
higlf unit they reach within about 100
yatdr y the pen, when they are three
icct high.
u IS hlghly Interesting ia watch
drive. whoa the rabbits begin TO
strike thc winka and the drivers com.
meavc ri0ainr IN on them 60 farc0
them into the pen, II 70 very exciting
sport
When everything " IN foadlucea 10
commence Tho drive snnie man who
hsn been elected captain for The DAY
directs the movements OF the hunters,
rhoro are dttachmcnta 81 huraemun
rcnt ont FROM each wing. These are
followed BY companies VI fuotmvn,
Tho foreinost hnracmci come out be.
hind the net until they almost meet,
ana extend lheir lines az uir as ihn
numbvr % mop titahra y prerticAMess
uaual5' 700 on 900 Nards apart Then
they start out and form clIVlc,
meeting fhinsilmea aa far as ihret
miles in front OF the not Tho rhhhltl
ARE easily driven % irunt Ut THIS fast
cloaing clrclc, untn thpy hecome in
closed nu ono Rldu by soothing, Yell
Ing mass OF humanity. and ON the
other by an impnsihhle nct phcn
commences the exciting sport Thoro
arc no dogs or gums nlinwou in tho
drive, hut each man and boy carries
"a heavy green stick on club, Witch
becomes "a formidable weapon IN the
hnuds OF nkilltul thrnNer The rah-
bits become unnic.atilullcu and run IN
every direction. many striking the
winga with such force "a TO preah
their neohn When thoy stlikg the
WINES and are thrown back, they sell
one out ~ q great many does thus eH-
cape. Almnat every ono ondrnvurr to
puah through or crawl under either
nf witch b. Impossible " the wire Va
securely pegged down. Atlnr the
drivers pass the ends Of the winga,
though they ARE often two or three
dpop ana only yard or 80 apart The
rabbits charge hy tho sturc atihight
fof thc yeillnH circle Of men aud boys,
aud frequently run the gauntlet and
mako their escape, bur the most Of
them fan mnngicd by the clubs Of 'he
divers,
white rabhli is running the gaunt-
let the hrut Hpat, spnt OF the CLUBS
~ they hlt tho ground ~ almost IKE
the falling ~ heavy shells, and q pays
person 10 look Wen Ia HIS shlnh "
no would come out Of the melee
sound
Al last tiid rabbits which remain Ia
the circle ans forced into the pom Tac
hoya thon enter the ring and the
upunng ~ closed The young hope'
fula" prove themselves 10 be- regular
dogs Of war;" BY the way IN which
thry aHaull tho cruuuhing conquered
hareu. After an arc killed they arc
heAprd in the rrnier ana counted by
the nccfotafy The scheme has only
been tested few tmtH, but IN the
last week hundreds of rabbits hnYr
been slain, aud the people aiW lubllnnt
over the prlspfcia OF Kidding the couu-
Try of tits long existing gcourRo
The most fuoccHaful hunt iu little
over 300 IN onr day. ana about aie In
one drive, ~ which $50 were taken
alive. the remaining number being
Killed forcing them into the pon,
a regular comppny has been organ
lg0d, nnh tho people Hny tley VIII pN-
terminate thr last rnhnlt before meg
abandon tho enterprise