The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-21
Copyright. 1894. by Edgar W. Nye1

swiftest razorback hogs in the state now,
with view to building up q more chaste
and beautiful hunt than find here in
England. My razorbacks have strain
of the finest and hsughtiest aristocratic
southern blood in their veins, having
over a 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 well adapted to
/ the chase.
They are also perfectly free from the
entanglements of pedigree. They sniff
the glad morn, and with no bitter mem
ories 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
docked, 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
C9ur 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 I 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 a sure shot, ready and will
ing to put out mosquitoes eye at so
yards with a revolver and let the spec
tator select which eye at that. I was
fool enough to try it, for had taken a
goblet Of shandygaf 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, well bred, except
that he held his mutilated tail rather too
high, l thought. Well, took him from
the groom, high church young man
with a complexion like the heart Of
rose, and leading the hunter away to
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 l left off. That's one
thing. l like about myself cannot de-
ceive any one.
Look" said, 1adies and gentle
men, and you will notice that there is
no deception here. The streak of seem
cry is the line where 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 l did that day were accepted as
humor of high order when it was as
matter of fact only the evidence that
had gnawed off more than could chew.
Did you ever see 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 want to say right here
that witch hazel is one of the best
things to relieve soreness that 1 ever
tried. Take the extract, filling bath
tub two-thirds full Of it. get in gently
and order good, thrilling book and
your meals. Continue till pain is re-
ieved.
l am ordering whipper in 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 on the scent. He doesn't care
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 cn red coat and tight white
breeches and high hat TO ride over
fences and things is entirely saved. Set
your we'll trained razorback on the trail
Of fox. and then you may go and play
billiards if you choose. Not only wiiSa
we'll trained razor back overtake the fox
and eat him, but the pack often scare
up two or three more on the way and
sample them.
l took pack of razorbscks TO Colo
RADIO last season on a wager 10 see II they
could successfully hunt the jack rabbit.
which is a match for the greyhound and
deerhound. We started jack rabbit
out that had been training al Summer. |
Inen we gave the nocnds start five |
minutes later. Five minutes after that
we unleashed my ridge rooter Lalla |
Rookh and her associates
In y minutes they had shaken the he !
ont of the john rabbit, after losing sigh, |
INMATES on the way killing and eating
the greyhounds.
But enough of this Sporting matters |
have their place. but let Us nor allow /
them 10 usurp more important things.
Who of my readers has ever heard Of /
:he Tower OF London: Do not be /
ashamed to say so II you have not
Il is q very interesting ulace. and Is I |