The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-27
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dcative OF rage and fear. freed surely
but caught3 No, indeed. The chances are
that he VIII make another tree before
Give him 4 chance to rest" says the
master Of the hounds, who believes IN
so are the dogs" But the latter do no.
care to walt. They sit and look with
eager eyes, tongues hanging out, and
Wnite, froth-iiecked teeth, showing a for
mldable array for poor puss who looks
down % almost certain death. SIN, cats
are said TO have nine lives, and he does
Now ladies' and gentlemen" saws The
huntsman, form yourselves in a circle
ABOUT the tree and give the dogs fun
worked for the cat, ana they deserve
~ AGAIN, ii is the most humane way
OF looking at IT. the dogs will Kill the
cat sooner than a bullet
with this little speech delivered for tho
peneht or the eXcitable tenderfeet In the
hunt the horses are arranged IN a big
circle about the sycamore, and young
man who wishes to beard the lion in his
zen crawis slowly 10. As he draws
nearer the cat the latter looks around
N desperation. The tail witches quick
er and more nervously: glancing down
at the open-mouthed GOgs, uhef IL tho
approaching human enemy, the poor ami
MAJ is evidently considering the chances.
Nearer inc climber comes, until man
and cat gaze into each others eyes,
scarce three feet away. For a moment
puss hesitates; then turning quickly he
steadies himself, and with mighty
spring is Ia the air Down he goes nifty
teet, bounces among the bush, a mass
OF springs, steel and rubber, and Is away
lie has landed Just beyond the circle,
and horse has dashed aside to let him
pass, followed by the pack in full cry.
They go like a flash Of light a roaring
crashing sound; a scream-and puss rs
again visible perched upon the limb Of
another sycamore.
The same thing is repeated again and
again, and the women repent, and cries
Of Let him 60" Poor puss," are heard
among the baying of the dogs that are
growing fairly mad with unappeased fe-
rcciousness. Again the young man faces
the cat. this time fully fifty feet from
the ground. Surely if ever an animal
had won its liberty this one had But
the game is up. The dogs are spreading.
and as out into the air the cat leaps n
magnificent form they collect. Down he
comes like gigantic dying squirrel,
with legs spread far apart, the soft,
cushiOn-like pads ready for a rebound.
Like a flash he cuts the air, strikes the
ground at the writer's feet, and is en-
veloped in a whirlwind OF ferocious
hounds.
The agony Of the cat is over in SEQ
ond, but the dogs fight war and struggle
until each has vented his rage upon the
inanimate skin that is now borne aloft az
a trophy. Not a few of the dogs but
have felt the sharp teeth and claws Of the
vicious cat that tips the scales at nifty
well" said a tenderfoot, "for all up
and-down excitement that beats anything
/ ever saw or heard Of 1t makes your
very hair stand on end, and l fancy that
If the cat should strike any one during
the jump he would in all probability go
under.
Two other cats were freed, and these,
with a coon and coyote, constituted the
morning hunt. Like fishing, wildcat hunt
ing changes Sometimes they are plentt-
full and again not one is seen. In ell, sew
eraI hundred of these mischieyous animals
have been killed by the hounds OF j. q.
Fellows of Los Angeles, and the sport
may be ranked with any in excitement
while being followed on horseback Ii az
fords a ride through one OF the most de-
lightful portions Of the southern coun-
try
The wildcat Of this country, while not
so large its cousin of Colorado and
other states, is a large and powerful ami
NAL for a cat, averaging forty or nifty
pounds, with small tassels upon its ears
high rump, anu small, ridiculously small
tail, which, however, is very expressive
organ.
The wildcat is, according to some au-
thOrities. the ancestor of the present do
nestle cat. The long tail of the house cat
may De accounted for by assuming that
generations of boys, in pulling the tails Of
cats, have produced the elongated caudal
appendage.
The Southern California wildcat is, prop
erly speaking, lynx. being a variety OF
these animals and known to science as
lynx RUPEES, variety maculatus. It has a
wlue range over California and New
Mexico. Arizona and the north and south.