Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-08
HIGHLAND HUNTING.
n. Gam, Centre Of The Old Do
miniOn.
SPORT.
MAGNIFICENT
.,..ont., Squirrels Foxes ""'
,,.,,a turkey. Abund"nt-fhe GOO"
r.. rascination-On the
,orn-Personal Notes

.,,-v VA December e.
N.Y. NJ, There IS an abundance OF game
lS9e.'' ,,,,nediate section, and almost
10 D' coos hunting. the Thoroughbred
s'''. with his brcech-loader ana ieu-
~ boots being no more in II thah
f'. s.-.,.faccd rival. the county ga
Is ' .b his cumbersome musket'
DID, orr late war, and ginsham
rev s.,,lne out with slugs and paper
P- Tr.y. everybody is hunting
va i,w Tor the protection OF oeer
warning finger a week ago. anu
fN a.. r,rrh'c creature can enjoy It's
%" ., retreat and chew its cud IN
'' unless disturbed by the hunter
Nr.. gone thithor 10 make life ouroen
r-,.n. the red-fox' and the ea'~-
vonls3n has been stricken from
.r NJ fare the field Of sport In
on narrows down to the nearer
,-.. fGls and thickets which TEEN
..f ,Ae .nn0cent-looidng. lons-e"red iaD-
".. rfeasants and quail Inc ia''er'
arc not so plentiful as IN FORM
f'". not-huntcrs and cold winters
81 tu1.i them of al a rate deplored
.''''r ,r.e sD0rlsmeD. Wild turkeys
~ .-.rtfl and many hne specimens
OF. '.~f.rgoI and marketed at Monte
.-..s ~ them. great, bronze fellows
,,,. srvvhero from eighteen 10
...r.s pounds. And there are dozens
W.. .s fre birds left within a radius
- s- hours walk from town.
SQUIRRELS.
.-,. -ss-est woodland IS fairly alive
t ...rr,.s. the little chatters chatter
, .f one another IN a neighborly way
,.. almost every knOt-hole IN the forest.
..f .orIy requires a sunny day for an
,..-.re shot 20 pick on I'm half days
st--trg as many as he cares 10 carry
rt-+v OF raccoons can be found IN the
,-.,..r timber land. and afford rare sport
...t..a who own a "cOOn-dOg' and care
e., s-..l a night out There is peculiar
fascination connected with a coon-hunt
osfs k.rl that does not pertain 10 any
.4irr else in sporting lore. and cannot
D.. -.rHrl until torch in hand and gun
,-l aza "In tote" We go laundering along
,.t- a,ln trees until at last. out Of
heath. ue come up with the baying
f-s Here We find his coonship "treed"
s-l 10 Us mammoth undertaking. but
mere is only one way out OF 1.-THE tree
MIS-. te cut down. We chop and chop
b. turns and turn and chop again. when
PRESENTLY % crash tells US we have won.
r.el0gs. which are being held 10y Jim
tr series OF deXterous wriggles trip
- Individual up and dash him into
ne 'ree-tops. regardless Of fallen limbs.
There is always an uncertain silence just
90 this stage I'm n coon-hunt. followed
fr sudden commotion. down some
where i1 the darkness. and the growing
noise Of the throtued coon, If once heard.
Is never forgotten. If q big. fat fellow
BE- wu make a hard fight. and we viii
tsve ample time to gather around and be
n tt fhe death. On the way home we
tsy- DE inevitable "scrap" with a skunk
N.1 has gone coon-hunung that did
1t?
GRAY FOXES.
Enough rray-foxes can be found 70
furnish a days pleasure at any t.nre.
r# AS they refuse 90 swap the safety
o. che h.otet for a long. hot run in the
open country. horses do not come IN
fm0ug the necessities Participants IN
le bum, can take UP their abode on some
rafeI point. and take in the whole
'sHlW as it moves around them.
Cafamolrfs Wildcats. skunks. minks
f,.s ot the 1in rent kinds. as well as
OBJ mskaL furnish sport, and no small
source of revenue 90 those who take TO
trapping JOB short. Highland is the game
c.,-. NJ Che O~l Dominion.
&c., John W. Bird, Of the Back Creek
ra-f 0rhool. was married yesterday 10
N b. Scott OF Augusta county.
Ar htl Isl ole Of our most influential
fa4 IL
qH social event
Intelligence OF the death Of Mss Mary
Armstrong 'n TauQuier county. has just
rac. h0-e She was "a daughter Of The
he George Armstrong Of Highland.
on BIAS large connection IN the county
Don SUI. lh.reer made a hurried busi-
i..-.un to Stanton this week
tae mercury has been hanging pretty
fe around zero for several days past
Na Nauom. GER registering only de-
g above on Friday morning.