Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-02-07
JACK RABBITS FOR couRslNe.
Said to Re Greatly Superior to the English
 Hare For That Purpose.

Said to He Greatly Superior to the English
 Hare For That Purpose.
 The sport of rabbit coursing is recaiv- ing a new impetus since the Kansas black tailed jack rabbit has entered the arena. Not until quite recently has the coursing fraternity been aware of the great superiority of the jack over the cotton tail rabbit or the English hare for this purpose. Kansas jack rabbits are now greatly in demand, both ill this country and i'll England, and live ones command good price. The difficulty in catching them alive is very great, and only one man in Kansas, so far as known, has given his undivided atten- tien to the work.
 Charles Payne, familiarly known throughout the west as hunter and plainsman, has been a jack rabbit en- thusiast for years, and it is largely through his efforts that the merits of the animal for coursing purposes have be- come so generally recognized. The cap ture of live jacks involves the purchase of great deal of expensive parapher- nalia MT. Payne has two nets made of seine twine, feet in height, which, when both are extended. reach almost across a section. and made expressly for catching live jacks. His method of en- trapping the live jacks is unique. It is his usual custom, when preparing for the raid upon the rabbits, to advertise among the farmer boys the day upon which the jack rabbit drive is to take place
 At the appointed time hundreds of country boys, mounted on ponies. flock to the rendezvous, armed with fog horns, drums, bells and anything else that will make discordant music They are de- ployed in semsicircular line two miles in front of the net. and at given sig nal from the marshal of the day the line moves toward the net. each man making all the noise possible. If the hunting grounds. have been we'll selected, the horsemen will have no trouble in bouncing" rabbits innumerable, and as tlfey scamper away toward the net, followed pellmell by the eager farmer boys, the scene is one of great anima- tion.
 The rabbits, if they do not become confused by the noise and excitement, bound away toward the net at almost lightning speed, and many of them strike the net so hard that they break their neeks. Those that survive the shock scamper into the pockets which are in- geniously arranged for their reception, and for them the jig is up. Rabbits sometimes die of fright, not having sui ticient strength to make the race for life.
 These rabbit drives are among the most popular sports in which the prairie farmers indulge, and it is customary for the organizer of the drive to provide bounteohs spread for his gratuitous helpers. Philadelphia Times.
 A Dbctorfs Discomfort In High Place.
 Some of the patients of one of the prominent physicians in Dorchester are getting well pretty rapidly these days under the influence of joke which they have recently heard regarding their Hfscuiapius. It seems that this doctor has horror of high places and is al ways dizzy when on lofty buildings. Not long ago some relatives from Eng land visited him and suggested trip to Bunker Hill, and, in common with about one-half of the population of Bos- ton, the doctor was not only forced to acknowledge that he had never been to the top of the monument, but was obliged to accompany his guests to the summit of the granite shaft It cannot be ascertained whether the persons whom they found there had ever heard of the doctor before, but he had not been there many minutes when one of the strangers was heard to remark that the sun had such an influence on the monument that on warm days it warped it. This was enough for the doctor, and, with 6 part ing remark that he would see bis friends at the base, he beat a nasty retreat, go- ing down, it is said. four steps at time and not feeling safe until he had run out on the lawn about the monu- ment far enough to get out of the way in case it fell. The joke of it all is that the doctor, in state of absentminded- ness told the story himself, and now, much to his chagrin, his patients are laughing themselves into good health Boston Traveller.