The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-28
THREE HUNTING STORIES.
And Each of Them Model of Its
Peculiar Kind.

Sylvania, Ga, Feb. 27.-The hunters in
this section have killed hundreds Of
doves during the past week. 1t is as fine
sport any man could wish to be one
of crowd to surround a field where the
doves have been baited and shoot until
the gun barrels get so hot you can scarcely
touch them with the hand. The birds
will not leave a field where they have
been baited, but will fly round and round
until they are killed. II is a matter of
regret and chagrin to many of the hunters
that, according to the new game law,
the season for hunting closes to-day-one
month earlier than usual. AS a matter
of course, however, the birds viii be very
little safer during March than they have
been heretofore.
Speaking of hunting, some Sylvania
sportsmen were discussing recently some
remarkable incidents in that line that
have happened around here One of them
told of how Mr. w. II. Parker of Rocky
Ford, who loves to run foxes and Wild
cats, and who keeps good dogs, was chas-
ing a cat up the railroad one night, just
before the up passenger train from Sa-
vannah came along. His favorte dog
was close upon the cat in hot pursuit,
ana behind them both was the oncoming
train. Closer and closer the dog pressed,
and harder and harder strained the tired
cat, both so excited that they needed not
the roaring engine behind them On to a
trestle they went, and the dog was now in
few feet of his prey and straining ev-
cry nerve for the last effort when the
train struck and hurled him from the
track and the next instant knocked the
cat off also, killing them both and lay
ing them almost side by side on the
ground. To the heart of hunter IL was
pathetic sight to see the dog lying dead
within few feet of the quarry and to
know that he was killed Just in the mo-
ment of victory
Another told of how Capt w. M. Hen
derson of Cameron, himself true sports
man, was on the banks of the Ogeechee
river fishing, when he saw two deer come
down the opposite bank and plunge into
the water, making for a point near where
he was sitting. He had no weapon, other
than pocket knife, but the captain, who
is noted for his courage and fearlessness
and loves exciting sport, determined to at
tack them single-handed when they came
across. Concealing himself In the bushes,
he waited with knife in hand until they
got nearly to the bank, when he plunged
into the water 70 meet them. Selling the
largest one-a fine buckley the horns,
they began a fierce struggle in the water,
the deer fighting for life and the captain
for venison. After a hard combat, in
which the issue was sometimes doubtful,
the captain at last when nearly exhaust
ed, managed TO press the bucks head
back far enough to cut his throat with
the knife. This quickly ended the fight.
1t was heavy load to handle in the wa
ter but the big deer was finally landed on
the bank, and the tired captain, with his
family and friends, Toasted on venison for
the next week. This deed of Capt Hen
derson's was'one of which Deerslayer. of
I Leather Stocking fame, might himself
! have been proud.
Another story was of a pointer dog, own
ed by well known hunter of Sylvania,
that made the most wonderful point on
record year or two ago. The hunter had
killed a partridge, and the dog was bring
/ ing it TO him, when it tripped over a log
and fell on its back. Just as it fell, it
scented another bird in the grass a few
inches from it's nose, and became instant
/ ly rigid and immovable in that unique
/ position. The hunter at first thought
something was the matter with the pointer,
! but upon seeing his tail so straight, he
/ knew the dog was on a point. IL was a
sight to thrill the heart of a hunter-the
| dog lying there on its back with it's feet
in the air, bird in its mouth, and on a
dead point. The hunter wished for ko-
dak to get a photograph of the picture;
but after gazing at if in admiration for a
minute or two, he flushed the bird and
| killed il.