New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-05


IoNAiI.r NurNG PEOPLE or the SOUTH
From The Chicag, Times Herald.
Musical are the sounds that come from the
valleys and oat through needles 81 the pune
aid the cedar in the Sou. Inland thes" crisp nights
in November. Strains swreter than me nI''S
from Asta,ian flutes mngle with the diSturhci
screech-owl. Long ago. the Whip-poor- VIII
ceased to ask abort Jack and ms widow. Bull
frogs have many moons since hunted up winter
homes and haVr gone to them NJ longer do
guineas and pcac0cks max" the night air dts
cordant with their cries. Nighr-naNks are too
sleepy to send sh'vers up th' SI1n'N 81 men
walking in the forests. Bright slcam ~" stars
from above. and crisp is the air IN TN Gun
States. Everything seems I" b. tuned 'pr the
fox-hound. No other voices mngIc with his N
the evenings. He banks.
There are three classes of hound. in the South
One is the deer dog and IS trained io pay attrn-
ton to no other animal. The next IL the fox
hound. and when puppy BE- is fed on fox mcai
and made to understand that chasing the req
fellow will he his future. II at any time one o.
these dogs sh pud chase after wildcat. pos
sum- coon or rabbit he is whipped. Two or
three sound applications of a switch Viii cure
him. Then there is the hog hound. a dog that
is taught to pay attention only to wild hogs that
roam i'm the forests and by this time of the
year are fat enough to kill. He does his work
in a peculiar way. He will trace bunch OF
razor backs" until he has them all hay"d Iheii
he brstles up and makes like he is going tn eat
them up there and then. But he Is only blui'ns
Usually he is coward The hogs resent his ms
until ne has trapped them In pen that has been
constructed somewhere in the forest Then he
goes home and sleeps until 1t 10 ready To 20 iht"
the swamp again.
deer-hound is shorter Of wind than his
brother whose business Is with foxes deer
chase rare'y consumes more than three hours
A buck will fool around a neighbOrhood with
the dogs ultil lie finds out that ne has got -
attend to business. and then he ups ana does IT,
He makes a line for river some big body of
water and punges in. By the time the hounds
have arrived at the waters edge the game Is
in swimming As there never was hound
dog that loved water. he doesn't ionOW. pu'
roes home But with the fox hound. he is sup
Doscd to stay in the field until the chicken
thief is captured. have known dogs to run for
twenty hours 1t is not infreduently the case
in the Virsnas that fox will eludc his pur
suers for twenty -four hours. avoiding hoes ana
steering clear Of hollow trees They seem |"
know that ii they ever stop us an udY WIN
them
A fox neyc runs in a straight line Tor more
than q couple Of miles. He circles about. ne
will get to a mountain and wind nus iran arouiiu
It, going higher and higher toward the Top WIN
each revolution. something on the order on
buzzard in the air. until he gets to the top Ihcn
he makes cut for the valley ana commences
the Same thing over again a fox is a siir"wd
animal as everybody tells US. but never c"u'h
understand why. when jumped by hounds. ne
didn't go some " here. He plays about. rs II
thinking all along that the dogs would stop
in a moment and let him alone II h"
were to pick out a star and go In its direction
re would putstrip the dogs and make life Tor
himseIf much easier. No hunter ever shot "A
fox AZ long as il was ahead OF the dogs. Ihdt
would forever bar him from the respect OF his
fellow men. II Is proper I" give nm snow 10,
his life If h. out general the dogs. or hhn
q hole long enough and with angles IN II enough
to defy the dogs. no Is saie
In Georgia and Alabama nc is fouhd IN greatrr
numbers than in any other part "i the country
once upon "A time he was quite prominent III
the Virginias but Of late years he Is known 10
but few localities there. Foxes brceu rapuiy.
and are always hungry for chickens FOR that
reason II Is said that the plantation darky
and Mr. Reynard are related. but guess thats
a mistake Anyhow it Is a toss up OF coin as
IN which is the most harmful around rowi
roosts fox will get into a chicken coop ana
unless disturbed will remain there untiI every
fowl has been slaughtered. and ne can XIII
a chicken much quicker than "A cat can rat
Ue grabs il around the neck. gives his head
sudden Jerk and it is all over His particular
delight is to be turned loose among q mock Oh
goslings He woat tackle a rooster
Fox hunting parties in the South are Iasnion-
able among young people in like manner as is
lawn tennis in the North and East Your South
crn cousin doesn't care any more for tennis. goii
and such like than q Chinaman does Tor base.
hall But she loves to follow the hounds. ana
II her father owns a pack she has a horse mat
she has trained and knows the business IL Is
no uncommon sight in the country districts
where fences are made OF rails and the WOODS
are open to see dozens Of young women gai'Op'hs
on horseback with the swiftnesS or the wihd.
trying to get the dogs as possible l
have known them to remain in the sadie lot
ten and twelve hours and then go home ana
cook breakfast for the party.