The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-26
GOV. HOGG'S BIG SHOW.
HE ENTEnTAINs HIS NEW ENGLAND
FRIENDS IN 4 NOVEL WAY.
A RenI ncnr Hunt with Dead Bear
ms IA Trophy--A Convict Chased
with nioodhonnds.

AS an entertainer and degiser OF novel
and unique methods Former Governor
James Stephen Hog IL a trump card. as
iwli be fully attcstcd BY Mayor Rice. Alder
men Cronan and Street, City Secretary War
ner; Judge Wilson, Nj. O. c. Drew. Cap
tain Andrew Faulkner and several others
who accompanied the governor and mis- New
England guests to the penitentiary farm
at Sugarland, where they were entertained
with some diversions which for novelty
and startling realism laid over anything
I the staid New Englanders had ever before
Witnessed and the attraction was entirely
of Governor Hogg's creation. 1t consisted
OF a bear hunt, with the killing OF 4 real
bear as the result and q highly exciting
chase of an escaped convict with a pack OF
/ ferocous, yelpng blood hounds, all in di-
rect view OF the startled and amazed visit
ots.
| The affair. Of course was prcarranged.
but the programme was 30 we'll carried
out as to deceive all who were not next
TO the arrangements
Governor Hogg had promised his friends
f.om the efete East real bear hunt In
Texas and Governor Hogg never attempts
anything on Texas soil that he does not
Gerry out.
The bear was started out IN .he woods
and all the details for the chase ARRANGED.
The party. including the ladies'. went out
IN buggtes some on horseback. c'hcrs In
wagons and such other means ot convey
ance as the neigh borhood afforded. The
gentlemen OF the party ware ara ed with
shotguns and rifles loaded wl.h BLANK cart
ridges except those OF the Few who we're
on to the ,)lot whose guns were i iaally
loaded for bear and who did the execution.
aug1a
the credit OF having "ltlllod a bear and
viii carry with them back 10 hair Eastern
homes the proud recollection OF tnat dis
tincton
AT given signal the bear was liberat-
ed, and while lcsurely prowl.ng through
the woods where probably no other bear
has trodden for the past twenty wears he
WAS discovered b. Governor HogE, who
had been posing before his New FISlGnd
admirers as the champion lear hunter of
Texas and was ruthlessy siB,l AID borne
TO camp as trophy, ami IN their startled
admiration OF the real bear that everybody
had seen killed, tho visitors eaileI 10 dis
cover the collar mark around mis- neck,
an evidence Of captivity, which ~ ght have
led the skeptical to believe that It was
put up Job
After the bear had been Wounded he
became sufficiently ferocious to lead any
one 70 believe that he was iLst from the
junglcs and In his last struggle lie made it
pretty lively for some OF the dogs,
After the excitement OF the bear hunt
one of the conviets, trussy. made his
escape and as he rushed by the frightened
visitors one of tho guards who was INTO the
plot was about 70 shoot him. but rs he
raised his gun to Are some OF the ladies of
the party. who could stand to witness the
killing Of II bear but not human being.
we're about TO faint, and amid their hys-
tercal screams the hard hearted guard was
persuaded not to shoot The ,olored cor
Wet whose circultous route mad been
mapped out for him in such "A way as to
keep him constantly in view of the crowd
while running two or three miles played
his part Well. After some little delay the
bloodhnunds were placed upon his track.
ana when near upon the heels OF their vic
tim making the situation truly dangerous
to the fleeing convict, he shaped his course
so rs to reach a convenient tree just In
limo to save himself from the ferocous
dogs.
Tho down Fasteners had never seen any
thing like this before and It gave them a
day in Texas that they VIII long remem-
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