Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-19
A VIRGINIA DEER HUNT.
Experience of Dispatch Man I'm II
New Kent Chase.

(Wrtten for tho Dispatch)
Your correspondent recently ran down
into New Kent county for deer hunt.
MIR. Whit. Tunstall. with whom | stopped,
may well be called 1.-THE Great Virginia
Deer-Hunter." as he has averaged killing
a deer for nearly every winter of his lie,
he being on the sunny side of A.. Nj. John
y. Miller. of Kentucky. Messrs. Southey
Ii. Savage and Chris. $. Taylor were the
other members OF the hunting party. Mir.
Savage with his good dog. Bender, and
Mr.. Iunst9ll. with his gun. went into tho
brush 20 beat up the buck which we
knew. from fresh tracks, could not DE far
away. The music Of the hound ard horn
ringing through the forest Is thrilling. In
hair an hcu- Bender had started the
large, antered buck and Rather. Ranger,
Ruth, Music, ana Dance Joined IN the
chase Miller of Kentucky thought the
deer was coming right by his stand. Ills
heart began 10 beat faster. and he found
himself unusually nervous for gent.
from 'the dark and bloody ground" Fay
Tor and the Dispatch man looked once
more TO see II they had buckshOt loaded
shells I'm their guns. and each wished that
the deer would come by his stand. But
that buck looked once al Savage. pceped
through the brush at Tunstau standing
out OF gun range, and continued his flight,
leaving Bender ana mis- cabinet dor MIR.
savage says Bender is smart enough for
President following closely behind. The
deer passed AT least q quarter of a mile
beyond the most western stand. and the
music Of Bender and his band grew faint
or and fainter. "till there was naught be-
twiNt 1t and sileplc." The sun was far
past his zenith. apd we knew that deer
hunting was over for that day.
fIunQfAn "a H. lf1
tipped foX-hOrns to their lips and called
the hounds IN. All came hut Bender, for
he did not give up the hunt until nearly
night We then amused ourselves by
hunting rabbits and partridges until twl-
hight when We went 10 ChickahOmlny
swamp. and got several shots at some
plump wild ducks. Two were snOt, but
30 Philippine was the swamp that only
one was gOtten--and that only after a
gent. removed his trousers, and did
some deep wading. Mrs. Tunstall had a
most inviting supper awaiting Us, as We
returned by starlight. SO weary had this
scribe grown by tramping through forest
and over hlll and lOwland that he fell
asleep while sitting IN his chair. directly
after supper, but We soon retired TO dream
TIL morning.
Mr.. Savage, a typical old Virginia gem
tlemen was back by breakfast. Bender
had spent the night. although his master
had tried 10 persuade him TO 30 home
with him. Savage spoke OF impeaching
Bender for being 80 imperlalistic, but. on
account OF his wisdom and devotion upon
other occasions tho tawny hunter es-
capped degradation.
In the carly morning other deer were
started. but they took their flight away
from our stands. and Miller and the writ
or fired at flock OF wild geese high in the
air. and said farewell 10 their friends.
Miller was given a pair Of antlers from a
buck killed by Tunstall few days before.
and these he bore back IN triumph To his.
bride. who. with him. was sojourning IN
Richmond. To Tunstall. Savage. and Tay-
Tor, OF New Kent, and to Miller. OF Ken
lucky, We send greetings over the wire,
with the earnest wish that we may meet
them In the Happy Hunting Ground"
when here We can be together no longer.
PARAMOUNT"