The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-06
zIr CAHooN,s EDUCATED rex.
Futile Attempt to Lift tho Beast Out of His
Natural sphere.

LITCHFIELp. Conn. Aug. Sip Cahoon,s
experience in fox raising gives him q right to
Bublic attention. His fox was no ordinary
dull-spirted creature from the Southwest but
a cunning Yankee fox Mr.. Cahoon lives in
Bromka In relating his experience with the
amin al to- day he said:
have arrived at the conclusion that n FULL
blooded Connecticut fox is about as big COM
bination Of fox. devil. and dog az you can find
Theyare ungrateful and unprincipled critters"
Mr. Cahoon found his fox late last winter in
a road where the mother fox had dropped him
while transporting him to place OF safety,
He clapped his old felt hat over the little fellow
and thus captured him. Tho fox was then 40
black as ink and as playful as a kitten. Tho
women folks ut Mr.. Cahoon's house became
much attached to the stranger and manifested
the Iiveliest interest in his welfare They pet
ted and fed and instructed Sir Reynard until
tho animal developed into a superb spcci-
men OF the red fox, oddly and unusual
Iyt Splash"d With With BLACK; Carlo was fulI
surroundings became n source Of endless
pleasure in Mr.. ,Cahoons home. Every ons
prOph"Sicd that here n last was good fox.
one that delighted In captivity and had no in
elination thai any wei trained yet should not
took much Pains, H. hrIngtng M Carlo in ths
way good foxes should 60 IN order to keep the
T"sl INTEREST," 9Re rda H yar Ii'"''" 10 the
The fox while at IN" end Of IA leash would
h'"p ar khll, PDl ~ lH' 'HleHl way imaginable
about Mr.. Gahoon'S lawn. would play Tor hours
with rustlinR caves fitch tidbits from the
pockets OF visitors, skulk slyly beneath the
banks Of forms IN the rOck"ry, and pretend To
be dead to tn" delight of every one All com
plim"nted Mr.. CahOOn upon his remarkahls
success in training a fox. and that Rentlrman
who Is fox hunter of the old Conuertimut
type. finally began 10 believe himself that ia
had al iast i"uh4 fox that could be tanned ali.
most AS Tar IA Il house cat
But recent Developments in Carlos career
have led him To change his views upnn ma
maucrof converting foxes. and Ii" now be ieyn.
mat Il Is OF no use whatever to try. some
week ago Carlo began to develop strong
foNlikc rcstlrssucsS after dark and 10 insiSt
tH"n Sleeping IA the daytime. This was the
beginning OF III" end On" night early lnst
week III" cunning brute got out Of his Housa
and, going To Mr.. tahoon'. hen rnost uuintiV
picked out red gam" rooster which Mr. az
noon valued AZ $40. The fox took The rnos-,r
To the woods and d"Nuurrd II and tho u.yt
morning was "lp"TluE as usual about the lawn
~ tcspohS" 10 Mr thhpOnS calling whistle Tho
Sly animal again consented to antrr into oup-
uNlty rms on" thst" 81 blood proved fatal 10
the success OF Carlos cpurs, in the way OF we'll
doing. for soon after. on three different nigLts
the toN drew on Mr.. Caho0n', hen r6nst
winding IN his operations 10y going LAT.
On Tuesday night To- III" 20 Isc uGnd 81
hrt"mas strong. a neighbour and .amIIII,g a
nv EnslinE. Mr.. Strong heard the rHck in 81
h" gees" and laid ia" red and black iutruJer
low with n, old shotgun.
, Now Mr.. strong wants pay for his Rosinr
IRON Hlr Cahoon. and crnsureS the latter
strongly Tor trying, as he says, to eddIcata
foxes ont OF their Datural spear that OF baini
pretty. but thieVin' and ounuin' cusses."