The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-12

ourwIrrHD Tnn PURSUING Doas.
Clever Russ Of . wila Cae uasA
Pressed By the H0unGe.

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In many parts Of Tennessee hunting
Wild cats II as popular a sport a. the fox
chase. The wild cat Is as tricky ~ the
fox. He has a still more dogeed way OF
sticking to the thickest cover and the
most rugged ground. and when once over.
taken he will generally tight till he dies.
Some years ago witnessed = wild
cat perform an act Of cunning quite a.
remarkable as any I have heard attrib- ..
uted to the fox. With six other young
men I was camped near tho heAdwaters
OF Buffalo creek, not far from the Ala
hama line, when We determined to try =
wild cat chase and for that purpose went
10 thickly wooded strip OF country
lying between the Bufralo and one OF ftp
tributary streams In the dense woods
there are occasional small openings con-
nected with a few old roads which we
could traverse on horseback Only AZ
the lower end OF this strip of woods were
there any caves or holes to which the
wild cats would be likely 10 retreat.
Our chase began on a cloudy. drixsifng
morninr--a CAPITAL time for the hunt: for
in such weather the game II easily start
ed and the trail Is strong. Three OF our
marty. Including myself took positions
near the junction OF the two streams,
in the edre OF q ANAL space that was
clear OF underarowth, hut aet with taller
trees The other four taxing the dora.
start the rame. which would probably
mass near our position. either 10 take
refuge in n netrhborinr hun on the rfv-
or hank or. as was more likely. to dodge
the hounds by winding among the rocks
ana then doubling on their trail.
We MA w.f,~d sp,lx two hours wh~r
we heard the distant cry OF a hound ana
soon afterward a fun chorus OF the doxs,
They were coming toward our place ~
conrca,men, aItboush q. vel afsr on
and TO fudge from their cry the trail was
vrnw,,,g hcttar av.rv r,c,rert Aes.. Z
run az some twenty minutes The ssesay
baving was snecesdea nv 4 Ain ~ short
sharp veins and then we KENT perfectly
Quiet among the bushes. our wnns ready
far ac,ian ara wben ~. hn,,ua. xrere
about a quarter ~ a mile distant Wa
baard a rmstItng amons The hushss ha-
tween MA and the dogs a succession az
I,sht. .prinrinr leans. ana then an enor-
rnoua vr.ld cat bounded into ,ba cieartc~
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