The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-02-09
Hunting wild HOGS.

Hunting wild marsh hoga is an ex.
citing but somewhat dangerous pas
time in southern Texas" said Mr.. c.
L. Fielden of that State, at the Raleigh.
"In the swampy lands along the Gulf
these wild hogs have their habitat, and
TO hunt them it is best to have several
companions and numerous dogs that
understand the ways Of the ferociouS
porkers. The dog will find the game
for you, bay it and hold it in check I'M
til you can take a shot or two. Then
everything depends on your aim. II
you succeed in piercing vital part
with your Winchester bullet, all is
over except dragging the carcass tc
some convenient point where it can be
hacdled.
But dangerous is your position II
your aim is trifle defective and your
sEot only wounds the animal. Some
good and true shooting must be done
instanter then by you and your com
rades, or less an Infatuated boar with
4 be rending you with his tusks. | have
seen more than one of these old boars
SHOT through the body twenty or more
times, and in that condition fight man
tand dog until several balls had been
: fired into his head.
in the marshes there is no possible
way of escaping an attacking wild hog
except by killing him. The hunter can
make no Roadway through the tall,
rank grass and Doggy soil, and there
are no trees that offer him refuge. 70,
these reasons he Is compelled to xiii
Mis- game when once 1t is flushed. or he.
come himself victim. In the fall OF
the year these marsh hogs are fat and
their flesh is OF a very pleasing flavor
For the first time in the history of
the state of Colorado the right of a
ss@sss - esssTF critics. - 9saseieas
rood and proper shelter at his masters
expense is to be tested before the
courts, with the Humane Society up
holding the horses side of the case.
The facts of the case are as follows:
During the extereme cold weather and
period of deep SHOWS last January,
Agent Bailey received reports that
there was a band of horses, thirteen
or fourteen in number, twelve miles
up in the mountains from SWauneta
and that the animals were showed in
and starving to death. They had been
turned out by their owner to shift for
themselves during the winter. With
a companion he made trip on snow
shoes to the place, and after consider.
able difficulty found the animals. They
were in the heavy timber. The snow,
five or six feet deep on a level, they
had packed down by tramping about,
so that they were shut in by the white
walls of snow several feet high, form.
Ing yard" such as the elk make in
the aspen thickets during the winter
The poor beasts were terribly enact
ated, and in the last extremities of
starvation.
Agent Bailey and his companion re-
turned to Wauneta and went back on
snowshoes as soon as possible with
hay for the all but famished animals.
One or two died from cold and priva-
ton, In spite of the efforts of the two
men. 1t was three weeks before path
could be beaten to the town and the
horses able to travel. They were then
taken to Wauneta, and their owners,
known from the brands on the horses,
notified.
Agent Bailey demanded from each
owner pay for the food taken to the
horses and the necessary expense in
removing them from the mountains
This was refused by the owners, and
the horses were held by the agent. A
suit to replevin was then instituted
by the owners for the recovery of the
horses.
This is the case as 1t stands and
the decision of the court will deter.
mine whether or not horse that has
been left by his owner to starve dur
ing the winter may contract a board
bill for which the master IL liable, and
in large degree tx the relations Of
owner and owned.-Denver Post.