The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-28

so close to some farm house that the
 young rascals may be seen playing about the burroW, in which they quick ly seek refuge upon the approach of an enemy whom they fear. In a case of
 this kind they do not prey upon the poultry of the yards near to their home,
 but go farther away, apparently reali-
 zing that while a man may hear with
 philosophy the losses of others, he is apt
 to exact prompt payment for his own when he can do so.
 And yet in spite of all his cunning and
 wise ways the fox is, says MT. Harris, foolish in some ways. He will, for in-
 stance, run within easy gunshot of a f hunter who stands in an open field or
 upon frozen pond in clear sight if the
 hunter does not move, and many are
 shot in this way because they delight in crossing open places, especially ice, which they invariably seek when they
 can in order to leave the least possible
 amount of scent for the dogs to follow
 But let the hunter so much as flip a fln-
 ger while the fox is in sight and away
 he will bound, alert and alive to the
 danger which he would not have per
 ceived had the hunter been quite still
 MT. Harris has many interesting tales
 to tell of his fox-hunting experiences, ] but perhaps the most interesting kill he ever made, aside from the double was
 one of fox of peculiar color which he killed some fifteen years ago. This fox is neither red nor gray, but appears to be mixture of both, with some black thrown in to make up the assortment of "a ,e. +1
 tween the common red fox and a silver gray, and is such a unique specimen that MT. Southwick, curator at Roger Williams Park, once secured the loan of the animal, which MT. Harris had stuffed and mounted, to place ina col lection of animals of this state, which he took to New Orleans for exhibition.
 MT Harris has record of every fox he has shot since he bought the breech- loading shotgun he now uses, with which he has killed nearly all of his fox es, some of them at distance of eighty yards. When he shoots a fox MT. Har- ris makes a record of the time, place and any other incidents he wishes to recollect and has space for upon the empty cartridge shell, and he has a most interesting collection of these shells, from each of which story more or less exciting may be had with the aid of Mr. Harris collection, prompted and freshened by the records which range in date from 1878 to theslast phenomenal kill which is recorded upon two empty green shells that were loaded with three and three quarter drams of pow der, and one and one-eighth ounces of BIB shot
 MT. Harris hunts nothing but foxes | and coons, and a peculiarity of his l shooting is that he shoots from the left l shoulder, although he is normally right-handed shot. About twenty | years ago a piece of steel flew from a | tool he was using upon stone work and | destroyed the sight of his right eye, and | he fired at Q squirred one day to find | that he could no longer depend upon the injured member for shooting Discour- | aged at first, he was prompted to prac- tice shooting from his left shoulder, and | his recent feat, which required the ut most speed and accuracy shows how proficient he has been
 Besides being well known as fox hunter, MT. Harris, commonly called | "Rufe" Harris, has wide acquaintance as man of business and as member of the general assembly from Johnston an office which he held before the town was divided. But among hunters it is safe to say that his claim to fame will rest more securely upon his right and left kill of the foxes.-Providence Jour nal.