The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-11-22
OZARK HUNTING CLUB.

OIAhh AStauus Misses NOV. To-
Special Correspondence. The
Ozark Lake Hunting and Fishing
Clubhouse is located ca Island No.
IS. one mile below the mouth Of
Arkansas river. The club has a
membership Of fifty, located most
II ia Memphis, Nashville and
Union City, Tenn. The island was
formed in 1867 by cut of made
by the Mississippi river. which
left about 5000 acres of land be-
longing to the State of Mississippi
on the Arkansas or west side of
the Mississippi river. The club
purchased the whole island, which
has a river front of about six
miles, and recently erected on the
island, near the river, a clubhouse
sixty four feet long, with kitchen
in the rear. They have fitted il
up with nice furniture for comfort
and pleasure. The island abounds
in game; deer are thick as rabbits;
bear inherit the heavy cane just
across Ozark lake, in Arkansas;
turkey are also numerous; quail
are in great abundance aud thou
sands of geese and ducks flock to
the lakes and bermuda grass fields
on its border. The lakes also
abound in fish. This is the first
annual hunt of the club since pnr-
chasing the island. About twenty
five members of the club have
been here three days, killing six
deer, two of which were large
bucks with massive horns, contain
ing eight prongs each. At least
twenty deer have been chased by
the faithful hounds, which usually
have several deer on the run with
in fifteen minutes after they start
into the forest. Quite number
of geese and ducks were killed by
different members. Gov. McMil-
lin, who is vice president of the
club, was 10 the chase to day, and
saw fine doe deer, but too far 10
shoot. He is a good horseman and
determined to keep up with the
Mississippi bear hunters, and 90
ing with them at rapid rate
through the woods to day, to head
off d deer, an unseen vine caught
him about the neck end landed him
in the rear of bis horse on the
ground. He was soon up and off |
again, without scratch OF bruise.
The deer seen by the Governor
was turned by him to the stand of
DR.. j. Y. Crawford, who gave it
a dead shot, and when found was
standing over it yelling with de-
light and saying he would not take
81, 900 for his share of stock ia
the big hunting preserves. Dir.
Duncan Eve, the big, whole souled !
surgeon, of Nashville, fired two
broadsides at a big buck twenty |
yards distant, but failed to bring
it down, on account of severe
attack Of buck ague just before
pulling the trigger. Mr.. Bobo,
on examination, says he found the |
doctor had hit a tree twenty feet
above the ground. The DOCTORS
is that this monarch |
Of the forest jumped that high, |
and he shot high, trying to hit it.
Messrs. r. e. and II. q. Bobo,
sons of the noted Mississippi bear
hunter, are here with twenty-one
hounds, whose strains
Of music when in full cry after
deer are delightful to every hunt
or. Frank Harris, Of Clarksdale,
and q. L. lockwood, of Green
wood, accompanied them. Mr..
Avant, the hunting preserve sports
man, of Hickory Valley, Hardin
county, Tennessee, came ID on the
steamer Kate Adams this evening
with fifteen moro we'll trained
hounds, to the great delight of the
club, as they do not wish to run
the same pack of dogs every day.
President j II. Mcdowell. accom-
panied by Gov. Benton McMiIIin,
Drs. Eve, Core and Crawford, Of
Nashville, w. j. Flatt and Edward
Brady, Of Newbern, with several
others, will 60 on a big bear hunt
tomorrow near Avenue, Ark, a
few miles above here, as bear are
very thick in that vicini-
ty. The balance of the club will
the hunt here for another
week. Page Patterson. A. Fl.
Murry, Albert Swind, Philip Fran
sioli and A. b. Wlng6eld, Of Mem
phis, are among the sportsmen
present. Will give You more
when the hunt ends. Reporter in
Commercial Appeal.