The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-05-27

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son and act accordingly:
CAPTAIN John +. Evans. chairman CT
the Republican State Committee }. =
L. Harris, secretary of the committees;
Robert w. Logan, United states com
missioner, and J.. -. Miller, all except
Harris, living in the town OF iiuIhef-
fofdton. n. g., We're one SPRING morning
chasing q fox. 1t was a cool crisp morn
Ing and there was just enough dalnpieaS
on the leaves and grass to enable inc
dogs to scent Reynard without making
a break. The chase had been going on
for two hours and more, and the forty
logs in the pack had been making the
weikin ring. The fox was running
around in q circle not more tran thIe"
miles across and the hunters at sunrise
had assembled on a Knoll at about the
centre Of the circle which overlooked the
territory which Reynard appeared to
have circunscribed for himself III MS
iauut with the dogs. The music o. the
dcae was inspiring and the race was
peril IT in almost every feature lhal
goes 20 make this the most delightful
sport. The knoll overlooked a raNlhe
about one hundred yards distant from
where the hunters had taken their Stand.
Across this raVine a giant and venerable
chestnut tt e n2d fallen and the de-
Nastation OF time and the elements bad
caused the l. rk to drop from the tree.
Miller was tgp leader Of the hunters,
and while stan ling on the Knoll as
Napoleon did at Marengo, AusterlitZ AMI
Waterloo, he saw the fox come irto
sight with the dogs four or tive nun
dred yards behind him.. The fox ran
straight to the chestnut tree and dis
appeared therein. Up 10 thls time It
was not known that the log was hollow.
The length Of the chestnut across the
1aNine was about seVenty-tiVe feet As
quick as the fox could have Travelled
through the log he came out on the OPP
pDsite side of the raVine and made off
through the forest. The dogs ran to the
log and there lost the trail. Tho hun
tiers watched them for a few minutes
and then Miller called them across the
ravine and pot them upon the track, and
awav they went in full cry after the
fox. IN about thirty minutes the fox
came in sight again With his tail up and
showing no signs Of WEAKNESS. me
dogs were somewhat farther behind than
before. The hunters watched the fox
and again he ran into the log and III
on the 0Dl(DSlIG SICtt. j lie OcSS' idlIC'i
again and were put on the trail by Mil
Ter. The fox was gone about thirty
minutes again and came back and again
ran through the log. This was the third
time the fox had gone through the log
and Miller remarked that every time he
came out of he log he looked like he
had been rested and was fresh for the
race. The 3ogs were becoming Wcaried
" Ia - - DN FOO. no, vi y
five hours and after the fox made his
fourth entrance into and exit from the
chestnut log, Miller went to the end OF
the log where the fox came out each time
and securely stopped it UP. In abcu;
thirty minutes the fox ran into the los
the fifth time. Miller then stopped III
the other end Of the log and then cit
into the log and extracted theretron
three full grown foxes.
Here is another showing the ability O
the fox to hide himself most successfully
after he had played With the dogs unit
he BEGAN to get tired. 1t was III Rocking
ham County and near Stones Store. Eon
Thomas Settle, the Associate Justice o
the Supreme Court; Gel. David Settle
afterward United States Marshal for tn
Western District: Robert NJ. Douglas
now Associate Justice of the Slprene
Court: his brother. stephen A. Douglas
Joseph ". Holden. then Speaker OF tn
House of Representatives; J. (. J.. Har
ris and Doctor Raines made up the hun
ters with two packs Of dogs of DaVi
Settle and Doctor Raines. Around til
store for four miles square was land
most of which had been cultivated an
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in broom sedge, About the centre OF I'll
four mile space was a high hill that over
looked the whole country for many nile
each waI The view of the valley
the Dan liver was very fine. The 70
had gotttA up an hour before dayligi
and had been traversing the field aroun
the hill for more than Two hours. Th
music of the dogs had aroused the neigh
bcrhood and probably fifty people-me
and women on horseback-Wcre standin
on the hill Watching and listening at ii
dogs. Col. David Mallov joined til
hunters at the store and told of a nun
Der Of races that had recently bee
made there and after running the 10
two OF three hours he had invariah
Slipped away from the dogs at a certai
place. Col. Settle suggested the pla
IldC SOIIlt ptiGCb ~ otII ~ llIS -
and to remain there and keep quiet III
watch the fox and find out what BEGAN
OF him. This suggestion was carrie
out. The fox continued his run for "
hours or more and was finally lost ]
the dogs at the same place as heret
fore. The whole company then. und
the lead Of Col, Malloy, rode to til
place. The MAJ told them that the II
was there and TO find him.. Every pc
son exhausted his arts but did u
find him. Finally a low slartApg II
was pointed out and about ten feet frC
the top of this tree was the trunk
another tree which had been broker
about fifty feet from the ground q
which had many spliDters at the top a
into which a big pile of leaves had blOy
and settled. The fox had gone up t
s~Ianting tree and had jumped from the
to the broken trunk and had .ain do
IN the bed of leave and was complctt
hidden from view. and the distance fr