The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-29

Put a daredevil Kentuekian on horse
or behind him. says john Fox. Jr, In his
''Blue Grass ard Rhododcndron and In
n proper mood and there IL always wild
sport--for the onlooker as we'll IL is hard
20 fathom the spirit or recklessness that
most sharply diYerentistes the southern
hunter from his northern brother. and
that runs him amuck when hs comes into
contact with horse, whether riding.
driving or betting on him. " thing has
10 he done on . hunting feld, or can he
done, there IL little difference between the
two Only the thing must with the
northernsr be a matter Of skill and tudg-
ment ana he likes 20 know hts horse To
him. or TO an EhgIishman. the southern
hunters performances on green horse
look little short OF criminal
In certain counties OF Virginia. where
hunters follow the hounds after the Eng
lIsh fashion, the main point seems 10 he
for each man 30 hang up the man he
hind him, and desperate risks are run. II
have stopped that boyish foolishness.
though" said an aged hunter under
thirty; "I give my horse a chance. In
other words he had stopped exactins OF
him the impossible.
In Georgia they follow hounds at q
FAST gallop through wooded hogs and
svsmps at night and have seen
horse 70 down twice within a distance of
thirty yards, and the rider never leave
his back.
The same II true OF Kentucky, and
euproas OF other southern states. l have
known one Of my friends in the Blue
Grass TO amuss himself by getting into
his buggy an unsuspecting friend, who
was as sedate then az he IA now tand he
Il a judge now, and driving him al fun
speed through an open gate. then whiz-
wing through the woods and SEEING how
ncar he could craze the trunks OF trees
.n his course and how sharply he could
turn, and ending UP the circuit by dash
ing still a. fun speed into q creek, his
comps still sedsts and fearless, but
swearing helplessly.
Being bantered by an equally reckless
friend one dark midnight while going
home. this same man threw both reins
out on his horses back. and gave the high
strung beast smart cut with the whip.
lie ran four miles. kept the pike by
some mercy Of Providence. and stopped
exhausted at his masters cate.
northern visitor was irrltated by the
apparently reckless driving or his host,
who IL a famous horseman In the Blue
Grass
You lunstic." he said. you'd better
drive over those stone pilee! meaning
heap of unbroken rocks that lay on one
eide of the turnpike.
II will" was the grave answer, and
h~ did.
This is the Kentuckisn IN . busy.
Imssine him on horseback. with nc la
dies present 20 check the spirit or the
spirits OF the occasion. and we can be
lieve that the Thanksgiving hunt or the
lroquois club IL perhaps a little more se-
rious business than PLAYING polo or rid
ing after snise seed. Aud yet there u
hardly member OF the clab who could
sit IN his saddle over the course at
Msadowbrook or chevy chase. for the
reason that he has never rracticed jump.
ing 4 horse IN his stride, and because
when no goes fast he takes the jockey
SCAT. which is not. 7 believe. good seat
for hve-foot fence; st the same time
there is hardly countrybred rider In
the Rlue Grass. man Or woman. Who
would not try g.
fsrct IN the creed ~ the southern hurtsr
that The ssfer risn 10 60 tsks no care