New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-27
A DEER HUNT IN VAN CORTLANDI PARK.
STRENUOUS EFFORTS HAD TO BE PUT FORTH TO
TRANSFER HERD TO BRONX PARK

OF the herd Where she shows the way the Others
follow Needing her sagacious counsel and keeping
IN hsr track the others stay in the swamp. now
racing to this end, that. their light feet
and speedy gaIOp carrying them over the snow
crust in which the beaters sink and founder
From the swamp comes cry OF disrnay; "Oh.
1 m stuck Then a sioshing and sputtering IS
heard and there energies dismal looking figure.
bOotiess. incased in mud from heel to thigh
Where are your boOts?" is asked as he goes
the fire dry.
Left them IN the swamp he replies. and the
others roar at his wOebeeone countenance.
"fipi Zip, Sick EN- shouts the man on the
hlii and the dogs answer with renewed barking
There is rush OF dim figures. a cracking OF the
brushwood and the deer speed to the upper end
Of the swamp. the paddock.
Now we've got emf shouted the man on the
NIL. and everybody makes a rush for the pad
dock Two deer jump out Into the open Like
fash Tony" Eustis is his pony. which has
oeen tied to a paddock post and dashlng toward
the deer As they stand still he springs out OF the
saddle before his pony stops and laws hold OF each
goes Eustis- Struggling franticaUy one breaks
loose. but Eustis holds the other Both man and
deer roll over and over IN a wrestling match IN
the Snow until the aids in securing the deer
Then the beat begins again Tine AMI again tho
deer are driven from the swamp and al but chased
INTO the paddock. only to turn with fnconceivabIs
quickness and get into the swamp where almost
hidden from sight a few feet away they rest until
the dogs rout them out
Eustis calls all hands to the fire FOR a rest and
even the dogs. with tongues 1OIIing from their
mouths. are glad to lie down By the fire Rested
and with restored wind beaters plunge into the
swamp again, with the dogs leading There Is "A
mighty hailoing and shouting ard the watchers
az the fire see i've OF the deer run through the
paddock opening With a hurrah and a scramble
twenty-five men leap into the paddock and the
oeaters come running from all directions Elstis
and Ditmar vault into their saddles
Take the black doe" shouts Eustfs and while
some guard the paddock openings the others chase
the leader Of the herd Bending low in their sad
dies, Eustts and Ditna- swoop down on her Win
tongue hanging from her mouth and her sides
heaving convusiveIy. she darts for the fence one
man stands directly IN her path with widespread
arms She bowls him over as though he were 2
tenpln- Another seizes one of her hind legs She
gives kick. and over and over he rolls She
sticks her neck through the fence wire and tries
TO push her way out by sheer force A shout goes
up Superintendent Kear has her. Another shout
superintendent Kear IS hounderins face down II,
the snow and the deer IS making for an exit The
horsenen head her or. and again she IS driven to
the fence In desperation she pokes her neck
through the fence, and Superintendent Kear again
ssizes leg All but the horsemen run 20 the spot
and pile on Kear and the deer. The heap tunbIes
and twists. One crawls out with his hand On
his stomach. Strong words laughter and burrahs
mingle with the barks OF the excited dogs lowering
around the group Finally the pile becomes quiet
and one after another the hunters arise not with
out hnps and expressions deucting pail Then the
black doe, fat on her side with a man holding her
legs Is seen Her feet are bound and she Is placed
In large box Then the thongs are cut and she
Is ready for transportation to Bronx Park TO toin
the hard there
This scene was repeated time and again in the
four days hunt