The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-02-14
Scraps of
Local History
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Cecil County
In The Days Of Antiquity
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Chasing Reyuara
In The Days Of Antiquity
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Chasing Eeyuard
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dogs. For instance. when two of thcsr
ramous old snorts yorId moot or +bn
highway. it might have bprn Diamond
Jim. the king of thc limit himsrlr. com
ing focc to face with his friend E,rhri,n
Grace And sometime like fiji. ,r,lo-
cue would take pIacc.
GLOW AFRO Won E,rh -"
ooh. tolorDblc we'll linn how .,rn. -"
ooh. inst toIIol I thoul, Won g"
s.Jim. what have Won ,,nf r,.,,-' r,,,r
looking over his friends ,.obI,, rarl. or
CANNES which to the extent Of ion or
more would be sure to be with their
loved master.
"Eph. oh nothing new Jim. only my
puppies. but they are the making of
hummcrS,' then he calls them M for in
SpCctiOu. Here Lace, hero Iced here
Chase, and the king di<,nouut- from
Black Sal. pulls their cars. Il trick the
old huntsmcn had TO cause them to give
tongue that they might note the differ
"ht strains OF music from The RISING gen
Grafton.
JinI's pack would be with him too. al
WAYS fifteen or twenty for the king. when
out astrdc of Black Sal. with his won
dcrful chasers always while passing
along would utter his halloos at inter.
vas and fox hounds would gallon 10 the
king all the way along. Inc king. in
variably kent n huge bull doc. which
:,
this was to keep the ours from muddling
with his hounds And when these kind
red spirits came together and talked rev
nard and dog. the shadows of night al
ways settled down on huntsmen and
dogs, ere they could pull themselves
asunder. And these grand old huntsmcn
even from afar would know by the tone
if a hound was giving tongue, as to
Just who he or she was. That's my
Stormcr, Diamond jim would fairly yell,
And that's Hen Hess Pipe, Eph would
reply. Look out boys, bark, bark, bark,
and soon the heart thrilling music would
lift up and float off like Il glory III tho
air, and the hunt would be on in earnest
And though strange it may seem TO my
readers, vet | will tell them as Il fact
that these old huntsmen actually knew
and had named. all of the most famous
foxes of their hunting grounds Of the