Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-02-10
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Animals Willy Ways in the Case
p. %. Need of an Good DOg.n.lA

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Animals Willy Ways in the Case
. 'h@ Need of anGoOd DOGnalA
His almost as useless tn g9, hunt
ing coons without a gun as without
dog, The dog does. the greateEpart
otthework, and it is as great a pleas .
ure to watch him as it is 70 caleb the
coon, This is where the Veim6hter
loses has prestige, for good. coon dogs
are much more rare than. the co6ns.'
And this says the Burlington (Yt)
Free Press, was the strong point with
the local hunters, who had such sue,
cess in their operations this Year,
Only full blooded hound viii serve
the purpose, and ofteptiIHes it i Diff
fellt to train tlsesH to restrict them-
selves to this variety 81 game, Most
dogs cannot resist the temptation tOn
take up rabbit trail, OF that Of a
fox or skunk. Even the bes3t-trained
hounds cannot resist the temptation
to tackle hedgehog nov and then,
until they have suffered the e6nse7r
apenees enough times to teach them
,Retter. ..- 80 'u" " 80
The little hamlet ofWafdsbor6ugh
presents one of the most picturesque
sections Of all Vermont. 1tissetin
the -GreenaeHHtaiHs,-iH-theBe auti7
fully fertile valley VI the West river,
and is about z e miles northwest Of
Bfattlebot0dgb} beingreaohedlhJ the
naEAvIgapga, out Of sBrattle-
borough.-1tWas not discovered that
this section Of the state abpq1ded in
,coQRS, until p fey years age, when a
MASSACHUSETTS. man went up, there to-
visit friend and incidentally took
y,RigAhIGqt Aputiqg for eoons' The
ElsjteF hadadog that had been ,ttET2ined
,ip theHe15dqr RltntiRg4bese ANIMALS
and theTiyeEe surprised to find that
the eopnSTe6e onlyRaiting to be, shok
sinG4,thah timGa feK ga9d 6qg9 have
been imported INTO tA9$tate, and the
hostsP of tie lqfal hunters, were in pq8-
s9sslo91i9f QRe IF Ihf, best ri those.
! Hhe ,ttaFhlnfleFS dig. nqt 9Pjeetto having
these animals shot in as large NUM-
berSuEUnTdveires-ffe+tAe" vaTmints"
stealAMdir .doih 'hd otherwise raise
havoc mitA-thaiEcrops, and there, is
ano prnhbitiya law iR,aRHu.seasQp.
Some daEEYhep, they find that coQpts
make the state attractive to huntegs
|, the Legislature may spend a day ,4F
two ira miiihigao1iaP 1id aE TO 1reFtnt such
sweeping r8G55ttSIbh 81 III IHfhiEals
as that acc Z ma8fiisRtH tfii I9tdp 49,,
The. coon 5fhStit9lS3f tx hfg b1i4Tw and
SIX Sleeps thra1{55hp }RG daHni 8nPhis GiGF't
Impulse When fiSaH aHPkes 1915 getio
tie brook Or 81 river y5aiftd n6i9EGHeh his
thirst, which, Night ihdicdt6ithat he
spent the previous nightJut.a After
he has satiatedhis thirst he makes for
Ehe nearest c6rnftld dfihis evening
meal. At the fall season 6fthe year
the corn is Shocked. up awaiting The
annual huskihg Been, and tits an easy
matter for corn. Earlier in the sea-
son, before the corn is ripe enough to
suit his taste, the coon will satisfy
himself with beecirnuts, but corn is
his fa7otite dish. The local hunters
started every coon they got in large
cornfeld, but, as is always the. case,
the field was not far from big ledge,
where the coon makes his home 81.
When being chased the coon has the
shrewdness Of the fox, and he will con-
trive many clever methods Of throw
ing the dogs off the scent.H The most
common is,tojnmp into the stream,
and, swimming down the river, escape
ito the other side The dogs are, of
ronrse, unable. to- catch the scent in
the riEer, and they are often worried
for hoursin this yayrbefore they can
again loeaterthe trail ssp Another IA
Koriteomethodi s4o GetFaee his steps
and to make the tEail as tortpoHs as
possible. 5H0lley, trees are fay9rite
reaoEt fQr caaPs, while they are being
chased, and the loe9l people captured
one in this way, Thfa dos Located, the
animal in-the- hollow trunk and La
re6foHag4atime before it Caught
the coon's hind leg. But when the
dog Attempted to get it out it got tam
g1ed up with itself 3ahd if6st its .h61a;
'Efl6WiTgThe eU5n Xhosher sh6rE4eas9
of life. FFhe- only thing to- BIZ a6ne
then wasTto sik dnEnaHd wait fot'the
animalItoomakd It's owRiaxit Ftdih TIE
hoihow' rLjso,ss "a ~ ia "
lio, Occupations and Color Of Hair. ~