Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-01-22
FOX CHASE.
Exciting Description of an
Hard Chase. =

llbJlt lulUllG lhll LNNC hoN III viz
role of fox chase-a sport that
have always been such fool a.
bout. But as good writers do, and
l am no exception to the rule, | !
must first indulge in a few prelim>
inaries.
After enjoying Xmas trees, So
cials and balls TO their full extent
for some weeks they became mos
notonous to me, and having no
special work on hand | wished a
change for pastime, and when |
thought of the happy moments l
had spent seated in my saddle, ac,
companied by friends so loyal lis
tening to the melodious sounds of
the wel-trained fox dogs, felt sad
to think that those times were
past. Suddenly l was seized with
a morbid desire to rusticate little
and see if could find something
tnat would dispel the gloom and
break the monotony. | decided
upon a chase but as | had no dogs
l had to look in some other mans
kennel for my pack. l walked
eagerly to MessrS, Lacy and Wate
son Condra's to plan hunt, Ow-
ing to circumstances they could
not 60 but willingly turned me ins
to their kennel to select my pack.
! Dogs were soon selected and coup.
led and my horse saddIed and |
was bounding away to take sup
per with some good loyal moun>
tam friend and drag the bru sh
} for poor Reyuard, l stopped tor
the remainder of the day with Joe
Layne. After supper, accompani,
ed by R. D. Layne, our horses were
saddled and preparations made for
our sport.
We were soon galloping away to
:. the hills to see if perchance we
! co6ld find where Mr.. Fox had
passed, and reached L. Layne's, a
noted place for fox start, when |
heard Clipper give the first chal-
lenge. | waited patiently for 9TH
er proof as Clipper gets so low
down as to give tongue to little
insignificant rabbit By the liv-
ing! hear that trustworthy and re-
liable voice of True's. | know il
is poor Reynard,
The pack all joined in and lent a
helping hand, l got there right
now Tor l had been boasting oI
Crowder and | wanted to see if he
would keep up his record. When
| got to them | found them great
ly confused, some trailing to right
tof road and some to left and not
one knew which way to go. Crow
. der, being a wide ranger, found
the track about $50 yards down
l the ridge and called the pack III
+ that direction. He had been gone
, some time and | feared they might
not overtake him but soon hearC
e True coming in mad rush arounC
= the Kelly fed giving the glad It'd
ings that the game was well jump
ed, The pack hardened to hin
and they all joined hands and cir
cled to right and then to left ant
the next thing | noticed they wer
I cutting the figure 8 and all hang
: on. | tell you, boys, things got in
: teresting then.
My friend Layne was seated a
way back on the hill and was miss
ing all the fun. 1t seemed tina
the woods were filed with musi
and there was not a soul to bel
d me consume it. / felt as il | ha
&C a whole orchestra there in the pin
thicket. This lasted for a fe'
minutes and was getting the 81
little animals blood too warm {
III he led the pack TO a little guile
called Crews Greek. l waited
few minutes for their return an
they did not appear so l moved
the direction / last heard them.
n still didn't hear them so ! retracC
my steps to where / had left Layr
Before reaching him he gave me
signal that | well understood
knew that the pack was close
him and hard at work. So l v
7 soon in his presence enjoying t
" same music as before. 1 hea