Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1904-10-13
WOLF RACING
IN TEXAS
GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF AN
EVENT EXCITING TO MAN
AND BEAST.

publication, which We chUertully do,
Dear Bro: You lefta few days too
soon. drove through lots 0 water
hub deep to my buggy the evening you
left Early the next morning l mount
cd Negro Boy, with my five dogs at my
heels. Boss and Liz were as eager for
a chase as | was, and | had not had
CD ase in three months was joined by
quite lot more boys with ten we'll
broke dogs, all eager for a race, and
nearly every man having something to
say about his fast dog, but | said little
as l feared three of the dogs. They re-
sembled greyhounds some, and looked
to be awful long winded.
"We had to 90 about five miles to
whore we intended to start the race.
On the way the boys kept shooting
gags at my old dog BOSS" said that he
never had been outr but this was one
day Boss and Liz would have to take a
back seat. took from my pocket a
blue ribbon that old Liz had worn be-
fore and said, boys, this belongs to old
Liz but the dog that beats her to the
wolf gets to wear this home" Then
they began to say, give it here, that
belongs to Dick" Another would say,
mo, that belongs to Blue" and anoth-
err mo- Old Spot, gets to wear the rib
bon for a dollar, give it here" mo,
boys, the race is not run yet, that is to
decide the question"
pretty soon heard old Liz sound
the key note, that was quickly repeated
by Old Blue, and answered by my little
red dog on top of hill at least 200
yards ahead. The dogs all began to
rush in that direction, BY now l knew
from the tone of the dogs that the race
was near at hand. The others then be-
gan to call out, Come on, Dick"
"Come on there, Blue, what is the mat
ter with you?" Spot, get to the front"
One of LIS friends said, spot never
will get there, Boss and Liz have been
there too often"
BY this time saw the wolf about
three hundred yards away go
out at the head of the drain with my
red dog in the lead, and old Dick next,
and began to fear old Dick would get
the ribbon. All ran and breasted well
but little to brag about, except some Of
the best getting up and going l ever
saw out of the dogs. The wolf was
gaining none at all The men had
good horses, and pushed them to the
chase. They left the hills, went to the
Red River bottom, and wero gone about
40 minutes, men were scattered four 4
or 5 miles, all listening for some
sound of the dogs. Pretty soon we
heard them top of the hill, but coming
nearer. No one could tell which
dog had the lead. All were still as
midnight, listening to hear the leader
as they neared the crowd. My hair be-
gan to stand up. All seemed spell
bound when they came across the road.
No one would claim the victory. Dick,
Boss, Liz and Spot were all in a space
of less than 80 feet. No one claimed
the lead, so l kept still, too. Then
back to the hill all went eager to see
the race through, No one thought Of
his horse, all were eager ror the dogs
to get up.
Pretty soon l began to feel good
One of my old friends said Hack, why
don't you hollow? You have one com
ing" So began to see old Lizzie was
wanting the ribbon. So gave the vel
because my soul was happy and ther
old Spot took the lead for time, ther
old Blue. Then old Dick began to come
up to his place, all straining every
nerve they had, and the wolf was no
over a hundred yards a head Of thu
dogs and could often be seen above th,
grass from behind tho pack. Soon GU
horses began to fail and the dogs begar
to leave and as they topped the hill
saw Boss and Lizzie had the lead al
| though but little. So we mad to COM
! to a stop to let our horses rest.
THE dogs were still close behind th,
wolf when we heard them coming. | wei
knew old Lizzie was getting in some O
her best ticks, closely followed by Boss
Dick, Spot and Blue, all abreast doinI
| fine work, wolf about 40 yards in th
lead as they crossed the road. The
we're all doing fue work and not lOsin
a single step. never saw q race Of l
dogs all closer packed than these were
"Our horses we're a little bit Teste
ana we began to push the back dogs q
gain, all yelling at the top of our voice
and calling to the dogs to ego get him.
This was brought 90 a close afte
four and a half hours when tho horse
were run to death, tue dogs tired an
men exhausted but old Lizzie still wear
the blue.
Boys, all you that enjoy the spoT
after the hounds come TO Wilberge
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