New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-22
HUMAN HOUNDS.
Mexican Indians Who Are Trained to Act
as Setter Dogs.

Shooting over dogs is nothing uncommon TO the
ordinary American the ordinary Englishman'
but that particular form of sport is not common
in Mexico. Recently Engishman spent few
days hunting in the country. and 1t was left for
q haclendado to show him side Of the sport
of shooting. He was introduced to the human
hounds On those haciendas where the owner
occasionally goes hunting the sport is not taken as
seriously it is by Anglo-Saxons Your
average Mexican believes in getting enjoyment
out of his morning of shooting and he is reason
able enough to know that fair proportion OF this
sport is lost if he tires himself out as does me
1T was ducks we we're gong after onat Llo ~
ing SAD b, t4e man s sted t31e earlier than
usual, but hurry was INDUCED IN atter Inat
OF the day by boiling a hurriedly gotten break
fast at an unholy hour When We were Eeaay 20 70
Some speed was driven up. and in the smart rig
when we could ride. Arriving at the river where
raised his hand and out of the grass there came
from somewhere peon who took charge OF the
We began to hunt. For time there was moth
ing about the proceeding that was dinerent IRON
United States. We crawIed through the overhang-
ing bushes looking for the ducks. Occasionally
they found. and then we took our shots and
picked UP our own ducks-when we got any. we
did this for about half an hour, and nan passed d
considerable distance out Of sight OF the rig IN
which we had Deen dElveh 10 me TVe h6 hs}ta@ sion
aid take the horses. -.
the bank to the road that extended along the river
He whistled, and in less than half a minute up
trotted two Indians, leading two handsome SaudIe
horses will get the horses and let these
fellows find the ducks for US No, you had better
let him carry that for you II it's too heavy. He
talking about my gun. He was prooab!y AFRAID
would shoot him II I attempted TO ride the horse
and handle the gun at the time. was Wiling
enough to let the Indian take the gun, for II was
getting heavy, and couldn't imagine that would
have any use for it if were not going TO hunt;
Those Indians, at a word from the hacleIldado
took our places in the brush and began gazing up
the river. Parting the twigs and boughs as care
fully any pair of dogs, they began TO search Ior
the foot the ernba nknlent looking for anything
but ducks Suddenly of the creeping Indians
stopped drew backward out of the bushes. anq
silently signalled that the ducks were Just aned
The two stealthily crept down the embankment and
seized our bridal rens The haciendado ordered me
down and the Indian handed me my gun We took
the places Of the in the bushes, ana, as me
ducks rose. took shots The haciendado got ms
duck It fell in the water, wounded. AS II began
f1oundering toward the opposite bank he slgnalIed
one Of the Indians. and into the water the man
went No retriever knew what was expected peIter
than he He half swan and half waded 10 the
side where the duck waddling in the brush
and brought back I US the wounded bird
The next day went rabbit shooting w g were
ACCOMPANIED BY another Indian It sounds little
crazy bur that old fellOw-he was old-actua ny
seemed to trail rabbits. He would discover the
sig of the animals and then with mead
start a zigzag course that invariably wound up at
some cIump of grass or brush from which the am
NAL was started Occasionally he would stop stock
still beside little of brush. for all the world
like a setter dog, and quietly declare that there
was a rabbit in it Look as closely as we would
we could see no sign Of rabbit. but the Indian
tapped the brush out would run the raobit-MeNl-
can Herald