The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-08
a Country,nan's Criticism.

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Editor Of The Times-Dispatch: is.
sir.-1t is believed that the foxhoundis
of this community arc about tho best IN
givenjsto their breeding and for forty
years they have been bred for speed,
nose and endurance. 80
The Winston Brothers, OF Malvern =! id ~
fifteen or twenty years ago introuuce1
somc fine imported blood into n1eir3kennel'
and to-day with a pack Of thirty a nosis;
they have no dog wh'ehis not t ex 'nnnsst
race and unless a fox gets up far ah ta,,,
OF this pack II will 'be caught ~ u e Ae~
hours. sl. TX :,
or Six six hounds each and on short notice.
a meet Of at least seYenty-five dogs
could DO arranged at any time. ,,.,,, !.
81 Messrs. { j un1es o. and E: GoEdons Nl us.
ton were here recently hunting and eau ght
seven foxes in five days, Two ioI winch men
were reds. Gi
ca in your valuable paper afford our
country foxhnnters much nmusofn enta hli ~
city people need notath!nk they have e., az
the fpvmarS h Heys
his nun out Of them when he Is enter sr-
tanning them and WHOM reading OF their
hunting slow hounds, etc. II was sag
that a nelghbor OF his who had dogs
which were not up TO the standard, that
he break their legs and send them to s
IN order that the hunters might keep up
| They. cannot see the fun:in a chase y hen
you know just where you start.
1 soInr sf se r Tny an 1a' ,u asss where
It ends. and tho idea Of making q tche s :.
and fences.a as ~ there were not arc az ady
Sn9ats tae VINO Reep
own fast horses that will take any iea-
sonabla obstruction, but good hunts,
man does not tax his hunter any more
4 In, 10 vol Ia n n frr "a
how long the chase or how far It may lead
and he Is as careful OF his mount as OF
his dogs.
Suggestions have been made through
the columns OF your paper in eference
to game protection and bountics put on
certain game destroyers. Haws are the
their heads meets with our approval. but
we wish to file a protest on ReynaI,d q
/ unless ca ught by foxhounds. Why should
pays the bulk OF tho dog license taxes?
Must they be deprived Of n pleasure for
horses and large backs q dogs We.are
very much In favor OF anything which
VII sye Us better game prot es e
times: limit the number OF the bag and
| the season. Z
i ,thIs i. done now. IL four Or five
extent that we might have a short sale
season Of month. This would give the
pearson !who don't hunt the privilege
/ enjoyed by the sportsmcn Of quail on
toast" but q t the sale OF game Is still
allowed, there will be none for anybody
in. q few years
! Where sportsmen make n mistake, they
| think OF nobody but themselves. The
! quail hunter don't give a thought to the
i foxhunter ETC., etc. ~
/ HI There are more quail destroyed by shot
| guns In Virginia in one year tl,nn all the
i foxes In all Virginia ever caught in ten
1 years, Pot hunters kill a lot OF game for
/ the market and 1t should be stopped, tho
i sportsmen with their trained dogs, breech-
Ing shotgnns probably kill as much, yet
\ ninety per cent. OF them would howl IT
i n law flXingathe limit OF n bag for n day
i at twelve birds and OF season at $50
i was passed, They would claim that they
1 cannot get out but for n few days In a
| season and they ought to be allowed
to kill as many as they can. providing
TO my satisfaction nt least, that they are
I perfectly willing TO shut the market;
4 close out Mr. Pothunter, all through
a selfish motive really not having the
4 1t interferes with their pleasure We want
counties, Better have a few good men
covering a9biG terri tory, than hall a dozen
figureheads who haven't tho nerve to do
their duty because somebody vii! set mad
with them- ~.
/ Apple Grove, Va. s3