La Junta tribune., 1908-12-19

Is caught upon the wind and bourne
far and wide-ove the country about,
reaching the quick hearing OF the
I fleeing game. and exciting the hunted
beast to its utmost speed and sun
ming. The baying hounds. keen and
maddened. grows louder and comes
nearer. Even the farmer whose
feeds and crops are thus ruthlessly
trespassed upon. ceases from his plow
and other toll, and with eye and ear
intent, stands with breathless ex-
pectation to see the quarry and
hounds. over the furthest fences Of
his field. he sees the lead hound leap.
then another, and another, until, in
great reckless scramble. the fence
| Is literally covered with the bay
I ing, yelping hounds. Hardly has the
last hound cleared the fence, when
come the hunters on their fleet Irish
steeds, the fleetest and the best
/ jumpers in the lead, 1t may be a
single horseman or 1t may be two
or three. neck and neck. each strained
to his uttermost, over the highest
fence or the broadest ditch they isap.
and on and on they pursue, over
fences. through fields. forests and
moor. followed by the crowd of tende.
footed and slow paced hunters, who
are bringing up the rear. Fine sport?
Indeed But it is sport for those
only whose great ambition and pusi-
not the best of our kind, not the
most useful of our race, an indul-
| gence simply that is to outweigh
the farmers the toilers' right of
possession-the necessities OF one
man to give place-the first place,
to the pleasures Of another.
I Ireland produces large numbers of
cattle The cattle generally are of
mixed breed. There is through
out the country, ON the part of farm
ers and cattle growers. but little
effort made to improve the breed
Of cattle However, there are few
herds OF well-bred cattle. In the
southwest part of Ireland, in the
country about Killarney, are grown a
/ small low, plump breed of black or
l brown catt.e, that are known as the
Kerry cattle. They are good mixers.
but too small to be profitable for beef
My old friend. James Malloy of Las
/ Animas. who for many years had a
ranch near the mouth of Mud Creek.
and who was the owner of great
/ number of cattle, good many years
ago, imported, at one thine, an Irish
bull. He was black bull. not a
very large animal, rather stocky and
little rough. He was not to say a
/ first class animal In fact, the best
Irish; and think Malloy himself
came to this very same opinion
as he did not continue the breed.
Malloy is an Irishman. very fine
Irishman. knew him well, some
twenty years ago. when ! rode the
range and often met him in our work
and stopped at his ranch occasion
ally. To say man Is an lrishman
is a compliment,-at least we Irish
think so-but to say bull Is Irish
is another thing. saw quite good
many OF the black Irish cattle. They
are still grown in Ireland. But in
the Highlands, the Scotch still grow
the long horned, shaggy. little cat
tie which make fine pictures and a
great curiosity lin the papers.
In both Scotland and Ireland, are grown
the Ii tile black faced. horned sheep
this, however, does not convince one
who knows the great qualities OF the
shorthorn and the hereford and of tn
hampshire downs and cotswo,ds, that
they are superior cattle or a super
I ibr sheep. An Irishman, everybody
knows, is always for Ireland. and he
virtually thinks, II bull or cat
I is Irish, 1t is the best bull and the
best tommy.
The most romantic section OF Ire
land is in southwest Ireland. that
section OF which Killarney is the
center. This is the Switzerland of
ireland, land of mountains. pretty
valleys and far famed lakes. AS a
resort and as an object OF the tour
ist, this land OF wild and beautiful
scenery is a great attraction. We're
these beautiful lakes. those wild and
rocky mountains, these fine. old nat
ural forests these matched roofs and
picturesque cottages. these old ruins
OF abbeys. castles and churches-wer
all these fine things on the line
of travel for the tourist. scores Of
thousands would visit Killarney and