The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-03-04
Pleasures of the Chase.


pears to be going a pretty fast pace
Of late, having gone in with a
Springfield syndicate which decided
that their dog talent was too slow
and made overtures for the pur-
chase Of a pedigreed hound from
"Hod" Jones of this city. Here is
the way the Advance describes their
second days sport:
The conclusion reached after the
first days outing was that the dogs
were too slow and inexperienced to
meet with the requirements, and
two dogs were shipped over from
Redwood Falls from ''Hod" Jones'
kennel After a try-out one Of the
dogs apparently met with the ex-
pectations of the sportsmen, for af-
ter giving careful study to the good
points of the animal as we'll as to
look for more of them in a pedigree
as long as yard stick. syndicate
was organized with sufficient capital
to purchase it.
This syndicate dog was at once
placed under the personal supervis-
ion of one who knows how to groom
it, SO that the most possible speed
might be developed, and on Sunday
afternoon the bunch of dogs was
taken out into the country north of
town by a party of sportsmen, who
filled six rigs, while eight braves
mounted on as many horses led the
procession.
In remarkable short time an in
nocent jack rabbit was started from
its lair, and with shouts that would
do justice to a band of Sioux In
dams on the war path, dogs, bug
gies and horses with their cargo of
human freight went heller. SHELTER
over plowed fields, thru pastures, as
well as to touch the high spots
| whenever a ditch attempted to in
terfere with the progress of the
hunting party. After an exciting
chase of couple of miles the "syn-
dictate dog" picked up the rabbit.
The boys say Georges dog was not
over block behind in the race, and
were it not for the fact that it has a
game" foot caused by getting
tangled up in a New Home sewing
machine when it was a little pup
the victory might have gone to an
other instead of the "syndicate's'
holdings.
The densely populated condition
of the rural districts has by ne
means made bigger game extinct,
for the hunting party had not pro
: ceeded very far before the yelp'
of the syndicate and sewing ma
chine" dogs heralded the glad It'd
ings that another rnce was on, blu
this time feet-footed red fox wa:
! the center Of attraction. Now. any
: one who has ever participated in
chase knows that fox when closet.
} pursued is able to cover many plowet
fields, with full knowledge of tn
necessity of making pursuit as diff
r cult as possible. After few gimp
ses OF the willy Reynard corn fiel
a afforded it an excellent opportunit
to lay in hiding. For some time tn
e dogs and hunting party trampe
e around in every available corner O
S the field, and were about to give u
J. the chase when Arthur Lehrol
n mounted upon a spirited charger
0 spied the fox and the race was one
! more on in full blast. Fleet as tn
b syndicate hound" was Art wa
n neck and neck with it when the fo1
e not more than a couple of feet ahea
n of either of them, crawled into il
lair on small hill. Before the TO
: had time to draw its long shagg
e tail into the hole Art. was RICH
3 there with his big mitt and succeed
n ed in securing a firm grip upon tn
n tail, but try as he might he coul
e not pull the trophy out of the hole
t He Justify gave the signal to h
' band of brave followers that he ha
the trophy within his grasp, bu
i that he was sorely in need Of assis
k ance. This assistance was readil
n volunteered by 'sBroncho' who 81
S cured vice-like grip on one {
$ Reynard's rear propellers and tn
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