The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-25

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The elimsbl sbushes tor mile aro,,ns
ssele cted ana was 5 fspared to 10 10
my eoting from my horse until sAhs
SbacEeds me on fori the more I tao1sha
'sof$ the size Of tloss tracks the moresl
lost my. nerve. Think ofsa bear weigh
ling 500 pounds coming toward ;sayou
faster than your horse could run now
/ wouldn't you be scared 2 But alas
before Rob got that bear started the
l dogs had scented the trail Of another
lion and the; temptation was too great
for both Rob and the dogs. We could
hear the dogs miles away but there
was an impossible canyon between us
and We could only wait and listen.
AboutSfour ne started for camp and
BOON had stumbled on a herd Of does,
we all practIced on seeing now close
we could shoot to them to the amount
. OF thirty or more shots. We;were care
full not to hit any OF them. BY this time
the deer. season had closed and as our
dogs were too sore footed 70 run any
more we broke camp. having been gone
a week. Charley Manley did you ever
have hound that would run so long
and get SO sore footed that It would
run on two feet at a time while the
other two would heal little? II you
have not you have the wrong breed.
| The Boar Chase. y
Have you ever read Of how they
hunt the wild boar !, in the Schwarz
Geburge Of Germany? Would you be-
lleve that mere in the United States
you could have as much sport hunting
sucn an animal? Would you believe
that. those Poland China hogs you have
around your homes, that are always in
the way. never where they ought to be,
and seemingly, so harmless, would, II
turned loose on the range and permit
ted 10 eat cedar berries q few years,
be rs wild and fierce as that histori-
cal wild boar that kings rode against
Then listen. We knew that there
must be some large wild hogs near
here from the tracks We would see Mt
times under the ce.iars. and as We
were needing some, hogs to fatten for
late killing we decided to make the
big hunt Or new years day. Our near
est neighbor. Mr.. Stanley. who lives
fifteen miles away, came to Join us.
1t was but good and light when
Alessrs. Perkins. Stanley, Moore, the
three boys and sal!tled our best hors-
IS and blew for the dogs and we were
soon FIVE miles out in the cedars look
ing for hogs. We hunted hard till
three P. NJ, and had decided to return
for We were quite a distance from
home. when old Pat gave a yell fol-
lowe, by one from Ben and we knew
that the sport was about to begin. We
had found an eighteen months old
boar. It soon stood all the dogs OF.
We rode toward It and 1t Immediately
made for us and hal It been older
it would have crippled some OF Our
horses. It then made dash and for
two miles It out ran the dogs and made
us ride hard to keep In hearing. Fl.
nally We got 1t In canyon and. we're
able to get 1t to move toward the
ranch. Once while 1t was resting un-
der cedar Il was carelessly sitting
on MY horse anil all at once It made
for NE. saw 1t coming and seized
Inc eg Saddle horn, for ! expected
my bronco, Geo. Washington, to so in
tie air. but instead he most went down
for it knocked both hind feet from l,n-
der him. II was at this point tnat We
saw SOME very large tracks that ar-
peare'l fresh. Three OF us took charge
Of the one We had while the other
three VITA the dogs started for the
other. the hounds took the trail In
n rlin and II ever | saw a pretty chase
this was it. For three miles without
stopping those men kept their horses
in gsllop. in order to keep with
those hounds and It was not till then
that they we're able 10 get.in sight Of
tt1at hog. In order that We might get
together two OF the men put their
ropes on It and when we came in
sight we saw Messrs. Perkins and
Stanley ut the ends Of their ropes with
that hog between them. and such a
i,os. fully three years old. with tnsks
that nee,l but to be seen to be feared,