El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-25

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OF course you began on a seItln
rabbit. Early one morning you crepI
out in the apple orchard, the dew stllt
heavy on the ground A rabbit Jumped
from a bunch Of grass, hoped q rev
PAGES, then stopped and watched you
In WOnderment. Carefully you took a
rest on the lowest limb Of friendly
apple tree and when the sight OF InaI
long barrel came in line with those rap
bit ears, you pulled the trigger NO
that was not a cannon nor mine eA-
plOsion. It was just that old muzzle-
loader and its generous charge or black
powder The recOil staggered. but
rabbit lay kicking his last In the
orchard. and happy boy, with q neart
beating 400 to the minute, sWOOped up
on him and held him alOft in bPyish
pride and delight
Extending Operations.
With ever-increasing confidence your
rabbit hunting witnessed extended
operations. Late in the afternoons you
crept down the lane and picked OH one
here and there as ne hopped aI9ns -
the old fence, and stopped from time 70
time to look and listen for an old rOsd
is a favOrite place for RABBIT, carry
Of a morning and late Of an evening
Jay birds, WoOd-peckers, ''yeller nam
mers" and other equally unfortunate
members of the feathered tribe fell VIC
tins to that old muzzle-loader- I1en
one day YOU walked through the sedge
but he refused to set and Just ran on
off You raised the old gun, pointed II
q long time pulled the trigger ana rap
bit rolled over You had killed your
first one running and new era N
your hunting career had been reached
From then or 1t was easy and steaoy-
From then on no rabbit in any stalk OF
weed field was safe from that old gun
and soon those same cur dogs joined
those same boys and secured the Itelds
again. This time the boys had single
barreled shOtguns and muzzle leaders:
and the rabbit that ran the gantiet OF
that firing squadron deserved 70 get
All Really Like It.
But the boys are not the only ones
to whom a rabbit hunt IS pleasure
Deep down in his heart every sportsman
likes to try his luck at q rabbit. he
viii whip up his bird dog lustily-ror
running rabbit-and ali Dlrd ooSs
will chase them industrlOusly unless Uhe
inclination is thrashed out Of them
and yet VIII say to himself that he
doesn't blame that dog much A
bounding rabbit. darting here and I'd
yOnder with the speed OF the wind IS
no mean target for the best Of guns,
and a straightaWay down hill, over
plOWed ground, rolling over and over
again from the momentum, is adequate
reward for a wen timed shot. In thick
weeds where only fleeting vision OF
the quarry is Obtainable, II takes quick
and accurate work TO stop q cotton tan
nish an interesting situation for the
sportsman hunting quail. A rabbit Is
no respecter Of time or place, and even
though the bird dog IS working out a
hot trail on birds If IL takes him By
the bed OF a cOtton-tail, something VIII
be doing. It takes a lot Of self-den1al on
the part OF any dog TO pass up RABBIT
running for quail not yet located On
the prairies a pretty race is furnished
by the great Jack rabbit and the fleet
greyhound. Sometimes one ls winner,
sometimes the other. The hound is fleet
est on a straightaway. but the doubling
OF the jack rabbit gives the swift dog
many a slide and tumble as he tries 70
stop and go the other Way-the jack
rabbit has taken
The most expert Of all rabbit hunt
ers Is the southern darky. With a dog
or two he tips along through the weed
fields and thickets. peers into the briar
patches and brush piles looks on each
side of the weeds that line the gulley,
and he finds the rabbits "settln'-' In
fact it is prOVerbial that negro can
see a rabbit where he amt and 1t
is rare that a southern darky goes out
rabbit hunting that he does not bring
back some meat 20 the caoln Ior the
"ole oman" and the pickaninnles-
But there is another way Of hunting
the cotton-tail, somewhat Of a modern
method in most sections but rapidly
growing in popularity all over the
country. That is using the little beagle
hound. BY this method the rabbit Is
hunted on stands All that is needed
for good sport is a small pack OF good
beagles, two or three viii do, field
that's got rabbits in Il a sportsman or
two that can hit a rabbit running, and
the bag is assured 1t IS as natural for
a beagle to run a rabbit as It is for a
fox hound to chase an old red on a IA
v~0~an1a night