Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-02-14

knows the game Nine weeks from
the time Thomas has met Susan ON
the trail she brings forth her young. 4
Eighteen out q twenty times. two y
the number, sionally three. and md
sometimes -four. this last number y.
Ing very rare. ! having noted 4 but
once Il
When the old female is training her
kittens the cat hunter can capture al
Of the young ones he cares to without
the least danger or trouble. You need
= slow hound with : clarion voice
slow 50; you can note his actions
around different trees. The old eat ~ ~
= rule. when she hears the dog gets
her kittens mp : tree. Then she waits
till the; hound sis close, and then gives
him ehass for q little while then
trees herself Sometimes she WIN;
hight q little. then tree near her hit
tens. green cat hunter when fol-
lowing his dog on : cold cat trail VIII III
suddenly hear the hounds open out In
long ana clelr bays that denote the cat
Il started. He follows madly after tho
hounds. who finally tree her. and Nc
kills . big female cat on whose breast
hangs thesmilk for her young.
He has not the remotest idea where
those young are, this green cat man.
but not 10 with the man who E'ints
and studies the game at one and the
Same time. Hejnotss that his hounds
are sometimes trailing so to 20 %fest
Iapart and all have q good trail. and
when they begin to warm up he strains
every muscle In his body to keep near.
when the final iump-up comes and the
woods ring with the music OF the
hounds Oh a hot trail. the hunter notes
1.-THE particular bunch Of trees from
i where the Jump took place. He pays
no attention To- the running hounds. but
goes to this grove. Often he will dnd
his best hound Is there. baying up 2
small. thick tree; but more often hs
i hears them barking freed some dis ~
lance away. He knows that cat 10; safe
that the dogs will keep her there.
They know their master Is ATTENDING
to business AL right. Have they not
hunted long enough to know him and
trust him to come when game is freed?
The hunter looks the trees over very
1 canrref,Ilv--vo,nu,nsa, cats have I q way 81
4 .ettinr ont on limbs and hiding. q
4 an a dat Il = han found. The hunt.
I q takes = forked stick with noosed
lima attached slips II over the kittens
4, bndv q gives 4 smart null and the hit.
ton 10 soon init the canvas bag mlde for
this purpose. After all are secured or
| ~ out Of reach j are shot, the hunter
then proceeds ,t,e to do last what Mr..
Green Man would have done frst--he
xoes and shoots the old cat.
Sometimes dogs will tree ! single
cat then strike another cat trail and
awyays they 70. Mr.. Green Man follows
lhis hounds blindly-but not % with .
cat .hunter. He keeps his weather eye
peeled. He notes the various changes
In the actions Of his hounds, their
BAYS. etc, 81 don't know where he has
Saocnr,ea-ba 81 think he has freed p
bay-..I am 8 sonr.-of-a -gun IL v II know
where he is.-bay, The cat man notes
| the trees ali along behind the hounds
| for il the cat IL running along I run
way there are always cats turning up
nnex, D.e,c,tedly. q Then. the dogs may be
running two cats; one hops up q tree,
tha otl1er keens on with the pack 1t his
Eheals. These things y @ cat.hunter
knows. and he delights to have some
thing turn up he was not expecting on,
/ Z cat hunt. To have his hounds run
into family OF skunks is another di-
version that som etimss occurs.
with good voiced and intelligent
hounds there Is snOIulu& LQ0L DEALS cat
hunting in H Washington There are
three kinds OF cats here. The first,
which IL not very common. is the Can.
ada LYNX. the fellow with long whiskers
and tassels on his ears; the next is
smaller in size and very plentiful, be-
inR called the bob-cat or bay lynx: the
finest specimen of this animal I have
!. :, aon Ia ownad nv Mr. llfa RolI