The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-02-02
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ability % z-a-i LzEisEips and 20 sur
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I'D .z-=-e a-e very :eE dogs Of double
re sig md weight that can get the
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dog trained for -Le purpose. and Will.
: I'll -e-ro- Il greater strength
z-1 e-zzl ri. viii se;ze and hold
toI. I The latter shows fight, the
dog ri. u punished far more than
re fox I: takes large. strong
z-c savage dog 70 Kill Z fox. and
stories u me contrary about some
ores 5ozs-ed hound or other cur ac-
MN 5.-shi-g this sirglv are generally
r--7rcc-L?- q belief. We have known
three g09d hounds able 70 kill Z &c
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CUT oT big fox tha. had been cor
-e-e1 = chicken coop. says Z writer
i he Pai.ate.0hia Ledger: and Their
Reward 20: away. and by the speed
y him i Is doubtful Il he was much /
t---.
R=i ard gray foxes differ little in /
i-:s,.ige1ce. though they possess hsb- /
- -Ca- 2-e unlike in narv particI- /
ars. The former are rovers: the I
.z-te- wander little and. Ike cats. stick
. o2a locality. though the hunting
-z1Ee nay take in mile or more in
every direction. When red foxes are
.-1-ed by hounds they break away
-2- long run. seeming. when in "a
nl.!a- country, actually to enjoy the
: oort Until. they are overhauled. which
= not otter. They will generally
-uE the chase out, rarely seeking COW
s-, though numerous retreats hAv3ra
-e3ch Of hounds or men NAV Offer
Inc graz fox on the other hand.
-.s, ~ enjoy and will seldom en-
n long run. for it lives where
-Ioc* formations offer it retreats. ard
these i takes TO at once. turning the
chase into q fasco. None hut the
smallest dogs can follow it into these
o!o.eS and c-arries. and such fear tn
10 50. or i thev dare thew are prompt
: waiPoAd and driven back. one at =
:lme. It IS. therefore. the red fov
nat the fox hunters select for their
spo--.
Foxes seek their prev almost irva-
ao!y oy stealth; cat-like. thew are
past masters at sneaking. rus hing.
Gaping, and in this manner thev Or
an some animal food in winter and
considerable at all times. though in
ne warmer season there are har-ies
.l,S' lat seeds, Succulent rootlets
;reenS and numerous insects with
wien 10 vary the bill Of to~e In
re summer and autumn they NAV
most live on fat grasshoppers and {
rUt The stomachS Of foxes sbot I
F.; 'nese times show the creatures e
ave been both entomologists and %.
1?.oSSists exclusively.
But il IS during The winter saa
On that REWARD is frequently nm
sainst hungry stomach, in COM
ION with many other creatures of
::e Wllds. both feathered and furred
ne BIRDS, mice. squirrels and rab-
Us are wary and difficult to catch
e farmers poultry houses are closed
10 guarded. the remaining green
1lngS are covered up with snow or
ESTIMATED leaves. and. hungry
2olgn Tor anything. the fox not in
-equeHt-y resorts to chewing the ten
=:es oarA from young shoots Of the
pee bush. sasafras. elder and red ma
e; nov and then varying this diet
I'm some crisp beetles and crickets
:g from beneath the loosened bark
& rotting log.
But Reynard. in the wilder sec
ons, or. as We might say. primi-
tFe!y' sometimes becomes the hunt
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