. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 20 ®h£ gxeeitev anif gtpovt&man [December 21, 1901 NIGHT WITH THE HOUNDS. BY CHAS. TVESI-Er KYIJ3. " \"3V I'll come; if I lose a scruple of this sport, Let me be boiled to death with melancholy. —Twelfth JSignt. "; said Taylor to Pete Donnelly, as he shuffled the cards for a game of "freeze out" for a turkey, in the rear of Nick's saloon, "don't you know that we are missin' the best sport in the world by not bavin' some crack fox hounds? The wildcats, foxes, and coons multiplyin' and a cussin' the earth all about here,
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 20 ®h£ gxeeitev anif gtpovt&man [December 21, 1901 NIGHT WITH THE HOUNDS. BY CHAS. TVESI-Er KYIJ3. " \"3V I'll come; if I lose a scruple of this sport, Let me be boiled to death with melancholy. —Twelfth JSignt. "; said Taylor to Pete Donnelly, as he shuffled the cards for a game of "freeze out" for a turkey, in the rear of Nick's saloon, "don't you know that we are missin' the best sport in the world by not bavin' some crack fox hounds? The wildcats, foxes, and coons multiplyin' and a cussin' the earth all about here, an* not a trailin' dog to be found; you d think two-thirds of our population was niggers, the way the chicken roosts suffer, and there's not a hand raised agin 'em. What do you fellers say to bavin' a night's hunt sometime next week?" "Ah, come off!" said Donnelly. "You're always bluffin'. There isn't a pup in this whole section that could follow a cow path, to say nothing of runnin' a fox to cover or trailin' a coon or a bob- ; T , "Don't you run away with the idea that I don t know my business, especially when it comes to night hunting of any kind. I'm prepared to give you a go behind the finest trailers in the land," re- plied Taylor. Every one became interested at once; but I ay lor, knowing his advantage, eyed each in turn, and pulled leisurely at his cigar before proceeding. After he had been sufficiently urged, he said: "Well, boys, I'll tell you what I've got up my sleeve. Watson, Professor George Watson, of Sacramento, the most ardent enthusiast on night hunting west of the Rockies, has just promised to come up here and bring along his celebrated pack of hounds, and <nve us a night's sport. I've never seen his dogs, but, from what I hear, they are the very best strain of the foxhound, all imported from Virginia; and Virginia, you know, has long held the reputation of producing the finest hounds in the world. It only
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