Rod and gun . m that we could not shoot. Theridge of burnt rock ran into a fence pro-tecting an open field. Here the fox losta second going under the rails while Ringclosed up and landed right on him. Allwe could see was the soft snow flying asMr. Fox got his shaking. When wereached and climbed the fence we foundhim dead, his neck, I think, having beenbroken. Mr. Cooper is an old hand at trapping,hunting and fishing and he told me thathe had never before heard of a dog catch-ing a fox that was not hurt or disabledin some way. The speed at which theypassed us showed that the fox must havebeen i
Rod and gun . m that we could not shoot. Theridge of burnt rock ran into a fence pro-tecting an open field. Here the fox losta second going under the rails while Ringclosed up and landed right on him. Allwe could see was the soft snow flying asMr. Fox got his shaking. When wereached and climbed the fence we foundhim dead, his neck, I think, having beenbroken. Mr. Cooper is an old hand at trapping,hunting and fishing and he told me thathe had never before heard of a dog catch-ing a fox that was not hurt or disabledin some way. The speed at which theypassed us showed that the fox must havebeen in good shape. When we skinnedhim we couldnot find a hole in the peltwith the exception of two teeth marks inthe neck. Clearly the fox had not beenshot andffrom our observations he was ina healthystate. On three other occasions we had to fore-go shots at foxes ahead of Ring becausethe dog was only half a jump behind thefox and we did not wish to take chanceswith a shotgun. The incident related is so unusual, in. A FAMOUS FOX HOUND. this district at least, that I think itshould prove interesting to your manyreaders. Since the above was written Ring ap-peared at the Toronto Kennel Club showon Dominion day and captured the bronzemedal offered by the Canadian KennelClub for the best American fox hound inthe Show. Competent authorities statethat very few show dogs can hunt, andon the other hand few that can hunt areany good to show.
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