. Animal snapshots and how made . r race. When pursued by a hound, the fox may deceive itin several ways, such as doubling on his trail, walkingon fences, or wading in shallow water. The last ruseis by far the most effective. Nevertheless the huntingof the fox is most successfully accomplished by meansof the hound. In the Northern States the huntingseason begins in November; but the real sport comesa little later, when the ground is covered with a lightsnow, for then the hound can follow the trail moreeasily. A trail must be fresh if a dog is to follow itover the frozen ground with any degree
. Animal snapshots and how made . r race. When pursued by a hound, the fox may deceive itin several ways, such as doubling on his trail, walkingon fences, or wading in shallow water. The last ruseis by far the most effective. Nevertheless the huntingof the fox is most successfully accomplished by meansof the hound. In the Northern States the huntingseason begins in November; but the real sport comesa little later, when the ground is covered with a lightsnow, for then the hound can follow the trail moreeasily. A trail must be fresh if a dog is to follow itover the frozen ground with any degree of speed,and on a ploughed field it is almost hopeless. Perhaps a few reminiscences of fox hunting willserve, better than anything else, to give those unac- The Fox 97 quainted with this clever animal clearer notions as tothe scope of fox sagacity:—To begin with, it shouldbe borne in mind that foxes, imless old and experiencedin guile, will not, when hounded, run far away ona straight course, but will circle near the home where. An Interested Fox they were reared. It is also well to know that foxeshave certain runways through valleys and acrosshills, through swamps and along water courses, andthat these are followed more or less regularly by thefox, either when pursued or when quietly moving 98 The Fox from place to place in search of food. This fact istaken advantage of by hunters, and the runways naustbe located before success in the hunt can be the fall of 1880 foxes were very plentiful in theState of New York on the hills between the Una-dilla and Chenango rivers. There was scarcely anysnow until late in November, and when it did comeit was very dry, the wind blowing it from the fieldsand hill tops, and drifting it along the fences. Not-withstanding the bareness of the fields, thoughts ofthe old time sport tempted the more adventuroushunters. Two of these enthusiastic Nimrods setforth with a well trained hound before the snow hadstopped sifting about even in t
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