1 88 Hunting the Grisly 



or three occasions he ran down uninjured an- 

 telope, but in each case only after a desperate 

 ride of miles, which in one instance resulted 

 in the death of his gallant horse. 



This coursing on the prairie, especially 

 after big game, is an exceedingly manly and 

 attractive sport; the furious galloping, often 

 over rough ground with an occasional deep 

 washout or gully, the sight of the gallant 

 hounds running and tackling, and the ex- 

 hilaration of the pure air and wild surround- 

 ing, all combine to give it a peculiar zest. 

 But there is really less need of bold and skil- 

 ful horsemanship than in the otherwise less 

 attractive and more artificial sport of fox- 

 hunting, or riding to hounds, in a closed and 

 long-settled country. 



Those of us who are in part of Southern 

 blood have a hereditary right to be fond of 

 cross-country riding; for our forefathers in 

 Virginia, Georgia, or the Carolinas, have for 

 six generations followed the fox with horse, 

 horn, and hound. In the long-settled North- 

 ern States the sport has been less popular, 

 though much more so now than formerly; yet 

 it has always existed, here and there, and in 

 certain places has been followed quite steadily. 



In no place in the Northeast is hunting the 



