Il8 FOX HUNTING. 



termine how or where to run. But the fact is, in 

 most instances, the fox will run off into cover, 

 and there sit down or waste his time until the re- 

 leased hounds get well on him. In almost every 

 case the run is short; if the fox knows the country 

 he may hole and escape, if he does not he is surely 

 killed. 



Then this digging out of foxes induces bag 

 hunting from country taverns, for the benefit of 

 the landlords in the sale of liquors to the indis- 

 criminate crowds that assemble on such occasions; 

 for, rest assured, the hunt has been well advertised 

 in the days the fox is in captivity. In times past 

 where the fox was speedily killed, it was openly 

 charged that he had been crippled before being- 

 turned out, in order that the run would be short, 

 to assure the return of the crowd to the tavern for 

 the further benefit of the landlord. In former 

 years these tavern fox hunts were much more fre- 

 quent than now, but there are still many country 

 taverns, and if the digging out of foxes is encour- 

 aged, there is no reason why the frequency of 

 tavern hunts should not be revived. These hunts 

 were always a source of annoyance to farmers of 

 the neighborhood, for. in the irresponsible mass 

 participating, there were many riders who had no 

 regard for the rights of the land owners, and fences, 

 lawns, and grain fields were injured recklessly. 



