68 The Hunting Field With Horse and Hound 



there are very few organised clubs with regular meets and that 

 the hunting of this nature is done with private or trencher-fed 

 packs (hounds from several different owners joined for a chase) 

 which abound wherever game of tliis kind is found. 



The way in which it all came about was so characteristic 

 of western sportsmen and western hospitahty that we can- 

 not do better perhaps than take the reader along from the 

 beginning. 



On being introduced to Mr. Grubb, a noted ranchman of 

 Colorado, the writer inquired after the game of Colorado, in 

 general, and Jack rabbit, coyote and wolf hunting in particu- 

 lar. "Look here," replied Mr. Grubb, "you just drop a line 

 to Parson Uzel, of Denver; he is the man you ought to see, 

 he is not only a great sportsman but one of the greatest 

 ministers of the West. What denomination? Oh! No par- 

 ticular denomination; he just preaches. Built a great church 

 wliich is filled every Sunday with miners, cowboys and the 

 poorer classes of Denver. He is father, mother, brother and 

 sister to the whole town, as well as to the great mining camps 

 at Cripple Creek, Idaho Springs, etc. He plays fair and 

 gives his people square deals every time and preaches practi- 

 cal, every day religion. Every year about this time or just 

 before Christmas he organises a Jack rabbit hunt and goes 

 out where they are so numerous as to be a pest and clears 

 up the country and returns to town with five to seven thousand 

 Jack rabbits. This is liis yearly Christmas to the labouring 

 classes, and especially the poor. If you want any information 

 write him." "What is his address?" inquired the writer. "Oh! 

 I don't know, just direct to Parson Uzel; everybody knows 

 him. As to coyotes, whatever you do, drop in on Harry 

 Petrie, of the Union Stock Yards, when you go to Denver. 

 He has the best pack of greyhounds for coyote hunting in 

 Colorado. He is a thoroughbred and if you have never ridden 

 to greyhounds on the plains, he will give you the time of your 



