a hound called " Revenge," to whom his owner was 

 deeply attached, and who claimed that no fox in 

 Tennessee could outrun or outlast him. The pride of 

 of Mr. B.'s pack was a dog called '* Royalty," who had 

 never been defeated in a chase ; while Mr. S. was the 

 proud owner of a hound called '' Leader," who was at 

 the head of what he considered the best pack of 

 hounds in several counties. Arrangements were made 

 to start upon the expedition to exterminate Old Spot 

 between sundown and dark one evening, and at the 

 appointed hour the hunters, with their fifty or sixty 

 hounds, assembled, and at the word of command we 

 all started in quest of Old Spot. We soon arrived 

 upon his favorite racing ground, and it seemed as 

 though he must have intuitively known of our coming 

 and had already taken a warming-up heat, for we had 

 scarcely invaded his territory before up he jumped and 

 challenged the formidable array of death pursuers to a 

 test of skill, speed and endurance ; and as soon as the 

 race commenced the volume of noise that came forth 

 from the mouths of this army of fox destroyers was 

 sufficient to remind one of an artillery engagement, 

 and as pursued and pursuers sped over the hills and 

 the voices of the hounds echoed and reechoed 

 through the woods the voices of the different ones 

 could be clearly recognized. Alfred and I were so 

 familiar with the tactics of Old Spot that we could 

 tell about the course he would pursue, and at our sug- 

 gestion all the hunters dismounted, hitched their 

 horses, and we built a fire and prepared to make our- 

 selves comfortable during the night if the chase should 

 last that long, and Alfred and I believed it would. As 

 the race progressed and the voice of Ranger could be 

 heard, Mr. A. said that it was not possible for the 



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